Weekly Hotlist: 7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them

 

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October 16, 2017 7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them By Alicia Bassuk From when someone takes credit for an idea to when you have to deliver bad news.

Leadership transitions To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Delegate Well by Jesse Sostrin Focus on the big picture, not just the execution. Leadership A Survey of How 1,000 CEOs Spend Their Day Reveals What Makes Leaders Successful by Oriana Bandiera, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, Raffaella Sadun The best ones stay high-level. Innovation Data From 3.5 Million Employees Shows How Innovation Really Works by Dylan Minor, Paul Brook, Josh Bernoff Diversity and participation produce better ideas. Assessing performance There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One by Lindsay McGregor, Neel Doshi There's a time to stick to your strategy and a time to divert from it. Managing up Research: Shifting the Power Balance with an Abusive Boss by Hui Liao, Elijah Wee, Dong Liu Become indispensable. Behavioral economics The Rise of Behavioral Economics and Its Influence on Organizations by Francesca Gino Nobel winner Richard Thaler changed how we think about human behavior. Managing yourself Take This Quiz to Figure Out How to Be Happier at Work by Annie McKee Three factors matter most. Career planning Do You Need a Formal Degree, or Will a MOOC Do? by Dorie Clark How to decide what level of training you need.

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