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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
Unconscious Bias Training That Works
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTo become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental shortcuts... -
Be a Better Ally
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements have forced people in positions of power--namely, the white men who dominate institutional leadership roles--to... -
When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleAnd how to get back into the swing of things afterward. -
Making Exit Interviews Count
Managing people Magazine ArticleThis underused practice can be a powerful tool for retention. -
How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany White people deny the existence of racism against people of color because they assume that racism is defined by deliberate actions motivated by malice... -
Creating a Trans-Inclusive Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTrans people often experience stigma and discrimination, hostility from others, and pressure to "manage" their identities in social settings, including... -
A Guide to Implementing the 4-Day Workweek
Flex time Big IdeaWorking less can reduce employees’ stress — without sacrificing productivity. -
Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire
Business management SpotlightAnd what to do about it -
A New Way to Prevent Employee Exhaustion
To make sure your hardworking employees recharge their energy, have them notice colleagues who are taking care of themselves. They'll start looking out... -
Compensation and Benefits for Startup Companies
Compensation and benefits Magazine ArticleYou’ve decided to start a company. Your business plan is based on sound strategy and thorough market research. Your background and training have prepared you for the challenge. Now you must assemble the quality management team that venture investors demand. So you begin the search for a topflight engineer to head product development and a […] -
Case Study: One Employee Went Freelance. Now Everyone Wants the Same Deal
Human resource management Magazine ArticleAn advertising firm considers how to stem the tide of departures. -
Does This Company Need a Union? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNo doubt about it, the top managers in this fictitious case study agree, Wellington Associates is a great place to work. Analysts at the high-tech consulting... -
The Danger from Within
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe 2013 cyberattack on Target is just one recent example of a growing phenomenon: attacks involving connected companies or direct employees. According... -
How Employers Are Fixing Health Care
Health and behavioral science Big IdeaWalmart has embraced a new approach to improve the quality of care and lower costs. The results have been dramatic. -
How Technology Brings Blind People into the Workplace
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleIn these days of low unemployment, many corporate and other organizations find it necessary to track the whereabouts and profiles of underused sectors of the labor pool. One sector seldom tapped by business has an unemployment rate as high as 70%—even though the advent of new data-processing technology has opened a window of opportunity for […] -
Best Practices for Instant Messaging at Work
Business communication Digital ArticleCompanies need ground rules around communication tools like Slack. -
How Small Companies Can Offer Great Paid-Leave Programs
Employee retention Digital ArticleThe personnel benefits outweigh the financial costs. -
How Hard Should You Push Diversity?
Business law Magazine ArticleA bank’s chief diversity recruiter wonders whether to penalize managers who promote only white men. -
A No-Layoffs Policy Can Work, Even in an Unpredictable Economy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe benefits outweigh the costs.
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Go Beyond the Basics to Support Nursing Parents at Work
Personnel policies Digital ArticleAsking questions about the space you’ve designed for pumping is a good place to start. -
Creating a Happier Workplace Is Possible — and Worth It
Business and society Digital ArticleToo many of us are disconnected, disengaged, and bored at work. -
Best Practices for Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleFive strategies to ensure your company is an age-friendly employer. -
Research: Flexible Work Is Having a Mixed Impact on Employee Well-Being and Productivity
Business management Digital ArticleTo be truly engaged, employees must thrive in both their personal and professional lives. -
Why Your Organization Should Use Salary Benchmarking
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleMarket data can drive fairer compensation and boost employee retention. -
How to Avoid the Unexpected Consequences of Your DEI Policy
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleResearch suggests taking a systems-level view of inequality. -
A New Approach to Writing Job Descriptions
Developing employees Digital ArticleIt’s time they reflect the flexibility and fluidity of modern day roles and responsibilities. -
How to be an Anti-Ableist Ally
Management VideoWhen your company envisions a "normal" employee or a "normal" customer, who do they see? And when does that definition of "normal" underscore an ableist... -
How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
5 Ways Leaders Can Support Adoptive Parents
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleHow employers do — or don’t — step up can have a major impact on employees and their families. -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Business and society Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance. -
Case Study: Should Some Employees Be Allowed to Work Remotely Even If Others Can’t?
Managing employees Magazine ArticleAn Oklahoma-based energy company grapples with its return-to-office plan. -
What Companies Get Wrong About Talent Management
Talent management Magazine ArticleThe all-too-common mistakes businesses make with recruiting, hiring, benefits, and job design—and how to avoid them -
How Financial Accounting Screws Up HR
Talent management SpotlightIt distorts hiring, training, and benefits practices. -
What Companies Get Wrong About Talent Management
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBusinesses make all kinds of mistakes when it comes to recruiting, hiring, benefits, and job design. In fact, many common U.S. HR practices are downright... -
5 Things Employers Get Wrong About Caregivers at Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleMyth #1: School and childcare are back to normal. -
Research: Does Cannabis Really Make You More Creative?
