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7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees’ Health and Well-Being
Human resource management ResearchA roundup of research on how to create a positive working environment. -
How to Approach an Office Romance (and How Not To)
Communication Best PracticeMany people meet their partners at work - but proceed carefully. -
What's Really Holding Women Back?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAsk people to explain why women remain so dramatically underrepresented in the senior ranks of most companies, and you will hear from the vast majority... -
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact,... -
Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleToday's overachieving professionals labor longer, take on more responsibility, and earn more than the workaholics of yore. They hold what Hewlett and... -
Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLeaders create the conditions that lead to burnout - or prevent it. -
A 3-Step Strategy to Support the New U.S. Mask Mandate
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHere's what CEOs and other leaders can do. -
Overcoming "Dead Air" in Your Meetings
If you're the only one talking during team gatherings, use these three strategies to invite participants to speak up and share their ideas. -
Culture Clash in the Boardroom (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLiu Peijin is the president of Almond China, a subsidiary of the German company Almond Chemical. Almond China's joint venture with Chongqing No. 2 Chemical... -
Defeating the Midday Slump
Follow these tips to feel more energized throughout the workday. Hint: Don't rely on caffeine. -
Who Moved My Cube?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleManagers once discouraged casual interaction among employees, viewing it as a distraction from "real work." Today we know that chance encounters on the... -
Can Light Make You More Honest at Work?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearch suggests we should pay more attention to the ways we are in the dark. -
Why You Should Rotate Office Seating Assignments
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleDesign firms have long claimed that workspace reorganizations promote collaboration and creativity, and research studies back up those claims. But the... -
Give Clinicians Time to Recover from the Pandemic
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHealth care organizations should consider benefits like temporary leaves, reduced hours, or workflow changes. -
It’s OK to Fail, but You Have to Do It Right
Business and society Digital ArticleFailing once at something new is an experiment, and experiments are crucial to success. Failing twice at the same thing might be more accurately called a mistake. -
Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
Creative abrasion on a team often leads to great ideas. Here's how to encourage it without causing bruised feelings. -
What Asbestos Taught Me About Managing Risk
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs a manager and executive with Johns-Manville, Bill Sells witnessed one of the greatest management blunders of the twentieth century. This blunder was... -
Research: The Benefits of a Pet-Friendly Workplace
Organizational Development Digital ArticlePlus guidance on what to do when some employees prefer a pet-free workplace. -
Create a Culture of Feedback on Your Team
The secret to constructive feedback? It's not about the other person; it's about the effect their behavior had on you. Use this and other pointers to...
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Handy: The Future of Work? (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Witnessing numerous lawsuits alleging that online platform companies misclassified workers as contractors when they were actually employees, Handy's founders... -
The WNBA-WNBPA 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement Negotiations: Betting Big on Women
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details On November 1, 2018, the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) informed the league that it had decided to opt out of the Collective... -
NBA Biometric Data: Privacy vs. Performance
Sales & Marketing Case Study14.00View Details The NBA and the player's union that represented NBA players signed a collective bargaining agreement. The agreement created the formation of a wearables... -
Leader as Coach: Restoring Employee Motivation and Performance (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Kiera, a young, enthusiastic sales rep, was recently promoted to manager of a sales team of five. In her first year on the job, she tackled a major revamp... -
Women@Work: Lynn (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Set in 2019, this case illustrates a design thinking intervention programme carried out at the Elite's Smile Specialized Medical Complex in the city of... -
Brita Products Co.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Clorox's Brita skillfully exploits a tide of water safety concerns, growing a home water (filtration) business from inception to a 15% U.S. household... -
Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Dr. Hans Fritz is 37 years old when he arrives in Bangkok on March 1, 1998 to assume his position as general manager of Novartis Thailand. Novartis is... -
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 317052. Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers... -
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (D)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This supplements the (A) case by summarizing key developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory,... -
The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling... -
Managing Your Anxiety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
What's the worst that can happen? Anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. But rumination, worry, and catastrophizing don't have to hold... -
Take Smart Risks
99.00View Details Take some chances! There's nothing riskier than standing still. -
Leader as Coach: Restoring Employee Motivation and Performance (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Kiera, a young, enthusiastic sales rep, was recently promoted to manager of a sales team of five. In her first year on the job, she tackled a major revamp... -
Women@Work: Soo Jin (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Set in 2019, this case illustrates a design thinking intervention programme carried out at the Elite's Smile Specialized Medical Complex in the city of... -
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,... -
Pho Hoa Dorchester
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Pho Hoa is a traditional, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Dorchester, Massachusetts that opened in 1992. As he approached retirement in recent years,... -
Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to 918-001. The case describes the inventive approaches to retail crime prevention that Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager... -
Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, ordered the temporary shutdown of Anglo American Platinum's... -
Zoom Video Communications: Eric Yuan's Leadership During COVID-19
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the first half of 2020, worldwide lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought explosive growth to the Zoom Video Communications platform, as... -
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial...
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7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees’ Health and Well-Being
Human resource management ResearchA roundup of research on how to create a positive working environment. -
How to Approach an Office Romance (and How Not To)
Communication Best PracticeMany people meet their partners at work - but proceed carefully. -
What's Really Holding Women Back?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAsk people to explain why women remain so dramatically underrepresented in the senior ranks of most companies, and you will hear from the vast majority... -
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact,... -
Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleToday's overachieving professionals labor longer, take on more responsibility, and earn more than the workaholics of yore. They hold what Hewlett and... -
Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLeaders create the conditions that lead to burnout - or prevent it. -
World-Class Explorers: Leading the Design-Thinking Organization
Strategy & Execution Book Chapter8.95View Details How can the circus be updated for today's more sophisticated tastes? This was the question that Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil, asked himself.... -
A 3-Step Strategy to Support the New U.S. Mask Mandate
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHere's what CEOs and other leaders can do. -
Overcoming "Dead Air" in Your Meetings
If you're the only one talking during team gatherings, use these three strategies to invite participants to speak up and share their ideas. -
What Companies Can Do to Help: Ideas for Improving Employee Time Management
Leadership & Managing People Book Chapter8.95View Details Achieving effective time management is ultimately the employee's responsibility, but every company has a vested interest in its employees' appropriate...