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Leadership skills are an important focus area of professional development activities

Dr. Markus Nini

Leadership skills: What they are and why a skill-based approach to leadership matters

There is a vast amount of research about which leadership skills drive leadership performance. In this CQ Dossier we introduce the concept of leadership skills, different leadership skill models, and the benefits associated with a skill-based approach.

Leadership skills, Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Leadership competencies

Evidenzbasierte Manager vertrauen auf wissenschaftliche Literatur um ihre Fragen zu beantworten

The benefits of evidence-based management in a nutshell

Evidence-based management (also known as EBM or EBMgt) is a management approach that involves using multiple sources of scientific evidence and empirical results as a means of attaining knowledge (...

Evidence-based learning, Evidence-based Management

19€

Management Toolbox

Your guide to sustainably solving conflict in teams

This guide provides you proven and science-based insights into how to solve team conflicts in a sustainable way and build a high-performance team.

19€

Management Toolbox

Your guide to agility and agile leadership: How to excel in a VUCA environment

This guide to agility and agile leadership provides you the necessary management tools and knowledge to excel in a VUCA environment and stay ahead of competition.

Managing teams and team performance is an important skill of any manager and professional.

Dr. Annette Towler

Team Performance Management: How to Provide Effective Feedback to Teams?

This CQ Dossier focuses on how organizations can effectively provide feedback to teams. Within performance appraisal research, attention has been paid on how best to provide feedback to individuals. It is less clear how to provide feedback to teams to help them be effective and efficient.

Team Performance Management, Performance feedback, Performance management, Performance appraisal

Shifting the paradigm: Management skills for everyone!

Shifting paradigms: Why management skills for everyone are crucial

The world is changing - in business and beyond. Management skills sound like they may only be useful for executives and CEOs, but in fact, they have turned out to be far more fundamental and...

Strategy development: An introduction on how to develop a strategy for professionals

Dr. Markus Nini

Strategy development: An introduction on how to develop a strategy for professionals

Having a basic understanding of what a strategy is and how to develop one is an important asset for every professional. In this CQ Dossier we provide you with an introduction on how strategies work and how you can develop one.

Strategy, Strategy development

The psychological contract is an informal agreement between employees and employer resp. management

Dr. Annette Towler

Psychological contracts: Effectiveness, implementation and consequences of breaching them

Over the last thirty years, the psychological contract between employer and employee has changed because of globalization and major advances in technology. This CQ Dossier focuses on the concept of psychological contracts and raises several important questions such as what is a psychological contract and how does it work?

Psychological contract, Employee retention, Burnout

Lean management is an important tool to improve performance. We have a look at the foundation of lean management and its building blocks.

Dr. Markus Nini

Lean management: Principles, implementation, and benefits for professionals

Lean management is a philosophy with a proven track record of improving efficieny and performance in organizations. In this CQ Dossier, we have a look at the foundation of lean management, the principles behind it and and its benefits.

Lean management

Changes in technology and the workplace have resulted in an increase in virtual teams.

Dr. Annette Towler

Leading virtual teams: How to lead in the 21st century knowledge economy

Changes in technology and the workplace have resulted in an increase in virtual teams. These teams may seem similar to regular, offline teams - but they require a nuanced set of skills and a deep understanding to be managed successfully. In fact, this is a key skill relevant for the 21st century knowledge economy. This CQ Dossier describes how leaders can effectively manage virtual teams and introduces a fresh set of skills to facilitate virtual team effectiveness. The dossier draws on research and theory on leadership style and virtual teams.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Leader Member Exchange (LMX), Virtual teams, Charismatic Leadership

The job characteristics model provides guidance into how design work in an effective way - we show you how in this CQ Dossier

Dr. Annette Towler

The Job Characteristics Model: What it is and why it matters more than ever

This CQ Dossier describes the Job Characteristics Model and the five characteristics that influence important work outcomes and psychological states.

Job Characteristics Model, Job crafting

The future of leadership: From the Great Man Theory to the Great Team Theory

Leadership is a phenomenon that has interested people for hundreds of years. One rather outdated explanatory approach still plays a prominent role in practice and the media in particular: The so-...

Authentic Leadership, Evidence-based Leadership, Evidence-based learning, Implicit leadership theory, Leadership, Team Building, Trait based leadership, Transformational Leadership

Stakeholder management is an important tool to successfully manage complex projects

Dr. Sumbul Tahir

Stakeholder management in complex projects: What it is, why it matters and how to do it

In this CQ Dossier we have a look at different approaches to stakeholder management in complex projects. We provide key take-aways based in a review of theory and research in the area of stakeholder management theory and practice.

Stakeholder, Stakeholder management

59€

Leadership Training

Masterclass on the foundations of change management

Change management refers to implementing any form of change in an organization and overseeing its success: it can involve any change ranging from introducing a new product to...

Leadership competencies and models provide guidance which KSAO make an effective leader

Dr. Annette Towler

Leadership competencies and leadership competency models: What they are and why they matter

This CQ Dossier describes leadership competencies and why they are an important foundation for organizational effectiveness. We describe some core models and also provide practical examples of leadership competencies profiles developed in different industries.

Leadership, Leadership competencies, Leadership effectiveness

59€

Leadership Training

Masterclass on the foundations of leadership

Leadership is a buzzword every professional knows. But contrary to popular belief, leadership is not only reserved for CEOs and executives. Leadership is a valuable set of...

19€

Management Toolbox

Leadership guide for professionals

This leadership guide for professionals is a comprehensive collection of the most important insights about leadership and how to apply it in practice.

Dr. Sumbul Tahir

High-performance teams: The myth realized

High-performance teams perform better and keep their team members more satisfied than regular teams. In this CQ Dossier, we introduce you to the main characteristics of high-performance teams and make recommendations on how to develop such teams.

High Performance Team, Team performance, Team effectiveness

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