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How to Manage Your Team’s Vacation Requests
Leading teams Digital ArticleBe fair and don’t panic. -
How to Make Unlimited Vacation Time Work at Your Company
Personnel policies Digital ArticleNetflix showed that it just takes trust. -
The Case of the Religious Network Group
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it. -
Must Success Cost So Much?
Career planning Magazine ArticleUndeniably, many people who reach executive levels in organizations do so at the expense of their personal lives. They spend long hours at difficult and tension-filled jobs and retreat to their homes not for comfort and sustenance but for a place to hide or to vent feelings left over from a bad day at the […] -
What Companies Can Do When Work and Religion Conflict
Global Business Digital ArticleDon't ask your employees to check their faith at the door. -
Are We More Productive When We Have More Time Off?
Personnel policies Digital ArticleAn inquiry. -
Mommy-Track Backlash (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine Article"Please don't tell me that I need to have a baby to have this time off." Those words were still ringing in the ears of Jessica Gonon an hour after a tense... -
5 Ways to Bring Women Back into the Post-Pandemic Workforce
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMore than 2.2 million women have been displaced from the U.S. labor market since March. -
Maternity Leave Isn't Enough to Retain New Moms
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePaid time off is just a start. -
Rethinking "Back to Work"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost organizations approach flexibility either as an ad hoc work-life accommodation or as permission for employees to get their work done on their own... -
Five Strategies of Successful Part-Time Work
Labor Magazine ArticleAbout 10% of all professionals now work part-time. Such arrangements have their challenges but, as a small cadre of creative pioneers proves, not insurmountable ones. -
How Managers Can Be Fair About Flexibility for Parents and Non-Parents Alike
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't judge your staff based on face time. -
Defend Your Research: The Early Bird Really Does Get the Worm
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe finding: People whose performance peaks in the morning are better positioned for career success, because they’re more proactive than people who are at their best in the evening. The study: Biologist Christoph Randler surveyed 367 university students, asking what time of day they were most energetic and how willing and able they were to […] -
Will She Fit In?
Power and influence Magazine ArticleSusan’s client made a pass at her. If she speaks out, will it destroy her career? -
Creating a Trans-Inclusive Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTrans people often experience stigma and discrimination, hostility from others, and pressure to "manage" their identities in social settings, including... -
Using Algorithms to Understand the Biases in Your Organization
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleThey can provide transparency and improve decision-making. -
Racial Remarks in the Workplace: Humor or Harassment?
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA black man employed by a Minnesota trucking company had racial slurs directed at him and was the target of graffiti written by fellow workers. A U.S. district court held that the trucking company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ordered it to take affirmative action and disciplinary measures against […] -
Companies Like Amazon Need to Run More Tests on Workplace Practices
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe benefits of experiments are substantial. -
How to Develop a Covid-19 Employee Vaccination Policy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLessons from a health care system in Texas. -
Why Workplaces Need to Be Fairer to Working Dads
Personnel policies Digital ArticleIt starts with rethinking paternity leave policies.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR (with bonus article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey)
24.95View Details How HR can lead. If you read nothing else on reinventing human resources, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review... -
Jim Sawyer (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (B): The Conversation With Rocio
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES691. Through a simulated conversation among four participants in the MACH program, issues covered include the hiring process, the... -
Language and Globalization: "Englishnization" at Rakuten (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets.... -
Merck & Co., Inc. (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Discusses the 1989 modified performance appraisal program by adding performance gradations and allowing for differences in employee rating distributions... -
A Brief History of African American Leaders in Unions and the Labor Movement
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This historically-focused teaching note highlights the role of African American Labor Leaders in both the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Movement.... -
Finder, Minder & Grinder: The Charges and Rebuttal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details What happens when strained relationships develop between two people you value in your organization and they come to you for advice? David Walker was a... -
Note on Conflict Diamonds: Why Are Civil Wars, Like Diamonds, Forever?
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the role of diamonds in Angola's civil war. -
United Airlines 232
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The cases are used to introduce the concept of collective responsibility and leadership in team situations by applying the concept of Crew Resource Management... -
Coopers & Lybrand in Hungary (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Multinational professional services firm Coopers & Lybrand has decided to enter the Hungarian market and weighs its strategic options in light of the... -
Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In July 2014, after 18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup,... -
Michelin China: Transforming the Personnel Function
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Michel Default, Director of Michelin China's Personnel Department, had been responsible for leading Michelin China, a company that manufactures and sells... -
Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Essence, the first magazine aimed at African-American women, was created by four, young, Black entrepreneurs in the aftermath of massive racial and political... -
Richard Debenham in Vienna (A): Between Velvet Divorce and the Sydney Olympics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This is the first of a three-case series. Richard Debenham is an operations manager working for the main Australian licensee of a leading global soft... -
Belmont Industries, Inc. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A new general manager has to propose a salary structure for the top 20 managers. His task is complicated as he learns about past performance, ambitions,... -
Merck & Co., Inc. (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In late 1986, Merck revised its performance review and pay practices. The most important change was a shift from an absolute rating system to a forced-distribution... -
Pierre Frankel in Moscow (A): Unfreezing Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young and upcoming French executive in a global technology company is sent to Moscow as deputy managing director to turn around the Russia subsidiary.... -
Lexon Corp. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A general manager at Lexon Computer Corp. must decide whether interception and surveillance of employees' e-mail is acceptable company practice, and whether... -
PSS World Medical: The Challenges of Growth and the Financial Markets
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details PSS World Medical has grown rapidly since its founding in 1983, largely by acquisitions. It has recently had some trouble digesting a large acquisition,...
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How to Manage Your Team’s Vacation Requests
Leading teams Digital ArticleBe fair and don’t panic. -
How to Make Unlimited Vacation Time Work at Your Company
Personnel policies Digital ArticleNetflix showed that it just takes trust. -
The Case of the Religious Network Group
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it. -
Must Success Cost So Much?
Career planning Magazine ArticleUndeniably, many people who reach executive levels in organizations do so at the expense of their personal lives. They spend long hours at difficult and tension-filled jobs and retreat to their homes not for comfort and sustenance but for a place to hide or to vent feelings left over from a bad day at the […] -
What Companies Can Do When Work and Religion Conflict
Global Business Digital ArticleDon't ask your employees to check their faith at the door. -
Are We More Productive When We Have More Time Off?
Personnel policies Digital ArticleAn inquiry. -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR (with bonus article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey)
24.95View Details How HR can lead. If you read nothing else on reinventing human resources, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review... -
Mommy-Track Backlash (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine Article"Please don't tell me that I need to have a baby to have this time off." Those words were still ringing in the ears of Jessica Gonon an hour after a tense... -
5 Ways to Bring Women Back into the Post-Pandemic Workforce
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMore than 2.2 million women have been displaced from the U.S. labor market since March. -
Jim Sawyer (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.