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7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees' Health and Well-Being
Organizational Development 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. -
Successfully Launch a New Team, Chinese Version
Answer three questions to lay the foundation for high performance. -
Beyond Burned Out, Chinese Version
Use a set of tried-and-true practices to beat burnout on your team. -
Know the Signs of Burnout - Wrong Way
Natalie's upset that Robert's job performance is sliding. She knows that workloads have increased, but she pressures him to step up his performance. A... -
Your Employee Tested Positive for Covid-19. What Do You Do?
Global Business Digital ArticleBe compassionate - but act quickly. -
Overcoming "Dead Air" in Your Meetings, Chinese Version
If you're the only one talking during team gatherings, use these three strategies to invite participants to speak up and share their ideas. -
Know the Signs of Burnout - Ask the Coach
Natalie's upset that Robert's job performance is sliding. She knows that workloads have increased, but she pressures him to step up his performance. A... -
Disagree Without Being Disagreeable, Spanish Version
Creative abrasion on a team often leads to great ideas. Here's how to encourage it without causing bruised feelings. -
When Conflict Is Constructive and When It's Not, French Version
Learn how to turn productive conflict into team success. -
Balancing "We" and "Me": The Best Collaborative Spaces Also Support Solitude
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleThe open office is the dominant form of workspace design for good reason: It fosters collaboration, promotes learning, and nurtures strong culture. But... -
Share the Gift of Team Knowledge
When a project ends, do this reflection exercise with your team to capture what you've learned. You'll help your organization optimize peak moments and... -
Why Mandates Make Us Feel Threatened
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleFeeling a loss of autonomy can trigger our brain’s fight-or-flight response. -
Should Employers Fire Employees Who Attend White Supremacist Rallies?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThere are both legal and moral questions to consider. -
How to Talk with Your Boss about Work Overload -Better Way, Spanish Version
Brendan expresses worry about his heavy workload to his boss, Robert. But Robert doesn't seem concerned-or supportive. A professional coach reveals how... -
Make It Safe for Employees to Disclose Their Disabilities
Organizational Development ResearchOnly 20% of employees with disabilities feel that their workplace culture is fully committed to helping them thrive and succeed, according to a recent...
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Workplace Safety at Alcoa (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details At the May 1996 annual shareholders meeting, Alcoa CEO Paul O'Neill reported that Alcoa was making great progress toward becoming a world-class leader,... -
Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A), Spanish Version
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Examines the challenge facing the managers of a large aluminum manufacturing plant in its drive to improve workplace safety. The CEO of the company has... -
Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design
Management Case Study5.00View Details In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking... -
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,... -
Women@Work: Soo Jin (B), Chinese Version
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... -
Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the... -
Handy: The Future of Work? (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View 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... -
Manage At-Risk Employees, Chinese Version
Burnout can cause good employees to leave. Here's how to take preventative measures. -
Terror at the Taj Bombay: Customer-Centric Leadership, Multimedia Case
Sales & Marketing Tool25.00View Details On November 26, 2008, heavily armed terrorists launched a series of attacks throughout the western-Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay). One of the... -
Good Habits (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Improve the way you work--and feel--by forming better habits. We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply... -
Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices... -
The HBR Working Parents Series Collection (3 Books) (HBR Working Parents Series)
Tips, stories, and strategies for the job that never ends. When it comes to being a working parent, there are no right answers to the tough questions... -
The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution BookMost companies today have innovation envy. They yearn to come up with a game-changing innovation like Apple's iPod, or create an entirely new category... -
Differences at Work: Sameer (B), Japanese Version
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details In Differences at Work: Sameer (B) HBS Case No. 9-609-054, Sameer leaves the firm at the summer's end without confronting his employer about the jokes... -
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building collapse, a group of international retailers and labor unions partnered to create a proposal for more stringent... -
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A), Spanish Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination... -
Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Outlines the history of the Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation... -
Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details The top management team at Charles Veillon, a Swiss mail-order company, is considering whether to work with a human rights organization to monitor the...
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7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees' Health and Well-Being
Organizational Development 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. -
Successfully Launch a New Team, Chinese Version
Answer three questions to lay the foundation for high performance. -
Beyond Burned Out, Chinese Version
Use a set of tried-and-true practices to beat burnout on your team. -
Learning How to Reduce Hospital Mortality at Kaiser Permanente, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching Note for 612093. -
Know the Signs of Burnout - Wrong Way
Natalie's upset that Robert's job performance is sliding. She knows that workloads have increased, but she pressures him to step up his performance. A...