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Today was going to be the day. You had eight hours of quality, nose-to-the-grindstone time that you were going to maximise every minute of. The day would be over and you’d be on your way home with a sense of quiet satisfaction from the way you crossed priority tasks off your ever growing list.
Now it’s 5:30pm, you’ve got a bus to catch and you’re wondering where the day went. You haven’t even crossed item one off your list and it’s grown by another seven tasks. How are you ever going to get anything done?
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Guest post by AIM Senior Research Fellow Dr Samantha Johnson
Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. Jonas Salk
Are you intuitive? Or are you an intuition sceptic? Or perhaps you’re not sure either way?
Is intuition the domain of women only? Can men be intuitive?
Is intuition worthwhile?
Should managers be intuitive at work?
Yes. Go for it. Managers who use intuition fair very well.
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By Kirsten Lees
If you were born today, you would be 80-years-old before the gender pay gap is closed and women and men earn the same money for doing the same work.
That’s a whole career away, even for people not born yet.
The numbers differ depending on who is counting, and what they include when they compare pay rates, but whichever way you do the maths, men are clearly being paid more than women.
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Guest post by Alison Vidotto
We hear so much about purpose and its role in leadership. Rightly so, purpose is very important. We know that accidental leaders often fail to engage their team.
Leadership should always be purposeful, that’s how we will develop and grow ourselves and others. It is ultimately how we will achieve the results we are after.
So what is purposeful leadership? It is a committed leadership style that reaches far beyond the position, it encompasses the development of people at every level of an organization.
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By David Reynolds
Given the number of leading companies canning their performance management system, it begs the question: is the traditional process on the way out?
And if so, what will be the future way of measuring the performance of teams?
Global organisations such as Microsoft, GE, Google and Deloitte have recently disbanded the traditional performance management process. Some have scrapped performance management altogether and others are managing performance through regular reviews, discussions and coaching sessions.
Why is this?
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By AIM Senior Research Fellow, Dr Samantha Johnson
“It is better to be feared than loved.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Ever worked for a psychopath? Do you know if you have? We’ve all had experiences that leave us crippled with disbelief or broken by unimaginable cruelty. Are these people really psychopaths or are they just troublesome?
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Guest post by Christopher Niesche
This article originally appeared in AIM: for management and leadership excellence, AIM’s bi-monthly magazine exclusively for Members.
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By Dr Samantha Johnson, AIM Senior Research Fellow
Change and middle management go hand in hand. Middle managers play a pivotal role in bringing staff along during organisational change.
A recent study looked at change and how middle managers can support the change process. This study identified sense-giving as an important and effective approach to managing change.