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What Are Companies' Legal Obligations Around Coronavirus?
Global Business Digital ArticleEight factors leaders should consider. -
Seven Steps to Smarter Hiring
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleThis week’s question for Ask the Coach: Once again, I hired the perfect person, I thought, and he’s turned out to be a nightmare. Why is it so hard to hire the right person? Hiring the right people is not as simple as it sounds! Millions of managers ask themselves this same question every day. […] -
A Crisis of Long-Term Unemployment Is Looming in the U.S.
Career transitions Digital ArticleHow biases trap qualified job seekers in a cycle of rejection — and how to help them break free. -
Research: How Speech Patterns Lead to Hiring Bias
Leadership & Managing People ResearchWe infer people's social class within seconds of hearing them speak. -
How Netflix Reinvented HR
Talent management Magazine ArticleTrust people, not policies. Reward candor. And throw away the standard playbook. -
Jack Welch's Approach to Leadership
Communication Digital ArticleA look at the GE CEO's legacy. -
A CEO’s Common Sense of CIM: An Interview with J. Tracy O’Rourke
Hiring and recruitment Magazine ArticleAccording to Wickham Skinner (“What Matters to Manufacturing,” HBR January–February 1988), too many managers now approach production difficulties with “a menu of textbook techniques”—CIM, for example—when they should be thinking through the same old questions: What is my business? Where is the market? What machines and flexibilities do I really need? With Skinner’s strictures in […] -
Harnessing the Power of Idle Computers
Hiring and recruitment Magazine ArticleDistributed computing makes it possible to use the untapped processing and storage capability of PCs, laptops, and servers across your company’s network. It could also open up big, new business opportunities. -
A New Way to Explain the Pause in Your Career
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLinkedIn's "Career Break" feature is designed to help people relaunch after some time away from the workforce. -
Headhunters Reveal What Candidates Want
Organizational Development Digital ArticleTo recruit the best, offer more than a job. -
On the “Battle for Talent” and the Power of “Humbition”
Talent management Digital ArticlePut aside the dire headlines about falling stock markets, rising risks of recession, and overall economic anxiety. If you’re young, smart, and even reasonably well-connected, these are great times to be working on your career. We are in a seller’s market for “human capital.” Well-known technology companies are battling fiercely to recruit newly minted programmers, […] -
The Online Talent War
Hiring and recruitment Digital Article(I wrote this post with Diamond CTO Chris Curran) Are you taking no more than a squirt gun to the talent wars? Most people find jobs through social connections. In 1974, Harvard sociologist Mark Granovetter published his landmark study that showed four out of five people find jobs through personal connections. Yet, in our recent […] -
The Mistake Companies Make When They Use Data to Plan Diversity Efforts
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLack of data is no excuse for ignoring intersectionality. -
Imagine a Hiring Process Without Resumes
Business management Digital Article“Open hiring” can lead to more diversity, less turnover, and fairer systems. -
Hire for Personality
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleRobert Chavez, CEO of Hermès US, argues companies must foster open communication to build a collaborative working environment. -
Hardest Hire
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIf your new COO will eventually succeed your CEO, says consultant Anne Lim O'Brien, be clear about which role you're seeking to fill. -
How to Hire Without Getting Fooled by First Impressions
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou have to see and hear differently. -
AIDS Is Your Business
Global Business Magazine ArticleIf your company operates in a developing country, AIDS is your business. Although Africa has received the most attention, AIDS is also spreading swiftly... -
Research: Why Rejected Internal Candidates End Up Quitting
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd how to make it more likely that they'll stay. -
Redefining Competition in Health Care (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe U.S. health care system is in bad shape. Medical services are restricted or rationed, many patients receive poor care, and high rates of preventable...
