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A beautiful mind: The challenge of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disrupting the businesses and societies in a manner that is unseen before. By the end of the decade, there will likely be no field untouched by this technological...

Artificial Intelligence, Decision making, Digital age

Changing an organization's culture requires both top-down and bottom-up measures

Dr. Devon Price

Culture change: Using research to change organizational culture from bottom-up and top-down

Psychological research has consistently demonstrated that one of the largest influences on employee performance, satisfaction, motivation, and collaboration ability is organizational culture (Belias & Koustelios, 2014). Organizations that are warm, interdependent, and dynamic are typically healthier, more thriving organizations. Conversely, organizations that are cool, judgmental, or alienated typically have negative workplace outcomes, low retention, and low employee satisfaction.

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Transformational Leadership, Organizational culture

This CQ Dossier provides some evidence-based practices on how to change employee attitudes

Dr. Devon Price

Attitude change: The science of changing human attitudes and perspectives

Dynamic, vibrant organizations must be receptive to making big, necessary changes. Whether it’s undergoing a shift in goals to meet the changing nature of the economy, or altering work processes to boost productivity and other outcomes, change is essential, but difficult.

Change Management, Evidence-based change management, Change side effects, Attitude change

Changing employee habits is difficult and requires special interventions that are based on research and theory.

Dr. Devon Price

Breaking bad habits: The science of changing workplace habits and behaviors

How should you as a professional go about instituting new work processes or eradicating unproductive or bad habits in your organization, team or project? We provide you some of the latest, science-supported tips for breaking bad habits and behavior change.

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Employee habits, Behavior change

How does behavioral science help improve the workplace?

There are countless pieces of advice when it comes to improving work that relate to becoming more productive, efficient, profitable, happy, etc. While much of the advice available for free is not...

Basic psychological needs, Creativity, Creativity Killers, Employee engagement, Goal setting theory, Job performance, Job satisfaction, Meetings, Mental health, Motivation, Organizational culture, Performance management, Psychology, Team Performance Management, Work and well-being, Networking

Team dynamics is a key concept in management and provides insights into how to improve team performance

Dr. Markus Nini

The importance of team dynamics for team performance and how to improve it

In this CQ Dossier we focus on team dynamics and how they influence team behaviors and team performance. Team dynamics are unconscious psychological forces that affect how team members interact and work together on tasks and projects.

Team Dynamics, Team cohesion, Team Performance Management, High Performance Team

Self determination and goals can boost motivation when applied in the right way

Dr. Markus Nini

How self determination and goals boost motivation: An evidence-based management approach

In this CQ Dossier we have a look at the key concept of self-determination and goal-setting theory. We draw on the main theories of self-determination (SDT), mastery motivation and goal-setting theory to provide you guidelines on how best to motivate your peers, coworkers and team members.

Evidence-based Leadership, Performance management, Self-Determination Theory, Basic psychological needs, Goal Agreement, Goal setting theory

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Dr. Annette Towler

Why the basic psychological needs autonomy, competence and relatedness matter in management and beyond

In this CQ Dossier we focus on the importance of basic psychological needs and their relevance in the workplace. We have a look at the three fundamental needs – autonomy, competence, and relatedness – and discuss their important to workplace thriving and achievement within the workplace.

Basic psychological needs, Autonomy, Competency, Motivation

On-the-job training is used in many organizations even though it has a poor track record in terms of learning effectiveness

Why on-the-job training to build your management skills alone won’t make you succeed

Many organizations rely on on-the-job training to equip employees with leadership skills. There are many advantages to on-the-job training including its convenience and low-cost. However, in offering...

Evidence-based learning, Human Resource Development, Management development

Team cohesion is an important management tool to improve team effectiveness

Dr. Annette Towler

The importance of team cohesion for team effectiveness

This CQ Dossier examines the importance of team cohesion on team performance and organizational effectiveness. The notion of team cohesion has been an important topic for the past 70 decades with a plethora of knowledge concerning its role in team and organizational effectiveness.

Team cohesion, High Performance Team, Team Dynamics

279€

Career Counseling

Career counseling on leadership and personality: Learn about your leadership traits to improve your leadership effectiveness

Do you want to be an effective leader? Are you wondering whether you have any leadership traits that could benefit from strengthening? Learn about your leadership traits and...

Trait based approaches define skills associated with effective leadership

Dr. Annette Towler

A trait-based approach to leadership: Are leaders born or made?

This CQ Dossier discusses the trait-based approach to leadership and reviews those personality traits that distinguish effective from ineffective leaders. The dossier also identifies key skills or competencies that are related to leader effectiveness and can be used by organizations for selection, promotion, and training.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Trait based leadership, Personality, Five Factor Model (FFM)

Wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen: Wie man beim Fällen mutiger Entscheidungen unbeabsichtigte Konsequenzen vermeidet

Like a bull in a china shop: How to avoid unintended consequences in bold decision-making

Bold decisions that drastically change what is taken for granted have always been traits of leaders that attract and inspire people. The rise of social media and other means of online communication...

Change Management, Collaboration

Humility is a concept of increasing importance in management and leadership

Dr. Annette Towler

The benefits of humility in business and leadership

This CQ Dossier examines the benefits of humility within the workplace. Most research on human behavior in the workplace has focused on the more popular personality traits such as the Five Factor Model of personality.

Humility, Leadership effectiveness

59€

Learn about human performance in our webinar and how to improve it with performance management

Leadership Training

Masterclass on human performance and effective performance management

In a world that is driven by growth and progress, human performance is one of the key concepts we all rely on. Having a good understanding of the concept of human performance...

59€

Agility is more than SCRUM and Kanban. Learn how you can benefit from agility and an agile approach in the Webinar

Leadership Training

Masterclass on the foundations of agility, agile leadership and how to implement it

Agility has become one of the most powerful management tools in recent years. This is reflected in the increasing popularity of agile frameworks such as SCRUM, Kanban and...

Organizational justice is an important concept in management which impacts organizational performance

Dr. Annette Towler

The benefits of organizational justice and practical ways how to improve it

Within the organizational science literature, it is well understood that organizations that treat their employees well tend to be more effective. Organizational justice has been linked to job performance at the individual, team, and organizational level, including both task and contextual performance. In this CQ Dossier we have a look at the foundation of organizational justice.

Organizational fairness

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