Additional Reading
We have compiled a list of additional articles that we feel add value to what we have already produced.
Work and Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Battling 'Covid-19 Brain' - this article, from INSEAD, uses neuroscience to explore the impact Covid-19 has had on our ability to think and react. There are some helpful tips given at the end of the article.
Journeying through the pandemic - this article, from Stanford Business School, examines how we can mitigate the psychological trauma caused by Covid-19 by making meaning out of tragedy.
Your professional development doesn't need to be put on hold - this article, from Kellogg Business School of Management at Northwestern University, offers some practical tips for how you can focus on your career and development even in the midst of turbulent times. There's also access to a recording of a 50-minute webinar.
Management/Leadership
Most leadership skills are learned and it starts with leading yourself - via Knowledge@Wharton
Are we seeing the death of management? - via Management Today
Why we need imperfect leaders - via Personnel Today
Performance management: Is the issue with them or you? - via Chartered Management Institute
If you're only transmitting you're not influencing - via Eblin Group
Have you reached the point of hubris in your leadership - via Forbes
How to be a dynamic learner - via Knowledge @Wharton
Better work-life balance starts with managers - via Harvard Business Review
The powerful drivers and blockers of leadership - via INSEAD
The Icarus Syndrome: Executives who fly too close to the sun - from INSEAD
Why manager development programs aren't working - from Gallup
4 steps to becoming a more self-aware leader - from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Narcissistic CEOs weaken collaboration and integrity - from Stanford Business School
Self-Improvement
Managing the 'always on' culture - a myth-buster and agenda for better practice - this article, by Professor Almuth McDowall of Birkbeck University, examines research into work life balance and what employers can do to improve organizational culture to ensure people aren't over-worked.
How not to ask for help - by Heidi Grant for TED
The key to a really good day - by Professor Ozan Varol
Are you mentorable? - via TED
Neuroscience
What You Think Is What You See - via Neuroscience News
Drops in income may not only hurt the wallet, they may harm the brain - via Neuroscience News
Study provides new insight into how the brain processes information when making self-judgments - via PsyPost
Employees, Candidates, and Teams
What science can tell us about building great teams - from Kellogg School of Management
Happy workers 13% more productive - from Said Business School, University of Oxford
How a few minutes of meditation can make you a nicer co-worker - from INSEAD