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Field Configuring Events shed light on how change happens

Dr. Markus Nini

How change happens: Field Configuring Events as change management tool

Field Configuring Events is a new concept from organizational science that provides valuable insights into how change happens on a micro-level. It emphasizes the role of change events such as meetings, projects, workshop and conferences play in driving change.

Evidence-based change management, Discourse, Change Management, Language of change

The Job-Demand-Control-Support Model is a well-known theory that explains how job characteristics influence employees’ psychological well-being

Dr. Annette Towler

The Job-Demand-Control-Support Model: What it is and why it matters to cope with workplace stress

The Job-Demand-Control-Support (JDCS) Model offers insights on how to deal with stress through identifying those situations and individual characteristics that matter in times of stress.

Job-Demand-Control-Support Model, Stress, Burnout

Organizational performance is an important concept and management tool for professionals

Dr. Sumbul Tahir

Organizational performance: What it is and how to measure and improve it

This CQ Dossier summarizes the existing evidence about the financial, social, psychological, and operational aspects of organizational performance to arrive at a comprehensive definition and introduce interventions how to improve it.

Organizational performance, Job performance, Contextual performance

The "cover your ass" phenomenon is a reason to worry. Learn why in our new blog post.

Why the “cover your ass” phenomenon is a warning sign and what to do against it

Every organization has its rituals and behavioral patterns. While many of those rituals and patterns indeed have a positive impact on the organization and its people, some of them do more harm than...

"cover your ass” phenomenon, Fear, Organizational politics

Personality strengths and weaknesses are an important management tool for professional development

Dr. Markus Nini

Personality strengths and weaknesses: What they are and how they impact your performance, life outcomes, and mental health

In this CQ Dossier we provide you with the foundation of personality strengths and weaknesses, and how to identify and use them in practice as means for professional development.

Personality, Personality test, NEO Personality Inventory

Dr. Annette Towler

Motivational Interviewing (MI): Why it matters for organizational change

One approach to stimulating change is through motivational interviewing. The practice of motivational interviewing is well-established in the field of counseling yet is also relevant to those seeking to foster change.

Motivational interviewing, Change Management

Measuring Innovation Potential: Traits that Predict Unique Thought

Wanda Tiefenbacher

Innovation potential: Why and how to strengthen traits that predict unique thought

Innovation potential is the ability of a person to think in a unique and boundary breaking way. More than just creativity, innovation potential speaks to an individual’s capacity to generate novel and useful ideas that can inspire others and produce growth.

Creativity, Innovation, Employee selection, Five Factor Model (FFM), Diversity and Inclusion, Unique thinking, Evidence-based Innovation Management

Complexity leadership theory emphasizes social interactions and the whole organization

Dr. Annette Towler

Complexity Leadership: Understanding organizations as dynamic and complex systems of social interactions

Complexity leadership theory allows you for an understanding of how successful organizations thrive in turbulent times. It puts an emphasis on the whole system of an organization including its social interactions and the specific context.

Complexity theory of leadership, Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership

Wanda Tiefenbacher

An introduction to key performance indicators (KPIs): what are they and how can they be used?

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are crucial building blocks in organizations: among many other things they are used when devising strategies, when measuring performance, and when setting goals.

metrics, Key Performance Indicator (KPI), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Change agents can play an important role in managing change in organizations

Dr. Annette Towler

Change agents: The driving force behind change or just another management fad?

The terms change agents, change champion or change catalyst have become an integral part of jargon in almost any type of organization. We provides practical tips on how to best utilize change agents, their benefits and limitations.

Change Management, Evidence-based change management

This CQ Dossier defines and describes adaptability

Dr. Annette Towler

Adaptability: The foundation of adaptability and how to implement it in practice

This CQ Dossier will define and describe adaptability and adaptive performance. We will describe why it is important for individuals and organizations to foster adaptability and how to implement it in practice.

Adaptability, Agility, Agile learning

Agile leadership is a holistic concept to stay competitive in a VUCA environment

Wanda Tiefenbacher

Agile for all: The principles of agility, agile leadership, and how to be an agile leader

This CQ Dossier focuses on agile leadership, the principles underpinning it, and ways to implement agile leadership in practice. Learn how agility leadership ties into organizational practice relating to leadership, teamwork, processes and strategic tools and how to implement it for your benefit.

Leadership, Agility, Evidence-based Leadership, VUCA, OODA-loop

Leadership skills are an important focus area of professional development activities

Dr. Markus Nini

Leadership skills: What they are and why a skill-based approach to leadership matters

There is a vast amount of research about which leadership skills drive leadership performance. In this CQ Dossier we introduce the concept of leadership skills, different leadership skill models, and the benefits associated with a skill-based approach.

Leadership skills, Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Leadership competencies

Evidenzbasierte Manager vertrauen auf wissenschaftliche Literatur um ihre Fragen zu beantworten

The benefits of evidence-based management in a nutshell

Evidence-based management (also known as EBM or EBMgt) is a management approach that involves using multiple sources of scientific evidence and empirical results as a means of attaining knowledge (...

Evidence-based learning, Evidence-based Management

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Management Toolbox

Your guide to sustainably solving conflict in teams

This guide provides you proven and science-based insights into how to solve team conflicts in a sustainable way and build a high-performance team.

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Management Toolbox

Your guide to agility and agile leadership: How to excel in a VUCA environment

This guide to agility and agile leadership provides you the necessary management tools and knowledge to excel in a VUCA environment and stay ahead of competition.

Managing teams and team performance is an important skill of any manager and professional.

Dr. Annette Towler

Team Performance Management: How to Provide Effective Feedback to Teams?

This CQ Dossier focuses on how organizations can effectively provide feedback to teams. Within performance appraisal research, attention has been paid on how best to provide feedback to individuals. It is less clear how to provide feedback to teams to help them be effective and efficient.

Team Performance Management, Performance feedback, Performance management, Performance appraisal

Shifting the paradigm: Management skills for everyone!

Shifting paradigms: Why management skills for everyone are crucial

The world is changing - in business and beyond. Management skills sound like they may only be useful for executives and CEOs, but in fact, they have turned out to be far more fundamental and...

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