Proactivity is a significant factor in career success
“The essence of proactivity is to be an agent of change. To see opportunities and make them happen,” said Mike Crant, a Professor of Management and Organization at Notre Dame. “You can think of proactivity as a continuum, with reactive on one end and proactive on the other. On the proactive end of the continuum, people tend to do a lot of things that are very desirable. They have higher job performance. They are viewed as better leaders, better teammates, and more creative. At its essence, proactive people are those that change the environment for the better.”
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Employees time-shift to adjust for time zone differences
Remote working tools have been around for years, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that remote work really took off. Since then, work-from-anywhere arrangements have allowed more workers to perform their jobs from the places they want to live.
“Some companies now advertise job vacancies by time zone, rather than location,” says Tommy Pan Fang, assistant professor of strategic management at Rice. “It deepens their talent pool and workers have more opportunity. But living in one time zone while working in another can affect the way employees collaborate.” Read the full story here |
Random allocation of managerial attention can improve morale
A good manager can boost productivity, reduce attrition and pad the bottom line. But even the best managers only have 24 hours in their day, and to maximize team success they need to allocate their time efficiently. Many managers choose to focus on employees who are struggling, and allocate less attention to those who are not. But this might not be the best strategy — at least when it comes to organizational performance.
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