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Time to Increase Meaning, Trust, and Inspiration remotely
It would appear that communication by digital platforms works quite well for remote management; for coordination of work, information exchange, instruction, monitoring and follow-up. What reportedly gets done less well is the sensemaking about the meaning of all that...
How professional learning can lead to better decision making
TalentMiles builds on partnerships with a cross-disciplinary and global community of researchers. One of them is Therese Grohnert, an expert in the field of professional learning and decision making. She’s part of the research team of professor Wim Gijselaers at...
Research update: Resetting or reinventing: What the pandemic tells us about the future of work.
TalentMiles builds on partnerships with a cross-disciplinary and global community of researchers. One of them is Anthony Elliott, one of the world’s most renowned observers of change in contemporary working life. He recently talked to Bo-Magnus Salenius, co-founder of...
Do You Have a New Plan For Your Global Leadership Development?
In the next few months, global companies of all sizes will be looking to increase the support and competence development of their leader-managers, throughout all ranks and management positions. These leaders are tasked to empower their teams through a time of extreme...
These times ask for a more humble leader
TalentMiles builds on partnerships with a cross-disciplinary and global community of researchers. The most intensive of those partnerships is with the School of Business and Economics in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Professor Wim Gijselaers, Department Chair of...
Five ideas for developing empathy in a remote team
We live in a world full of information, but without emotions and the capacity to sense, understand and respond to emotions, a certain level of understanding and connection will go missing. In a modern organisation we have tools and practices for efficient transfer of information, but these leave out a big portion of what makes us human. Current research highlights the importance of empathy at work and when it comes to remote work the importance of developing empathy in your team can not be emphasised enough.
Strategy is about questions, not answers
We are seeking answers in the midst of the current situation caused by the coronavirus. In addition to the severe health implications, the consequences for the global economy are far greater than expected. Companies over the globe are struggling. The question is: how...
Research update: Why teamwork is crucial if you want to innovate
Gone are the days of the leader who knows it all and who tells his/ her team what to do. If you really want to be innovative, facilitating teamwork and learning is key. That’s what Dutch researcher Mieke Koeslag-Kreunen found after studying the role of leadership in...
Will this crisis teach us to reorganise work?
We live in exceptional times, not the least in working life. Gradually, the shock of the first weeks of organising our daily activities gives in to questions about what happens once the crisis is over. How do we, as a business, a team, etc., get back to normal, and...
What digital, engaging collaboration looks like
What do you think about when you hear the words “virtual” or “digital” connected to “learning”? Maybe you think of the last e-learning platform you tested or your company LMS that fills up with things to “get back to later”? Our view on virtual learning is...