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Companies Should Do More to Normalize Career Breaks
Hiring Digital ArticleA new feature on LinkedIn represents a cultural shift. But it’s just the start. -
A Crisis of Long-Term Unemployment Is Looming in the U.S.
Recession Digital ArticleHow biases trap qualified job seekers in a cycle of rejection — and how to help them break free. -
When to Take a Chance on an Imperfect Job Candidate
Managing people Digital ArticleRecognize which shortcomings are workable — and which are dealbreakers. -
Reengineering the Recruitment Process
Talent management Magazine ArticleThe skills needed in many roles are continually changing—and sources of talent are too. -
Turn Departing Employees into Loyal Alumni
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDespite the high rate of churn in the labor market today, many companies pay scant attention to offboarding employees. That's a mistake, say the authors,... -
For an Agile Transformation, Choose the Right People
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAgile methodology, created to fast-track software development, is now being used throughout organizations by teams that want to execute projects quickly.... -
Research: To Reduce Gender Bias in Hiring, Make Your Shortlist Longer
Hiring Digital ArticleIt reduces the odds of dismissing qualified female candidates simply because men come to mind first. -
Research: How Companies Committed to Diverse Hiring Still Fail
Diversity Digital ArticleEven well-intentioned firms were biased in practice. -
Should You Rehire an Employee Who Left Your Company?
Hiring Digital ArticleResearch on the so-called “boomerang” employee. -
How Small Companies Can Offer Great Paid-Leave Programs
Employee retention Digital ArticleThe personnel benefits outweigh the financial costs. -
Imagine a Hiring Process Without Resumes
Hiring Digital Article“Open hiring” can lead to more diversity, less turnover, and fairer systems. -
Volunteer Programs That Employees Can Get Excited About
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAcross society, volunteerism has been stagnant or trending slightly downward in recent years. In the corporate world, however, it has been on the rise.... -
When Your Star Player Asks to Go Part-Time (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA manager grapples with the question of flexible work schedules. This fictional case study by Thomas J. DeLong features expert commentary by Elizabeth... -
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBy aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard... -
When Your Star Player Asks to Go Part-Time (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA manager grapples with the question of flexible work schedules. This fictional case study by Thomas J. DeLong features expert commentary by Elizabeth... -
When Your Star Player Asks to Go Part-Time (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA manager grapples with the question of flexible work schedules. This fictional case study by Thomas J. DeLong features expert commentary by Elizabeth... -
How Businesses Can Find “Hidden Workers”
Hiring Digital ArticleEven before the pandemic, these low- and middle-skills workers were cut out of the economy. It’s time to bring them back. -
How Do You Evaluate Performance During a Pandemic?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree ways to make sure employee reviews are fair in chaotic times. -
Transgender, Gender-Fluid, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Employees Deserve Better Policies
Global Business Digital ArticleEven well-intentioned organizations inadvertently reinforce outdated gender norms. -
Work, Parenting, and the Pandemic
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWorking parenthood was hard before Covid-19--now it's an all-out crisis. In "A Way Forward for Working Parents," Daisy Dowling argues that it's time to...
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How to Write a Cover Letter
Hiring Best PracticeFocus on why you’re right for the job and how badly you want it. -
Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBack in the 1990s, computer engineer and Wall Street "quant" were the hot occupations in business. Today data scientists are the hires firms are competing... -
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers 15 specific pieces of advice for job candidates: (1) Don't underestimate the... -
High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here's How to Create It
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive ways to build trust. -
Second in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAsking the question, "What makes a great COO?" is akin to asking "What makes a great candidate for U.S. vice-president?" It all depends on the first name... -
How Netflix Reinvented HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Netflix executives wrote a PowerPoint deck about the organization's talent management strategies, the document went viral--it's been viewed more... -
Why Diversity Programs Fail
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts... -
Digital Transformation Comes Down to Talent in 4 Key Areas
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt's about technology, data, process, and organizational change. -
What Great Managers Do
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMuch has been written about the qualities that make a great manager, but most of the literature overlooks a fundamental question: What does a great manager... -
Make Your Values Mean Something
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTake a look at this list of corporate values: Communication. Respect. Integrity. Excellence. They sound pretty good, don't they? Maybe they even resemble... -
The 20 Most Common Things That Come Up During Reference Checks
Communication Digital ArticleBased on data from 3.2 million job candidates. -
Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn an earlier, groundbreaking article, Balanced Scorecard -- Measures That Drive Performance, the authors proposed a new measurement system that provided... -
How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany White people deny the existence of racism against people of color because they assume that racism is defined by deliberate actions motivated by malice... -
Making Exit Interviews Count
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them--why they stay, why... -
The Best Cover Letter I Ever Received
Hiring Digital ArticleIn my last post I talked about how to make your résumé more likely to catch the attention of a hiring manager. As a follow up, I’d like to discuss cover letters. Here’s my basic philosophy on them: don’t bother. That’s because the cover letters I see usually fall into one of three categories: The […] -
Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMany people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including in pattern recognition, memory,... -
21 HR Jobs of the Future
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCovid-19 is revolutionizing HR's role. -
Coaching the Alpha Male
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHighly intelligent, confident, and successful, alpha males represent about 70% of all senior executives. Natural leaders, they willingly take on levels... -
Hire Leaders for What They Can Do, Not What They Have Done
Leadership Digital ArticleThree questions to ask about each candidate. -
The Case for Executive Assistants
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs technology has transformed the workplace and organizations have downsized, companies have sharply reduced the ranks of administrative assistants. But...
