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Motivating People to Perform at Their Peak
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to get them to explore new possibilities instead of exploiting the tried-and-true. -
How to Design a Better Hiring Process
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's time to move past "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" -
Recruit Better Data Analysts
Organizational Development Digital ArticleTactics any company can use. -
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
How to Tell an Employee They Didn't Get a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeBe straightforward, and help them stay motivated. -
How to Keep Your Star Performers in Trying Times
Employee retention Best PracticeWhen the economy is slow and unemployment rates are high, it’s easy to think your employees will happily stay put in their current jobs. But that’s a dangerous assumption. Research shows that voluntary turnover rates increase as consumer confidence builds. This means, as a manager, you need to figure out ways to retain your top […] -
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders in Your Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTalent can be hard to scout when it's family. -
Three Ways to Fish in the Global Talent Pool
Talent management Digital ArticleThe world is your talent pool. We’ve been hearing that message ever since corporations started chattering about globalization. The real issue is, how well do you fish in that pool? The difference between strategically fishing and merely flailing the waters of an increasingly diverse talent pool was the top issue at the recent Hidden Brain […] -
Using AI to Make Knowledge Workers More Effective
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleHumans and machines can make each other better. -
Parents May Be Your Secret Weapon For Recruiting and Retaining Millennials
Talent management Digital ArticleIf you want to get in with Millennials, try talking to their parents. -
Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn 2018, the Project on Managing the Future of Work at HBS teamed up with the BCG Henderson Institute to survey 6,500 business leaders and 11,000 workers... -
4 Reasons Talented Employees Don't Reach Their Potential
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt takes more than talent to succeed in your career. -
How Great Managers Manage People
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What Happens When Teams Fight Burnout Together
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Are All Employees Knowledge Workers?
Talent management Digital ArticleWe live in a world of haves and have nots. No, not the kind you might imagine. These people reside within our companies. We increasingly group the people in our firms into two classes: those who have knowledge and talent and, by implication, those who do not. This segmentation is misleading and damaging to firms […] -
Keeping Top Talent Engaged in Tight Times
Sylvia Ann Hewlett of the Center for Work-Life Policy discusses how to keep engagement up when business is down. -
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky: Skills, Not Degrees, Matter Most in Hiring
Business and society Digital ArticleEven if you don’t plan to change jobs, your job is going to change on you. -
Alarming Research Shows the Sorry State of US Higher Ed
Communication Digital ArticleHow can students learn when they spend just 9% of their time studying? -
Goldman Sachs Decides Restructuring Work Is Possible, After All
Employee retention Digital ArticleBut will their work-life reforms go far enough? -
Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of Minority Executives
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAll companies value leadership--some of them enough to invest dearly in cultivating it. But few management teams seem to value one engine of leadership...
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Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Private equity firm XAF Partners, created out of the 2003 merger of Shanghai-based Xuan Partners and AF Group, a spin out of the Shanghai-based, emerging... -
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's... -
Semicon India: Demystifying Workforce Analytics (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In May 2015, Filip Daw, a human capital strategist with a leading consultancy, is hired by the Indian subsidiary of Semicon Inc (SI), an American semiconductor... -
GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Over 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics... -
Sloan & Harrison: The Associate Challenge
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The law firm, Sloan & Harrison, was confronting issues pertaining to morale and turnover among its associate ranks. Annual surveys of associates revealed... -
Store24 (B): Service Quality and Employee Skills
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
GroupM India: The Human Dimension of Digital Transformation (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Case A sets the context of disruption in India and outlines the challenges facing GroupM in 2013. In the early 2010s, internet technology and social media... -
Ingersoll Rand: Creating Effective Engineering and Technology Centres (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W17439. -
Hayco Manufacturing Ltd.: Staff Welfare at the Shenzhen Factory
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As one of the world's leading manufacturers of houseware products and cleaning products, Hayco produced over five million brushes a month in its Shenzhen... -
What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World
35.00View Details Meet Justin Campbell. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty... -
Sloan & Harrison: Non-Equity Partner Discontent
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The law firm, Sloan & Harrison, was dealing with some discontent among its junior non-equity partners. These partners were concerned with the transparency... -
Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win
30.00View Details Are You a Driver, an Explorer, a Crusader, or a Captain? Many factors shape the success or failure of a new business, whether it's a stand-alone startup... -
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Rob Parson was a star producer in Morgan Stanley's Capital Markets division. He had been recruited from a competitor the prior year and had generated... -
Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Bang Si-Hyuk ('Hitman Bang') is the founder and co-chief executive officer of Big Hit Entertainment, the company behind BTS, a 'K-pop' band that has found... -
Semicon India: Demystifying Workforce Analytics (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case SMU805 In May 2015, Filip Daw, a human capital strategist with a leading consultancy, is hired by the Indian subsidiary of Semicon... -
Morgan Wallen: Tough Decisions at the William Morris Endeavor Agency (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Jay Williams, cohead of the Nashville office of the William Morris Endeavor (WME), must decide how to respond to an incident involving Morgan Wallen,... -
Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High
30.00View Details The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.... -
Millennium Media, Inc. and John Voorenberg
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Millenium Media's CEO reviews the company diversity report and considers the challenges of maintaining a diverse workforce in light of the news that three... -
Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company
30.00View Details Creating a culture of learning and growth. Growth is the goal. Helping people develop their potential--enabling them to articulate and become the self... -
Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing Vignettes
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Which sales candidate is a startup's ideal first hire? What marketing channels are best to invest in? How aggressively should an executive team align...
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Motivating People to Perform at Their Peak
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to get them to explore new possibilities instead of exploiting the tried-and-true. -
How to Design a Better Hiring Process
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's time to move past "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" -
Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Private equity firm XAF Partners, created out of the 2003 merger of Shanghai-based Xuan Partners and AF Group, a spin out of the Shanghai-based, emerging... -
Recruit Better Data Analysts
Organizational Development Digital ArticleTactics any company can use. -
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's... -
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
Semicon India: Demystifying Workforce Analytics (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In May 2015, Filip Daw, a human capital strategist with a leading consultancy, is hired by the Indian subsidiary of Semicon Inc (SI), an American semiconductor... -
How to Tell an Employee They Didn't Get a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeBe straightforward, and help them stay motivated. -
How to Keep Your Star Performers in Trying Times
Employee retention Best PracticeWhen the economy is slow and unemployment rates are high, it’s easy to think your employees will happily stay put in their current jobs. But that’s a dangerous assumption. Research shows that voluntary turnover rates increase as consumer confidence builds. This means, as a manager, you need to figure out ways to retain your top […] -
GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Over 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics...