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Research: How Sexual Harassment Affects a Company's Public Image
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA single claim can dramatically harm the public's perception of an organization. -
Does Your Family Business Encourage Dissent?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCompanies that have diversity of thought are higher performing - and more resilient. -
Every Employee Should Have Access to Paid Parental Leave
Gender Big IdeaReddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian on fighting for — and taking — paternity leave -
How Millennials' Sharing Habits Can Benefit Organizations
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe Pew Internet and American Life Project recently asked a large group of experts if they thought Millennials would grow out of their currently strong... -
The Case of the Religious Network Group
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it. -
How VC Can Help More Women Get Ahead
Gender Big IdeaAccelerating the success of female funders and founders -
Many Employees Have a Mid-Career Crisis. Here's How Employers Can Help
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#MeToo’s Legacy
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Two Common Mistakes of Millennials at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMy previous post here highlighted the smart practices that the digital-native Millennials are bringing to the workplace. Here I want to talk about a couple... -
ESG Is Under Attack. How Should Your Company Respond?
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework to help you understand the backlash and stay true to your values. -
We Need to Talk About Men's Mental Health at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's time to move beyond the stigma. -
Ending Harassment Culture
Gender Big IdeaSexual harassment takes away women’s power in the workplace. Here’s how to break the cycle. -
Businesses Need to Bring Younger Employees into Their Leadership Ranks
Global Business Digital ArticleToday's most intractable challenges require an intergenerational approach. -
Masters of the Multicultural
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleChief diversity officers, in new roles, foster innovation and generate revenues, writes author Frans Johansson. -
“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
Thanks to Gen Xers for the Reality Check
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleI’ve appreciated the perspectives you’ve shared over this past year, but none more than the views some Gen X’ers, those of you in your 30’s and early 40’s, have expressed about those of us in the Boomer generation. You’ve helped me understand your positions more clearly and, I hope, given us all greater insight into […] -
The Mood in Tokyo, One Week After
Crisis management Digital ArticleThe flight from Vancouver to Tokyo was half empty. At this time of year it is generally packed, and I wondered again how wise I was in heading to Tokyo just after a major earthquake, and with the Fukushima reactors running out of control. But I had compelling personal reasons to go, and the US […] -
Gen Y's Most Perilous Trait?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA few years back, I started noticing that my MBA students were behaving differently. More and more, they opened the meetings they requested with me by... -
It’s Not Your Coworkers’ Job to Teach You About Social Issues
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleHow to educate yourself without burdening your colleagues. -
ActOne Group Founder Janice Bryant Howroyd: Never Compromise Your Values in a Quest to Succeed
Business and society Digital Article“Never compromise who you are personally to become who you wish to be professionally.”
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It’s Time to Unbundle ESG
Responsabilidade Social Corporativa Digital ArticleTo continue making progress on all three fronts, companies should focus on each issue individually. -
Research: Flat Hierarchies Can Discourage Women Applicants
Diversidad e inclusión Digital ArticleAn experiment with over 8,000 job seekers found that women often worry these organizations will present them with frustrating challenges. -
How Work Has Changed for Women in Corporate America Over the Last 10 Years
Diversidad e inclusión Digital ArticleFindings from Lean In and McKinsey’s annual Women in the Workplace report. -
How Companies Can Use AI to Better Serve Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Customers
Diversidade e Inclusão Digital ArticleBrands racing to embrace customer service chatbots risk neglecting disabled communities. -
Research: How Anxiety Shapes Men’s and Women’s Leadership Differently
Género Digital ArticleA study of 137 leaders and their direct reports during the early stages of Covid-19 shows that men were more likely to resort to abusive behavior during stressful moments. -
How DEI Can Survive This Era of Backlash
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleU.S. feminist movements of the 20th century are a model for sustaining progress during times of closed doors. -
How to Explain Job Hopping in an Interview
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleUse your resume as a roadmap to explain your values and decision-making to future employers. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Connie Chung
Careers Magazine ArticleThe former news reporter and anchor on challenges in a white-male-dominated industry -
Research: Why Inclusive Hiring Must Include Refugees
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleSix ways companies of any size can engage this overlooked talent pool. -
Research: How IT Can Solve Common Problems in DEI Initiatives
Diversity and inclusion ResearchLessons from three organizations that successfully leveraged IT to drive structural change. -
Research: Highlighting Minority-Owned Businesses Can Boost Sales
Marginalized groups Digital ArticleA team of academics studied what happened when Yelp and Wayfair labeled products made by Black- and Latinx-owned businesses. -
Breaking Down Barriers to Belonging for Women of Color in Tech
Inclusion and belonging Digital ArticleResearch sheds light on the top contributors and detractors to belonging — and how companies can address them. -
Why Dropping the E in DEI Is a Mistake
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleThe Society for Human Resource Management’s decision to remove “equity” from its DEI framework sets a dangerous precedent that flies in the face of decades of research. -
Why “Wisdom Work” Is the New “Knowledge Work”
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleAI technologies create less demand for human knowledge — and they put a premium on human wisdom. -
How Biases About Motherhood Impact All Women at Work
Gender Digital ArticleResearch shows the maternal wall is an obstacle regardless of whether women plan to have children or not. -
How to Improve Women’s Advancement Programs
Gender Digital ArticleToo often, traditional initiatives reinforce a narrow definition of power that doesn’t fit with women’s experiences and goals. -
Research: 4 Ways Employees Respond to DEI Initiatives
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleIt’s not as simple as classifying people for or against diversity, equity, and inclusion. -
Should an Aging Leader Step Aside?
