Planning Future - Acting Present
FMW Insight
Causes of high employee turnover
Author: Future Manager Research Center Having turnover is normal and it is part of the healthy life cycle of every organization. However, if this turnover hinders the firm’s goals achievement due to crucial positions always vacant, there is a major issue within the organization. Moreover, the cost for employees turnover (although it may vary significantly from business to business and seniority) is quite high: it has been estimated that for...
The mentors’ role
Author: Future Manager Research Center A mentorship program connects two employees of a company. The mentor is usually someone with experience in the company that shares with the mentee skills or knowledge during the duration of the program. Nevertheless, the mentors’ role isn’t to solve problems: their role is to help mentees consider different options and develop their own solutions. Both mentees and mentors benefit from the relationship, as it...
What makes a Future Manager?
Author: Future Manager Research Center The term Management 4.0 indicates the new style of leadership that is arising from the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. The 4.0 industry requires the integration and connection between machines, people and information systems, to create agile work environments where the workforce is able to respond fast with their predictions and decisions across the business. This new environment will require a new type of manager: the 4.0...
What questions can you ask as a candidate?
Author: Future Manager Research Center A job interview is a two-way street: the potential employers are asking to the candidates questions about them and their skills while the candidate is assessing if the job and company suits its expectations and aspirations. For candidates an important moment to discover more about the company and the job is when the potential employer asks if they have questions. These questions are a crucial point of...
The traits of an effective team
Author: Future Manager Research Center A team is able to achieve a performance that an individual on its own cannot accomplish. However for a team to be effective, each individual must also recognize their personal responsibilities to the team. Being part of a team means being open to other people’s ideas and perspectives in a positive discussion; for this reason team players have an open mind and actively listen the...
“Can I give you feedback?”
Author: Future Manager Research Center When talking about feedback and the value of it in workplace, there is a dominant belief that by giving feedback, especially if it is critical, there will be an increase in performance. Amazon, Google and Netflix are common examples of companies that attribute part of their success to their culture’s promotion of direct and blunt feedback and use it as a driver to attract and promote...
Boomerang Recruitment
Author: Future Manager Research Center A boomerang employee is an employee who leaves the enterprise he/she works for but then later returns to work for the company again. Not many companies are using the boomerang recruitment, but in the consulting or IT fields it is quite common. Some of these companies have create “Alumni program” to stay in touch with the their ex employees. The reason behind these programs is...
How to start a business meeting
Author: Future Manager Research Center Before the meeting: Before starting the meeting it is important to plan mentally what will be discussed in the meeting and to be sure that all the documents and information necessary are duly prepared. For this reason we advise to arrive to the appointment 10-15 minutes before scheduled: this time should be used to relax and to be more focused for the upcoming commitment. We...