Leadership & Organizational Development Blog Archives - Intentional Insights

Leadership Development

Confirmation Bias

How Confirmation Bias Reduces Business Profits

The confirmation bias causes leaders to look for information that confirms their beliefs, and rejecting information that does not. To overcome this dangerous cognitive bias, leaders should test decisions by trying to prove themselves wrong.
Mentoring for Effective

Mentoring for Effective Integration of Junior Employees (Video & Podcast)

Remote mentoring is a best practice that offers a solution to one of the biggest challenges for hybrid and remote work: on-the-job training and integration of recently-hired staff. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes mentoring for effective integration of junior employees in hybrid and remote teams.
Fully Remote

Employees Wanting Work to Be Fully Remote Will Win This Fall

Despite many traditionalist executives pushing for a return to the office, remote work will win this fall as the threat of new contagious COVID variants looms large. Companies that adopt a hybrid-first, team-led model will seize a competitive advantage
How to Future-Proof

How to Future-Proof Your Leadership (Video & Podcast)

Future-proofing allows organizations to plan countermeasures and allocate resources for possible problems ahead of time, helping leaders avoid cognitive biases. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to future-proof your leadership.
Remote Mentoring

Remote Mentoring for Effective Integration of Junior Employees

On-the-job training and integration of recently-hired staff is one of the biggest challenges for hybrid and remote work. Remote mentoring is a best practice that offers an excellent solution to this challenge.

How to Defeat the Empathy Gap (Video & Podcast)

Leaders need to address the emotions of employees first and foremost in order to overcome the empathy gap through emotional and social intelligence. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to defeat the empathy gap.
the CHO

Say Hello to the CHO (Video & Podcast)

The pandemic has taken a toll on employees’ mental and physical health, so many organizations have started hiring a Chief Health Officer to oversee the prioritization of health in all policies. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the new role of a CHO.
Hybrid Work

Google’s Myth of Losing Social Capital in Hybrid Work

Companies can effectively retain social capital in the hybrid and remote work environment by applying hybrid work best practices such as the virtual watercooler and virtual coworking
Future-Proof

How to Future-Proof Your Leadership

Future-proofing allows organizations to plan countermeasures and allocate resources for possible problems ahead of time, helping leaders avoid cognitive biases.
Burnout Recovery

Burnout Recovery in the Hybrid and Remote Future of Work (Video & Podcast)

The abrupt transition to remote work in the pandemic has caused employee burnout. Leaders must set clear work boundaries and expectations, and adopt best practices for hybrid and remote work, to facilitate burnout recovery and protection. That's the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes burnout recovery in the hybrid and remote future of work.