The phenomenon of speaking on behalf of another individual or entity in an organizational setting is known as managerial ventriloquism. When managers engage in this behavior to excess, it can undermine their credibility and authority with their colleagues. The authors of this article conducted an ethnographic study on managerial ventriloquism and use the results to explain how this behavior works and suggest strategies to employ it more effectively....

Get the Summary of Cal Newport's Slow Productivity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport explores the concept of productivity, particularly in knowledge work, where traditional metrics are ill-suited. The book challenges the 20th-century mindset that equates longer hours with better outcomes, highlighting the pitfalls of pseudo-productivity, which leads to stress and burnout. Newport...

In The Manager's Handbook, Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty member, serial entrepreneur, and investor in over 100 companies, David Dodson, delivers an insightful work that describes, in highly practical detail, five skills every great manager needs to know if they want to get things done. Managers desperately want a crisp, how-to book that will show them-in one single title-the way to master the most important skills necessary to run an...

"A Symphony of Choices follows Jerry Hall, the new Symphony Orchestra manager at a prestigious symphony who is concerned about all the challenging plans for the new season: the 100th anniversary of the symphony. Because he's faced with handling many professional and personal challenges every day, his partner is not exactly thrilled about his new position. Jerry has played with the symphony for twenty years, thus gaining great understanding as a symphony...

Leaders increasingly characterize the workforce as being broader than an organization’s employees, encompassing all of the people and groups that contribute to achieving the company’s business objectives. The shift is challenging leaders to redefine who and what constitutes their workforce and to develop new management practices and organizational structures.

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Breaking The FoMO: Unlocking Happiness And Freedom in a Connected World is a transformative guide that empowers you to break free from the grip of the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and discover true happiness and freedom in today's digitally connected world. This book provides practical strategies, eye-opening insights, and transformative exercises to help you reclaim your life, find balance, and cultivate genuine connections. From recognizing and managing...

The first book in The One-Day Expert series detailed the initial steps that Thomas, a young, high-potential plant manager in an industrial group, took to assess his plant's situation through measurement of operators' performance. The second book in the series, Implementing Standardized Work: Writing Standardized Work Forms focuses on the next step of this assessment-writing Standardized Work forms to help identify variability and waste. The book uses...

Impostor syndrome can make employees question their intelligence, competence, and sense of belonging. But workers who don’t speak up in meetings or apply for promotions might actually be feeling the effects of impostorization — workplace policies, practices, and interactions that make individuals question their intelligence, competence, and sense of belonging. The author shares examples of the phenomenon, along with tips to help managers avoid...