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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
To Improve Your Work Performance, Get Some Exercise
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew research shows daily physical activity can even impact your creativity the next day. -
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
Leadership & Managing People ResearchIt's not just about introspection. -
What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAs the demands of the workplace keep rising, many people respond by putting in ever longer hours, which inevitably leads to burnout that costs both the... -
How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBy using new technologies and services, U.S. health providers can take virtual health care to the next level. -
Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
Beating Burnout
Health and behavioral science Magazine ArticleHow to tell if you have it and what to do about it. -
3 Strategies for Making Better, More Informed Decisions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to overcome the limitations of our self-serving biases. -
Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
Emotional intelligence Digital ArticleIt’s far more than just being nice. -
When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleThree questions to ask before implementing the strategy into your hiring practices. -
The Hidden Toll of Microstress
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaMicrostresses are small moments of stress that seem manageable on their own - think a vague, worrying text from your teen flashing on your phone while... -
What Makes a Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision--the qualities traditionally... -
The Science of Strong Business Writing
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBrain scans are showing us in new detail exactly what entices readers. Scientists can see a group of midbrain neurons--the "reward circuit"--light up... -
How to Deal with Constantly Feeling Overwhelmed
Stress management Digital ArticleFive strategies can help. -
Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat to do when you notice a colleague - or yourself - saying something harmful. -
How Our Brains Decide When to Trust
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Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive
Organizational culture Digital ArticleFour ways bosses can create them. -
Why Diversity Programs Fail
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts... -
The Neuroscience of Trust
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleManagers have tried various strategies and perks to boost employee engagement--all with little impact on long-term retention and performance. But now,...
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23andMe: Genetic Testing for Consumers (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Following the FDA's letter in November 2013, which ordered 23andMe to cease sales of its DNA test kits, observers wondered how co-founder and CEO, Anne... -
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The B case documents the development of a strategy to achieve system-level impact in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape for a nonprofit focused on... -
Walmart - Flipkart Deal: In Search of Stability
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In May 2018, US-based multinational retail giant Walmart Inc. (Walmart) took control of India's biggest e-commerce platform Flipkart Internet Private... -
Apollo Hospitals--First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia's premier health care organizations, had come to rival the best health care organizations on the globe. Apollo... -
Eastern Cape Clinic (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Thandeka Sisulu had just been hired as the new administrative director for the Eastern Cape Clinic, located in the outskirts of the South African city... -
Design Thinking at Arena Industries: Designing an Employee Wellness Approach
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This document is one of three available case-based simulations used as the basis for a multisession course on design thinking. The course emphasizes deep... -
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details A nonprofit in the healthcare arena explores strategies to achieve system-level impact. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical... -
Taurion Inc.: Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (VCs)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES519. Taurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's... -
Cassia at Home: A Restaurant Brand Moves to Home Kitchens
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Beginning with an ambitious, lean start-up effort in the highly competitive restaurant industry in Auckland, New Zealand, a husband-and-wife team built... -
Canyon Ranch
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details How should Canyon Ranch leverage its uniqueness in the face of increasing competition and an entrenched customer definition of the firm? The firm is attempting... -
Dalian Xinhe Leather Clothing: Strategic Transformation in Response to COVID-19
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2000, Dalian Xinhe Leather Clothing Co. Ltd. (Dalian Xinhe) mainly produced men's and women's leather clothing; it had become the largest leather... -
Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart
Management Case Study8.95View Details Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of... -
GRIT Fitness
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity... -
Decision Making
99.00View Details Smart decisions are a key to business success. Boost your decision-making skills by learning how to avoid common pitfalls and use an effective process... -
Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Since founding CancerScan in 2008, Jun Fukuyoshi and Yoshiki Ishikawa had helped to improve cancer screening rates in Japan. Between 2005 and 2007, awareness... -
Expanding Health Insurance to Millions: Learning from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2008, the state of Oregon had the budget to enroll 10,000 individuals into Medicaid. But officials knew that demand for Medicaid would be far greater.... -
Satya: Authentic Entrepreneurship and Community
Management Case Study8.95View Details Patrice Mousseau was an Indigenous woman in Canada who founded an organic skin care company, Satya. From Satya's modest beginnings and early challenges,... -
Genetic Testing and the Puzzles We Are Left To Solve (A): Consideration for Family Members
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This set of cases (labeled A through M [UV1898 through UV1911]) presents various vignettes, each with a specific dilemma about genetic testing and the... -
Balancing Access with Accuracy for Infant HIV Diagnostics in Tanzania (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Global Health Initiative (GHI) is a tripartite collaboration among Northwestern University, non-profit donors, and commercial diagnostics companies....
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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
To Improve Your Work Performance, Get Some Exercise
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew research shows daily physical activity can even impact your creativity the next day. -
How to Write a Meaningful Thank You Note
Leadership & Managing People AscendSample messages from common workplace scenarios. -
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
Leadership & Managing People ResearchIt's not just about introspection. -
What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAs the demands of the workplace keep rising, many people respond by putting in ever longer hours, which inevitably leads to burnout that costs both the... -
How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBy using new technologies and services, U.S. health providers can take virtual health care to the next level. -
Understanding Leadership (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe would-be analyst of leadership usually studies popularity, power, showmanship, or wisdom in long-range planning. But none of these qualities is the... -
Beating Burnout
Health and behavioral science Magazine ArticleHow to tell if you have it and what to do about it. -
3 Strategies for Making Better, More Informed Decisions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to overcome the limitations of our self-serving biases.