Creativity Digital ArticleFrom Steve Jobs to Lady Gaga, the idea that weed boosts creativity has permeated pop culture. -
The New Rules of Work Clothes
Authenticity Digital ArticlePeople’s tolerance for discomfort — and conformity — has changed. -
Should You Tell a Prospective Employer About Your Caregiving Responsibilities?
Career planning Digital ArticleThree strategies to help you make the judgment call. -
How Unpredictable Schedules Widen the Gender Pay Gap
Gender Digital ArticleResearchers analyzed pay data for Massachusetts bus and train operators — who work at union-negotiated rates — and found women still took home 11% less than men.
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PLBsearch: Growing with LinkedIn
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case is used in Darden's "Digital Marketing" course elective. It explores the experience of a niche search firm whose founder attributed her ability... -
Michelin China: Transforming the Personnel Function
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Michel Default, Director of Michelin China's Personnel Department, had been responsible for leading Michelin China, a company that manufactures and sells... -
Legal Time - Confidential Information for the Defense Attorney (Drew Davis)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a... -
Chaircraft Corp. (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Discusses the purchase and installation of automated cutting equipment in a medium-sized furniture factory. The equipment has so far failed to cut costs... -
Mixing Business and Friendship: A Complicated Employee Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes a complicated employee decision experienced by entrepreneur, Sana Remekie, in mid-2019 after she opted to mix business and friendship.... -
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (SPH), a vertically integrated Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate, was considering its strategic options in the context of a... -
Graham Weaver
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of Graham Weaver, a young entrepreneur, as he forms and grows a private equity company over the course of three years. While... -
Legal Case - Confidential Information for the Prosecution (AUSA Prescott)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a... -
Identifying and Developing Capable Leaders
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Presents a synopsis of High Flyers, by Morgan McCall. Offers a method for identifying and training managers with potential--to build management bench... -
Language and Globalization: "Englishnization" at Rakuten (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets.... -
Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Consists of several vignettes and discussion points around issues of conflict in the workplace. Issues presented are differences of race, gender, nationality,... -
Guidant: Radiation Therapy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes a potential new approach to treating cardiac disease--radiation therapy. Guidant, a leading medical device maker, faces a choice about whether... -
Men's Wearhouse: Success in a Declining Industry
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details George Zimmer, CEO of the Men's Wearhouse, is considering what has made the firm so successful; what, if anything, it should do differently to continue... -
Explo Leisure Products
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely... -
Responsibilities to Employees
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The note provides a framework to conceptualize managers' responsibilities to employees in relation to economic, legal and ethical considerations. The... -
Advice for Working Moms (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details Manage the competing demands of working motherhood. As a working mother you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and... -
DEI at Schneider Electric: From "Why" to "How"
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces Schneider Electric's 15-year-long exploration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), aimed at providing "equal opportunities... -
The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (A): A Generation Among Other Generations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case opened with the departure of Rocío, one of the people Microsoft was counting on to develop the company's immediate future. Ana, the Director... -
Ebony Magazine
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00View Details For nearly 75 years, the Johnson Publishing Company has been the most successful African American magazine publisher. Its flagship Ebony magazine was... -
Advice for Working Dads (HBR Working Parents Series)
50.00View Details You can have a successful career and be the dad you want to be. Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant taking a backseat...
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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
Unconscious Bias Training That Works
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTo become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental shortcuts... -
Ask an Expert: How Do I Ask for Time Off in a New Job?
Organizational Development AdviceThere is no such thing as "earning" a break. -
Be a Better Ally
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements have forced people in positions of power--namely, the white men who dominate institutional leadership roles--to... -
When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleAnd how to get back into the swing of things afterward. -
Making Exit Interviews Count
Managing people Magazine ArticleThis underused practice can be a powerful tool for retention. -
How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany White people deny the existence of racism against people of color because they assume that racism is defined by deliberate actions motivated by malice... -
Creating a Trans-Inclusive Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTrans people often experience stigma and discrimination, hostility from others, and pressure to "manage" their identities in social settings, including... -
A Guide to Implementing the 4-Day Workweek
Flex time Big IdeaWorking less can reduce employees’ stress — without sacrificing productivity. -
Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire
Business management SpotlightAnd what to do about it