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Hiring Without Firing
Leadership Magazine ArticleHitting the hiring bull’s-eye is one of an executive’s most important—and most difficult—responsibilities. Ten common mistakes can get in the way, but a pointed and systematic approach can virtually guarantee success. -
What Will Work-Life Balance Look Like After the Pandemic?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe shift to remote work offers a new window into each other's lives. -
Don't Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Global Business Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive - and sizable - impact on firm performance. -
Give Clinicians Time to Recover from the Pandemic
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHealth care organizations should consider benefits like temporary leaves, reduced hours, or workflow changes. -
How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite
Leadership development Digital ArticleThere’s no one-size-fits-all approach. -
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. -
Keeping Great People with Three Kinds of Mentors
Managing people Digital ArticleTo attract and retain great people, several things need to coalesce. From the extrinsic reward of a salary to the more nuanced (and more important) intrinsic reward of people feeling that they have a meaningful role, it requires thought and a proactive approach to keep talent once you’ve got it. One of the most critical […] -
Research: Recession Grads May Wind Up Happier in the Long Run
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDecades later, they're still grateful to have jobs. -
Why Do Employees Stay? A Clear Career Path and Good Pay, for Starters
Employee retention ResearchPlus three reasons they quit. -
What Marissa Mayer Got Wrong (and Right) About Stack Ranking Employees
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA company isn't a college. -
Women of the Workplace, Uniting
Gender Digital ArticleBetween waves of layoffs and evaporating job opportunities, we’re in a climate that naturally breeds an every-woman-for-herself mentality. A recent study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that female bullies were alive — and, more than 70 percent of the time, kicking other women. But I’ve also seen companies encouraging their smart women to help […] -
Making (a Little) Progress on CEO Pay
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLegislation is actually starting to make a difference. -
How to Actually Execute a 4-Day Workweek
Work environments Digital ArticleIt’s about changing how work gets done, not working the same number of hours over fewer days. -
Diversity and Inclusion Efforts That Really Work
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFive best practices. -
How to Make Furloughs More Humane
Communication Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after to ensure your workforce stays engaged. -
What Will It Take to Make Finance More Gender-Balanced?
Leadership & Managing People ResearchEven in countries that prioritize gender equality, the industry is still dominated by men. -
A Checklist for Someone About to Take on a Tougher Job
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleQuestions to ask when you're going through transitions. -
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 […] -
Keep Your Name Off That Layoff List
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew research suggests you can predict who'll be on it. -
Why Bank Bailouts Haven’t Led to Jobs
Recessions Digital ArticleGiven the recent economic news, I will go out on a limb and state that we are officially headed back into recession, or what can now officially be called a double-dip recession. Business optimism is at a record low, commodities prices have jumped to inflationary levels, home sales recently dropped to prices not seen since […]
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SAP Labs India: Building an Inclusive Organization
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how SAP Labs India, a research and development center of SAP SE introduced and pursued a wide range of diversity and inclusion (D&I)... -
Vermeer Technologies (B): Realizing the Dream
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The Vermeer team works day and night to develop its software offering, unforeseen difficulties and internal tensions notwithstanding. In less than a year,... -
Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the issues facing a Founder-CEO regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing... -
TrustSphere: Building a Market for Relationship Analytics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Manish Goel was the CEO of TrustSphere, a seven-year-old company in the data analytics industry that focused squarely on relationship analytics, a space... -
Haidilao 2018: Demystifying Restaurant Employee Motivation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Adopting a 100 percent direct operations model, Haidilao (HDL) previously lacked experienced restaurant managers, who were deemed as the company's core... -
KPMG (B): Risk and Reform
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Under the leadership of Tim Flynn, Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address... -
Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Describes Hay Associates Climate Survey Questionnaire and the eight dimensions of organizational climate. Rewritten by G.W. Baird, company partner. -
Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Over the past decade, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) had developed a unique set of benefits and cultural amenities for its... -
Organizational Alignment Exercise
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Presents an overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises... -
Haidilao: Creating and Sustaining an Emotional Culture for High Performance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case charts the success of Chinese hot pot restaurant chain, Haidilao, from humble beginnings to international expansion, with a focus on how an emotion-based... -
Eagles Nest Association of Waterdown: To Hire or Not?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Eagles Nest Association of Waterdown was a not-for-profit organization in Waterdown, Ontario. It had two active programs: the HOPE Centre (Home of Practical... -
Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application.... -
Empleados Ya: A Head Hunter for the Poor
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case opens in March 2008 with Andrés González, the entrepreneurial mind behind Empleados Ya (EY), concerned about the financial situation of his new... -
Sonoco Products Co. (B): The Hybrid Model
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
iGATE Corporation: Toxic Talent and Organizational Resilience
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In May 2013, iGATE Corporation suffered a major blow after terminating its president and chief executive officer, Phaneesh Murthy, as a result of allegations... -
Motorola (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Motorola (A). -
Business Talent Group: Growing the Market for Independent Business Talent
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2007, Jody Greenstone Miller founded Business Talent Group (BTG), a company that connected top independent professionals, including consultants and... -
Board Process Simulation (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case offers a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 13 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned national energy company.... -
The Differentiated Workforce: Transforming Talent into Strategic Impact
40.00View Details Do you think of your company's talent as an investment to be managed like a portfolio? You should, according to authors Becker, Huselid, and Beatty, if... -
Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (B)
Organizational Development Case Study3.75View Details Designed as an in-class handout as a source of further discussion of the issues.
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Hiring Without Firing
Leadership Magazine ArticleHitting the hiring bull’s-eye is one of an executive’s most important—and most difficult—responsibilities. Ten common mistakes can get in the way, but a pointed and systematic approach can virtually guarantee success. -
What Will Work-Life Balance Look Like After the Pandemic?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe shift to remote work offers a new window into each other's lives. -
Don't Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Global Business Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive - and sizable - impact on firm performance. -
SAP Labs India: Building an Inclusive Organization
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how SAP Labs India, a research and development center of SAP SE introduced and pursued a wide range of diversity and inclusion (D&I)... -
Give Clinicians Time to Recover from the Pandemic
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHealth care organizations should consider benefits like temporary leaves, reduced hours, or workflow changes. -
Vermeer Technologies (B): Realizing the Dream
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The Vermeer team works day and night to develop its software offering, unforeseen difficulties and internal tensions notwithstanding. In less than a year,... -
How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite
Leadership development Digital ArticleThere’s no one-size-fits-all approach. -
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. -
Keeping Great People with Three Kinds of Mentors
Managing people Digital ArticleTo attract and retain great people, several things need to coalesce. From the extrinsic reward of a salary to the more nuanced (and more important) intrinsic reward of people feeling that they have a meaningful role, it requires thought and a proactive approach to keep talent once you’ve got it. One of the most critical […] -
Research: Recession Grads May Wind Up Happier in the Long Run
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDecades later, they're still grateful to have jobs.