Good managers are hard to find. Most companies pick managers based on personality traits, age, or experience—and according to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, they may be ...

Structure your one-on-one conversations the right way to boost employee engagement and motivation. Gallup’s extensive employee engagement research, which spans several decades, found that not having ...

Is Frank Lampard a good manager? It feels like an extremely basic question and one that we should be able to answer, given the new Coventry City manager is now on his fourth club and has been in ...

A good manager can be just as important to a company’s performance as the combined productive capacity of its employees. This is shown in a new international study, published in The Quarterly Journal ...

I want to dive into the saying “people don’t quit bad jobs, they quit bad managers.” It’s a common saying that most people have heard, but I don’t think the impact of this idea is fully understood or ...

All too often, good leadership is viewed as a more enticing and important topic than good management. People aspire to be leaders; they are trained to be managers. Many don’t even want to be referred ...

There are seven brutal truths that separate good managers from bad—trust, clear boundaries, courage under pressure, and so on, according to a recent Fast Company article. Helpful, yes. But here’s the ...

Stepping into a senior position is a proud moment for upwardly mobile professionals. However, becoming a successful manager is far from straightforward. Analyst Gartner suggests that as many as 40% of ...

Artificial intelligence ought to improve a manager’s lot. Administrative tasks and grunt work take up almost a full working day of a middle manager’s week, according to a survey by McKinsey. Anything ...

It’s rather ironic because one of the most consistent ways to inspire and motivate people is to do just that—clarify goals and expectations and keep people abreast of those goals over time. The best ...