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From Crisis to World Champions: Lessons from German Football
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details For the Deutscher Fussball-Bund e.V. (DFB)-the German Football Association-winning the most prestigious football trophy, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, was... -
Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Ken Winston, the regional sales manager at a securities brokerage firm, has reorganized his generalist salespeople into "Key Account Teams" (KAT), to... -
Benjamin Millepied at the Paris Opera Ballet
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In December 2015, barely one year into his tenure as the head of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB), celebrity dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Benjamin... -
Wendy Kopp and Teach for America (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1995, Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America, faces a worsening budget shortfall and sharpening challenges from education experts concerning... -
Indian Metal Company's Talent Management Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By 2013, the Indian Metal Company, headquartered in Metconagar in eastern India, had been a leading metallurgical company in India for 100 years. While... -
SuccessFactors
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The protagonist is Lars Dalgaard, a young manager with solid experience but none in leading a technology company. Through a combination of circumstances,... -
Venture Team Design Workbook
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The Simplex Solutions multi-media decision scenario outlines the evolution of a software venture with a new technology that could find application in... -
Liberty Medical Group (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 1999, Richard Townsend, M.D. was the newly appointed executive director (CEO) of the Liberty Medical Foundation (LMF). Townsend was responsible for... -
Two Tough Calls (B), Japanese Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Jim Sawyer (A), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Jim Sawyer, 40, a manager at United Industries Plastics Division has exhibited signs of alcoholism. Personnel must now consider how the company should... -
Taking Stock of Hong Kong's Human Resources
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Discusses Hong Kong's attempt to become a knowledge-based economy, its socioeconomic condition, and key trends in labor and manpower as well as manpower... -
Dr. Iqbal Surve at Sekunjalo Investment Group (D)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Lady Gaga (B), Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In March 2011, Troy Carter, manager of pop star Lady Gaga, reflects on decisions made regarding his artist's concert tour and faces a new set of challenges... -
Peter Green's First Day, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Peter Green, a new salesperson for Scott Carpets, learns firsthand that his largest account has always been given a discount based on falsified information... -
Rolls-Royce in Singapore: Harnessing the Power of the Ecosystem to Drive Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case is set in April 2013, and discusses the key elements that have contributed to the successful operations of the Rolls-Royce Singapore Seletar... -
ReSource Pro
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Matt Bruno, founder and general manager of ReSource Pro, left his job working for a New York City-based insurance program shortly after the World Trade... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Diversity (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Reap the benefits of a diverse workforce. If you read nothing else on promoting diversity and realizing its benefits, read these 10 articles. We've combed... -
Lincoln Electric in China (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case looks at how Lincoln Electric, the US-based company renowned for its compensation scheme, tried to implement its human resource policies globally... -
Sonoco Products Co. (B): The Hybrid Model
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President)...
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How to Write a Cover Letter
Hiring Best PracticeFocus on why you’re right for the job and how badly you want it. -
Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBack in the 1990s, computer engineer and Wall Street "quant" were the hot occupations in business. Today data scientists are the hires firms are competing... -
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers 15 specific pieces of advice for job candidates: (1) Don't underestimate the... -
High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here's How to Create It
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive ways to build trust. -
Second in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAsking the question, "What makes a great COO?" is akin to asking "What makes a great candidate for U.S. vice-president?" It all depends on the first name... -
How Netflix Reinvented HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Netflix executives wrote a PowerPoint deck about the organization's talent management strategies, the document went viral--it's been viewed more... -
Why Diversity Programs Fail
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts... -
Digital Transformation Comes Down to Talent in 4 Key Areas
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt's about technology, data, process, and organizational change. -
What Great Managers Do
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMuch has been written about the qualities that make a great manager, but most of the literature overlooks a fundamental question: What does a great manager... -
Make Your Values Mean Something
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTake a look at this list of corporate values: Communication. Respect. Integrity. Excellence. They sound pretty good, don't they? Maybe they even resemble...