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DJI Innovations: Managing the Human Capital in a High-Flying Company
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details DJI-Innovations is an early-stage company that developed hardware and software for remote-controlled helicopters and drones. Frank Wang, the CEO and founder... -
Two Tough Calls (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young female manager must decide whether to terminate two poorly performing managers who work for her. Shows the practical and ethical issues involved... -
Infinity Life Insurance Company: Creating an Organization (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Infinity Life Insurance Company was a joint venture between two Indian public sector banks and a U.K.-based insurance firm. The company began its operations... -
Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes the new divisional vice president's decisions and strategies in his first full year of management there. His influence style and tactics are... -
Spir-it, Inc. (B): Managing People
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details When Jack Sindler founded Spir-it, Inc. in 1934, he was the company's sole employee. By 1999, Sindler's firm more than survived its first 55 years. Employment... -
The Lump Sum Grant Initiative for Hong Kong Social Services
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Notwithstanding its reputation as a free market bastion, Hong Kong has long been home to a well-developed, government-supported "social sector." Although... -
LIVESTRONG: Cycling Around Lance Armstrong
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In early 2013, the ongoing controversy involving cyclist Lance Armstrong's use of performance-enhancing drugs was taking its toll on the nonprofit LIVESTRONG... -
Diversity
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This series of diversity caselets is designed to present short, quick vignettes of different workplace situations involving issues of gender, sexual orientation,... -
The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right
26.00View Details You've landed a job. Now what? No one tells you how to navigate your first day in a new role. No one tells you how to take ownership, manage expectations,... -
Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an automated software solution from... -
Robin Ash and Printzhof Press
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Robin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings,... -
That Little Voice Inside (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The day after Catherine Russell, senior vice president of Harbor Community Bank (HCB), discovered one of the bank's branch managers in the bank after... -
Bill Connors and The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, Bill Connors, the President of Comcast's Central Division, launched a startup accelerator in Comcast's new Atlanta Regional headquarters. Comcast... -
White Working Class, With a New Foreword by Mark Cuban and a New Preface by the Author: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
19.99View Details "It is really worth a read..." -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save America. Now in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban... -
Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details ... -
Quality at Gillette Argentina
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Chronicles the launch of a Total Quality Management (TQM) program in Gillette Argentina. The case protagonist credits the initiative with a 40% benefit... -
Royal Bank of Canada: Transforming Managers (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The 2015 case "Royal Bank of Canada: Transforming Managers (B)" details the success of the manager improvement pilot intervention program discussed in... -
Simplex Solutions: Expanding the Entrepreneurial Team
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The Simplex Solutions multi-media decision scenario outlines the evolution of a software venture with a new technology that could find application in... -
Global Knowledge Management at Danone (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The (C) case provides an update on the B-case decision and describes the introduction of Dan 2.0, an internal social virtual network for the purpose of... -
SuccessFactors
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The protagonist is Lars Dalgaard, a young manager with solid experience but none in leading a technology company. Through a combination of circumstances,...
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DJI Innovations: Managing the Human Capital in a High-Flying Company
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details DJI-Innovations is an early-stage company that developed hardware and software for remote-controlled helicopters and drones. Frank Wang, the CEO and founder... -
What Are Companies' Legal Obligations Around Coronavirus?
Global Business Digital ArticleEight factors leaders should consider. -
Seven Steps to Smarter Hiring
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleThis week’s question for Ask the Coach: Once again, I hired the perfect person, I thought, and he’s turned out to be a nightmare. Why is it so hard to hire the right person? Hiring the right people is not as simple as it sounds! Millions of managers ask themselves this same question every day. […] -
Two Tough Calls (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young female manager must decide whether to terminate two poorly performing managers who work for her. Shows the practical and ethical issues involved... -
Infinity Life Insurance Company: Creating an Organization (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Infinity Life Insurance Company was a joint venture between two Indian public sector banks and a U.K.-based insurance firm. The company began its operations... -
A Crisis of Long-Term Unemployment Is Looming in the U.S.
Career transitions Digital ArticleHow biases trap qualified job seekers in a cycle of rejection — and how to help them break free. -
Research: How Speech Patterns Lead to Hiring Bias
Leadership & Managing People ResearchWe infer people's social class within seconds of hearing them speak. -
Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes the new divisional vice president's decisions and strategies in his first full year of management there. His influence style and tactics are... -
Spir-it, Inc. (B): Managing People
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details When Jack Sindler founded Spir-it, Inc. in 1934, he was the company's sole employee. By 1999, Sindler's firm more than survived its first 55 years. Employment... -
How Netflix Reinvented HR
Talent management Magazine ArticleTrust people, not policies. Reward candor. And throw away the standard playbook.