Previous Manager Forums Resources
May 2025
The Systems Leader (Part 1)
In our May 27 Manager Forums session, you were introduced to The Systems Leader, Robert Siegel’s holistic framework to lead effectively.
Session Resources:
- View the session slides in Google Drive
- Read The Systems Leadership and How to Master the Cross-Pressures That Make or Break Today’s Companies article on LinkedIn
- Subscribe to Robert Siegel’s The Systems Leader newsletter on LinkedIn
April 2025
Principled and Purposeful Leadership (Part 3): Negotiation and Influence
In our final installment of the Principled & Purposeful Leadership series, Margaret Neale, The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita, shared how to get more of what you want from your negotiations.
Session Resources:
- Getting (More of) What You Want In Your Negotiations slides
- Negotiation expert: Lessons from my horse, YouTube TEDx Talk (14:35)
- Exercising Influence: A two-part professional development training program
March 2025
Principled and Purposeful Leadership (Part 2): Coaching for Effective Leadership
In part two of our three-part Principled & Purposeful Leadership series, Stanford GSB executive coach and facilitator Inbal Demri-Shaham, PhD, introduced you to the EFECT Coaching Framework.
Session Resources:
February 2025
Principled and Purposeful Leadership (Part 1): The Stanford GSB Leadership Model
Kicking off the 2025 Manager Forums, Sarah A. Soule, The Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior and the Sara Miller McCune Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, led the first discussion in a three-part series called Principled & Purposeful Leadership: The Stanford GSB Leadership Model. Sarah shared the Stanford GSB Leadership Model and practical ways to lead effectively. The session included recommended reading and helpful exercises to help you build on the Model and the five key leadership competencies.
Session Resources:
- The Stanford GSB Leadership Model presentation
- Take Home Pack for Manager Forums
- 7 Ways to Improve Your Active Listening
- Follow-up Questions as the Elixir
Suggested reading:
- Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella
- Mindwise by Nicholas Epley
- The Systems Leader by Robert E. Siegel
- Think Faster, Talk Smarter by Matt Abrahams
November 2024
‘The Manager’s Handbook,’ Session Two: From Good to Great -- Leveraging Mentorship and Coaching for Leadership Success
Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer of Management, David Dodson led the second session of the two-part series on ‘The Manager’s Handbook.’
Session Resources:
Other Resources:
- LinkedIn Learning courses
- Personalized coaching
- 1:1 Development Coaching powered by CoachHub: Partner with a professional coach for unlimited personalized, virtual coaching sessions for three months. Designed to enhance leadership skills, improve decision-making, and amplify your impact, this program is ideal for managers and their teams who are committed to their personal and professional growth. The next session starts on Jan. 27. Enroll by Jan. 13 on the 1:1 Development Coaching page.
- Career Counseling Network: Access expert, confidential career guidance with career exploration, career advancement, strategic job search support, and more. This resource supports not only your career growth but also equips you to support your team’s aspirations. Schedule a session on the Career Counseling Network page.
October 2024
‘The Manager’s Handbook,’ Session One: The Art of Giving Constructive Feedback and Managing High Performance
Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer of Management, David Dodson led the first session in a two-part series on ‘The Manager’s Handbook,’ The Art of Giving Constructive Feedback and Managing High Performance.
Session Resources:
- Link to David’s presentation
- Signed copy of The Manager’s Handbook by David Dodson for purchase. If you are one of the 50 winners of the book giveaway, look out for an email confirmation sent on 10/16/24 from learningdev@stanford.edu.
Other Resources:
- LinkedIn Learning courses
- Constructive Feedback and Managing High Performance
Get personalized support and hands-on practice with delivering effective feedback and creating a high-performance culture on your team. Register for 1:1 Development Coaching powered by CoachHub and get three months of unlimited, virtual coaching to address your unique goals and skill development.
September 2024
Navigating Conflict: Managing Difficult Conversations at Work
Rosan Gomperts, Director of the Faculty Staff Help Center, led a session on Navigating Conflict: Managing Difficult Conversations at Work. Rosan shared important skills and insights to help navigate challenging conversations at work more productively.
Session Resources:
- Navigating Conflict: Managing Difficult Conversations at Work slides
- Faculty Staff Help Center Manager Monthly Discussion Group
- Register to attend the Sept. 24 discussion
Other Conflict Management Resources:
- LinkedIn Learning courses
- Matt Abraham’s Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast
- 1:1 Development Coaching - virtual coaching by CoachHub
- Register for 1:1 personalized virtual coaching and get support with developing conflict management skills to navigate challenging conversations and build productive relationships with your team.
August 2024
Mastering Flexible Work at Stanford: Best Practices to Optimize Your Team's Operations
Ann Foley, Stanford’s Sr. Director of Workplace Experience, led a session on flexible work where she shared the latest research on the ways distributed work affects our experience as individuals and teams. She also provided concrete, practical best practices to optimize team effectiveness and connection.
View session resources:
- Mastering Flexible Work at Stanford session Google Slide deck
- Flexible Work Best Practices Guides on Cardinal at Work
- Thinking Inside the Box: Why Virtual Meetings Generate Fewer Ideas on the Stanford GSB website
More development resources for you and your team:
- LinkedIn Learning: How to Support Flexible Work as a Manager
- LinkedIn Learning: Making Hybrid Teams Work
- LinkedIn Learning: Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Essentials
- LinkedIn Learning: Supporting Accessibility in a Hybrid Workplace
May 2024
Introduction to Compensation Essentials for Today's and Tomorrow's Needs
Staff Compensation from University Human Resources led a session on managers' evolving needs in understanding and applying Stanford's Non-Academic Staff Compensation Program. Staff Compensation shared how they with school/unit Human Resources leaders to support manager needs and addressed the challenges of balancing the objectives of the compensation philosophy. Managers were also provided with tips on having compensation conversations.
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April 2024
Leaders as Trustees of Others' Time
Facilitator Robert Sutton, Organizational Psychologist and Professor of Management Science and Engineering led a session on Leaders as Trustees of Others' Time, which he described as part therapy and part organizational design. Bob discussed highlights from "The Friction Project," his new book with Graduate School of Business Professor Hayagreeva (Huggy) Rao. Their main insight was that skilled leaders and friction fixers, trustees of others' time who are bent on making the right things easier and the wrong things harder for others, and adept at helping them to move fast AND to slow down.
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