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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
How to Do Hybrid Right
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSince the pandemic, companies have adopted the technologies of virtual work remarkably quickly--and employees are seeing the advantages of more flexibility... -
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... -
How to Shape Your Culture, Arabic Version
Organizational Development SpotlightStep-by-step advice for arriving at an aspirational target. -
Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success
Career planning Magazine ArticleStepping off the career fast track is easy. What’s hard is getting back on. Careers, companies, and economies suffer when highly skilled women cannot get back where they belong. -
Microsoft Analyzed Data on Its Newly Remote Workforce
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaHere's what it found about meetings, culture, workdays, and engagement. -
To Raise Productivity, Let More Employees Work from Home
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen a travel company tried cutting office overhead by allowing call center reps to do their jobs at home, it realized some unexpected results. -
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... -
What a Star--What a Jerk (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAfter a long stint in consulting, Jane Epstein has just become a manager at TechniCo. She's trying to get a fix on the various personalities and roles... -
When Companies Support Pumping Breastmilk at Work, Everyone Benefits
Personnel policies Digital ArticleA study found it increases the employee’s well-being and productivity. -
How to Manage a Hybrid Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to do when not everyone has returned to the office. -
What It Means to Work Here
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat distinguishes a company that has deeply engaged and committed employees from another one that doesn't? It's not a certain compensation scheme or... -
The Third Wave of Virtual Work
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn three major waves of change over the past 30 years, employers and workers have converged on new arrangements for getting knowledge work done. First,... -
The New Tools of Trade
Labor Magazine ArticleToday, most multinationals have a conspicuous social conscience. They publicize their internal codes of conduct, monitor labor conditions in their global supply chains, and require suppliers to meet basic labor practice standards. But despite efforts to be better global citizens, companies by themselves are unable to eliminate abuses in their supply chains. In fact, so […] -
Most People Are Supportive of #MeToo. But Will Workplaces Actually Change?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree ways leaders can build on the momentum. -
Designing Buildings that Are Both Well-Ventilated and Green
Climate change Digital ArticleExtra ventilation often means using more energy — but it doesn’t have to. -
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... -
Stop Noise from Ruining Your Open Office
Personal productivity Digital ArticleShushing advice from the pros. -
Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces
Workspaces design Digital ArticleHow to support the new parents on your team. -
The Maternal Wall
Human resource management Magazine ArticleWhile some women stand nose pressed against the glass ceiling, many working mothers never get near it. What stops them is the “maternal wall.” Where mothers are concerned, coworkers and bosses often perceive a trade-off between competence and warmth. That’s what I found when I reviewed the research on stereotyping in the workplace. Social psychology […]
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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... -
W.R. Grace & Co: Dealing with Asbestos Torts
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits... -
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... -
Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Kent Thiry, CEO of dialysis provider DaVita, is considering how to integrate employees from recently acquired Gambro Healthcare without damaging DaVita's... -
Women@Work: Han-na (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This series of six short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight workplace dynamics faced by women professionals. Women represent about half... -
Jieliang Phone Home! (C)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women... -
Women@Work: Jane (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... -
Sustainable Conservation
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Sustainable Conservation case presents the story of San Francisco-based nonprofit that was founded to solve environmental problems in California... -
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A), Japanese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Wells Fargo, the industry leader in electronic banking, has implemented a Balanced Scorecard in its online financial services group (OFS) to track and... -
Ucommune: Creating a Business Model for the Co-working Space Industry in China
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Ucommune was the first co-working space operator in China to submit a prospectus to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. As its basic business,... -
Reworking Office Space: Industry City, Brooklyn
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Jamestown is contemplating how to best lease a portion of their new development along the Brooklyn waterfront, Industry City. The 6 million square foot,... -
Fostering Creativity
15.00View Details To survive in today's hypercompetitive climate, businesses must innovate constantly. Innovation hinges on creativity--generating novel and useful ideas.... -
Inkaterra
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the company can pursue... -
Jieliang Phone Home! (A)
Organizational Development Case Study14.00View Details At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators-bright and capable young men and (mostly) women... -
Three Cases on Workplace Mistreatment
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In the first of three mini-cases on workplace mistreatment, "Casual Fridays Gone Wrong," the vice-president of compliance for a collections company faced... -
CEO Activism (A), Portuguese Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case introduces CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that do not relate directly to their companies.... -
Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life
How working parents can lead more purposeful lives, characterized by harmony, connection, and impact. Parents in today's fast-paced, disorienting world... -
Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Texan entrepreneur Trisha Wilson has founded an interior design firm and watched it grow into one of the most successful firms in the hospitality design... -
Hybrid Workplace: Tools for Preparing Your Team for the Future
Hybrid work is here to stay--but what will it look like at your company? If your organization is holding on to inflexible, pre-pandemic policies about... -
Lincoln Electric Co., George Willis, Video
Leadership & Managing People Case Study150.00View Details Presents George Willis, chairman and CEO of Lincoln Electric Co., addressing an HBS PMD executive class on October 7, 1988.
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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
How to Do Hybrid Right
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSince the pandemic, companies have adopted the technologies of virtual work remarkably quickly--and employees are seeing the advantages of more flexibility... -
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... -
Four Principles to Ensure Hybrid Work Is Productive Work
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleLeaders and the teams they manage are experimenting with new ways of working. They are pivoting the axes of work for both place and time, designing hybrid... -
Harvard Business Review, March/April 2021
Leadership & Managing People Magazine Issue19.95View Details Harvard Business Review publishes new and authoritative ideas for improving the practice of management. Written by leading business thinkers and executives,... -
How to Shape Your Culture, Arabic Version
Organizational Development SpotlightStep-by-step advice for arriving at an aspirational target. -
It's More Than a Desk: Working Smarter Through Leveraged Office Design
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleCurrent trends in telecommuting and non-territorial office design have changed what it means to work in an on-site office and, subsequently, have increased... -
It's Time to Rethink What You Think You Know About Managing People
Leadership & Managing People Other Article4.50View Details As baby boomers age and the birthrate slows, a dramatic shift is taking place in the U.S. working population, shaking up traditional relationships among... -
Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success
Career planning Magazine ArticleStepping off the career fast track is easy. What’s hard is getting back on. Careers, companies, and economies suffer when highly skilled women cannot get back where they belong. -
Microsoft Analyzed Data on Its Newly Remote Workforce
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaHere's what it found about meetings, culture, workdays, and engagement.