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleNavigating ageism, leadership ability, and succession planning. -
How to Equitably Assign High-Profile Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleWorking with researchers, four companies used a data-driven approach to balance who was doing the office housework and who was getting promotion-making assignments. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Darius Rucker
Career transitions Magazine ArticleThe popular singer looks back on breaking into country music and how the industry has changed.
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Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (D)
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Faith and Work: Hobby Lobby and AutoZone
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Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good
28.00View Details A cutting-edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion. Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts with remarkably few results.... -
Banco del Barrio: Towards a Transformative Service Platform?
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2020, Banco del Barrio (BB) celebrated its12th anniversary since its establishment as a non-bank correspondent. BB had successfully reduced the traditional... -
Differences at Work: Erica (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In Differences at Work: Erica (A) HBS Case No. 9-408-015 Erica, a junior sales person, has just been offered the opportunity to attend an important client... -
Visualfy: Improving the Quality of Life of an Invisible Community
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Visualfy is a start-up introducing technology (software and hardware) to help people in the deaf community solve some basic problems in their homes: for... -
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (C)
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Semprae Laboratories
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Rachel Braun Scherl and Mary Wallace Jaensch are marketing consultants for J&J who uncover the opportunity to buy Zestra Laboratories, a South Carolina... -
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Starbucks Corporation
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case is set in 2023. The protagonist is Laxman Narasimhan, Starbucks' CEO since April 1st, 2023. Starbucks is a multinational coffee company and restaurant... -
Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices... -
Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Frustrated by an inability to convince existing venture capital firms to invest in companies led by women, people of color, and LGBT founders, Arlan Hamilton... -
Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
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Jonah Creighton (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Covers Jonah's two-hour meeting with the company's executive vice president who is next in line to become president, and the outcome of the discriminatory... -
Dawn Riley at America True (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Dawn Riley and America True are based in Auckland, New Zealand, where racing will begin in six weeks. The senior management team will be meeting in August... -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Dana Hall is a private all-girls school in New England facing a crisis in its mission. As social norms shift away from single-sex education, the school's... -
Uber: The Turbulent Rise of "Everyone's Private Driver"
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The meteoric rise of ride-sharing firm Uber illustrates how gig-economy firms can grow to prominence and disrupt older, mature industries. Yet Uber's... -
DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations... -
Fair & Lovely vs. Dark is Beautiful
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Women of Worth (WOW) is an organization that seeks to empower women through training and workshops. The organization has also fought against discrimination... -
VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production...
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Research: How Sexual Harassment Affects a Company's Public Image
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA single claim can dramatically harm the public's perception of an organization. -
Does Your Family Business Encourage Dissent?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCompanies that have diversity of thought are higher performing - and more resilient. -
Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (D)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case UV8435 -
Every Employee Should Have Access to Paid Parental Leave
Gender Big IdeaReddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian on fighting for — and taking — paternity leave -
How Millennials' Sharing Habits Can Benefit Organizations
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe Pew Internet and American Life Project recently asked a large group of experts if they thought Millennials would grow out of their currently strong... -
The Case of the Religious Network Group
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it. -
How VC Can Help More Women Get Ahead
Gender Big IdeaAccelerating the success of female funders and founders -
Faith and Work: Hobby Lobby and AutoZone
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Religion in the workplace is of growing interest as more individuals desire to express their spirituality and incorporate their whole selves there. Expression... -
Black Business Leaders Series: Oprah’s Path to Authentic Leadership
Entrepreneurship AudioOprah Winfrey believes in sharing the experiences that led her to become the wealthiest woman in the entertainment industry and the first African American woman billionaire. Harvard Business School professor Bill George traces her growth from childhood, focusing on how and when she discovered her true voice and how that authenticity spurred her career success. -
Many Employees Have a Mid-Career Crisis. Here's How Employers Can Help
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFour tips, from lateral moves to mentoring roles.