ESSENTIAL – or not!
We have rarely, perhaps never, in our lives had the opportunity to see what would happen if the world almost stopped – like right now. We should take advantage of that opportunity to ask some very hard questions.
Building a Holistic Well-being Portfolio as a Pathway to Personal Resilience
By IHMA USA Chapter Board member - Aqeel Tirmizi, Professor of Leadership, Management and Service at Antioch University
Note: This essay originally appeared at Medium - https://medium.com/@atirmizi/building-a-holistic-well-being-portfolio-3b8e56fa63e6
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela
The COVID-19 pandemic has been labelled the biggest crisis that humanity has faced in the 21st century. It is impacting us psychologically Read more [...]
Practicing Humanistic Management Through Compassionate Listening and Constructive Feedback
The concept of humanistic management has been making waves in the workforce for a while, but many employers may still not quite understand what it means or how to implement it. A great place to start working toward this management strategy is by focusing on compassionate listening and feedback. Understanding why humanistic management is important and how communication plays a major role in it is the first step toward beginning to implement these practices into your own office environment.
Dialoghi di Economia Civile
Dialoghi di Economia Civile ai tempi del Covid-19 è il ciclo di webinar organizzato dalla SEC Scuola di Economia Civile, in collaborazione con la nuova Scuola Cooperativa di Federcasse.
Dopo l’evento lancio “Tra vecchie e nuove regole per una nuova grammatica sociale” di sabato 18 aprile con Cristina Bicchieri, University of Pennsylvania e Luigino Bruni, Università LUMSA la serie intende trattare tutti i temi della responsabilità civile, dal lavoro alle istituzioni, dalla Read more [...]
What’s dignity got to do with it? Why now is the time for humanistic management in tourism
Amongst all this angst what the future might hold for tourism and the many individuals affected, there is no doubt people will travel again to see their loved ones, and people will long for going on holiday after months of staying at home. When that time comes, we need to have a blueprint ready for a tourism industry that prioritises humanity over profits if we want (the industry) to survive indeed.
Why Humanistic Management is Critical in Times of Disruption
The dominant style of human management is what is termed as the Homo economicus standard. Homo is the Latin term for “modern man”, while economicus refers to the economy. The biggest problem with this arrangement is that we are Homo sapiens. We’re driven by a separate set of innate needs - hence, a grievous mismatch of values.
Under the Homo economicus model, we’ve got corporations and governance focused on two exclusive motivators while discounting other human drives. These two motivators Read more [...]
What is Humanistic Management
Extreme and growing wealth inequality, ideological terrorism, climate change, widespread environmental damage. The seemingly endless crises faced by humankind demand a fundamental rethink of how we organize at the geopolitical level, the societal level, the economic level, and the organizational level.
Listening is a Leadership Skill
Today, an effective leader is only able to lead his followers if she can articulate their true concerns and represent their shared collective ideals. The leader needs to listen to her followers in order to know their concerns. Listening is an important part of good communication. It is the missing piece in all the leadership communications methods.
Humanistic Management Conference Sessions at the Indian Academy of Management
There are several scholars in India doing good work that is perfectly aligned with the Humanistic Management values and goals. This community is connecting at the Indian Academy of Management Conference at the Indian Institute of Management – Trichy, where there are several paper sessions, and an Improv workshop and a panel on Humanistic Management.
2020 Sustainability Centres Community workshop in Vienna Austria
Every two years, the Network for Business Sustainability brings together members of its Sustainability Centres Community (SCC) to discuss the challenges and opportunities in directing a sustainability centre within a business schools. The 2020 workshop will have two objectives: (1) to increase impact and (2) to build collective wisdom. All activities will emphasize peer learning and transformative change.