Weekly Hotlist: 6 Things Every Mentor Should Do

 

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April 03, 2017 6 Things Every Mentor Should Do By Vineet Chopra, MD, Sanjay Saint, MD Establish ground rules from the start.

Health Assessment: How Mindful Are You? by Jacqueline Carter, Rasmus Hougaard, Rob Stembridge It's not always easy to focus on what you're doing. Conflict How to Tell Leaders They're Not as Great as They Think They Are by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 80% think they're better than average. Diversity Teams Solve Problems Faster When They're More Cognitively Diverse by Alison Reynolds, David Lewis Find people who disagree with you and cherish them. Government Figuring Out Which Companies and Industries Will Be Most Damaged by Brexit by Pankaj Ghemawat It's going to hurt, and trade with the Commonwealth won't make up for it. Delegation A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions by Peter Hopper, Jugnu Sakuja Manage the onslaught. Managing up How to Tell Your Boss to Stop Doing Your Job by Ron Carucci Start by clarifying expectations. Managing yourself How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers) by Rebecca Knight Learn the lingo. Government The U.S. Cannot Be Run Like a Business by Henry Mintzberg And citizens aren't customers.

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The Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review

 

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April 03, 2017 To Be a Strategic Leader, Be Agile and Consistent at the Same Time The best leaders are able to execute the core of their business while remaining open to trends in the market and adapting to meet them. Being strategic in this way requires that you balance two traits. The first is consistency: Work hard and show up on time. Set goals for yourself and your employees, and then achieve them. You also need the second trait, agility: Be intellectually curious, ready to learn from others, communicative, and collaborative. But just as consistency can turn into rigidity, agility can become a lack of focus when it isn’t tempered. So aim for a balance. Have high-quality standards, but also be open to change and understand when old ways of working no longer serve you or your company. Adapted from "The Best Strategic Leaders Balance Agility and Consistency," by John Coleman

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