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Luxury Branding Below the Radar
Sales & Marketing Magazine Article"Inconspicuous consumption"--elite consumers' affinity for discreet rather than traditionally branded luxuries--has become a global phenomenon. Work by... -
4 Ways to Help Your Team Avoid Digital Distractions
Motivating people Digital ArticleGive them permission to ignore email for a while. -
How to Find Out If a Company's Culture Is Right for You
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree ways to make sure that job aligns with your values. -
Case Study: Can a Work-at-Home Policy Hurt Morale?
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleA manager must decide whether an experimental program is growing too fast. -
What a Star--What a Jerk (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... -
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 […] -
The Wrong Ways to Strengthen Culture
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCEOs often talk about wanting to create a high-performance culture--but many go about it ineffectively. New research from Gartner, based on surveys and... -
How to Do Hybrid Right
Managing people Magazine ArticleWhen designing flexible work arrangements, focus on individual human concerns, not just institutional ones. -
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Do Maintenance
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEmployee morale falters when the workplace shows signs of disrepair. -
Survey: Remote Workers Are More Disengaged and More Likely to Quit
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFewer face-to-face interactions leads to less commitment. -
Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces
Organizational Development Digital ArticleHow to support the new parents on your team. -
Winning the Talent War for Women: Sometimes It Takes a Revolution
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 1991, Deloitte & Touche got a wake-up call about its efforts to retain women professionals. While it was recruiting almost as many women as men, the... -
How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleMASS Design Group is changing the ways health care facilities are built. -
5 New Rules for Leading a Hybrid Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSome of the pre-pandemic rules still apply - but not all of them. -
How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe cumulative effects of shorter walks to meetings. -
8 Questions Employers Should Ask About Reopening
Organizational Development Digital ArticleTiming is everything. -
Was That Harassment? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter a salesman jokingly asks a female colleague if her appearance is the reason for her inclusion in a leadership program, his friend, the only other... -
How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
Why Apple's New HQ Is Nothing Like the Rest of Silicon Valley
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleSteve Jobs envisioned a building that would inspire employees to greatness. -
Play to Win
Power and influence Magazine ArticleFifty percent of Americans play video games, spending approximately seven hours a week glued to some type of screen, according to the Electronic Software Association. While that level of play gets blamed for everything from violence to obesity to illiteracy, gamers can bring some desirable qualities to the workforce if companies know how to exploit […]
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C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Rick Cohen, president and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, is trying to decide whether and how to implement the self-managed teams concept in his warehouse.... -
CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details CIC creates "entrepreneurial ecosystems," renting out office and co-working space to start-ups and related companies and providing basic business needs... -
Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life
30.00View Details How working parents can lead more purposeful lives, characterized by harmony, connection, and impact. Parents in today's fast-paced, disorienting world... -
Women@Work: Soo Jin (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... -
Anu at Tech-edu (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This three-part case study is about Anu, a young Singaporean MBA graduate. Part A begins with Anu's story when she relocates to start work at her dream... -
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Wells Fargo, the industry leader in electronic banking, has implemented a Balanced Scorecard in its online financial services group (OFS) to track and... -
Women@Work: Han-na (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This series of six short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight workplace dynamics faced by women professionals. Women represent about half... -
Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Kent Thiry, CEO of dialysis provider DaVita, is considering how to integrate employees from recently acquired Gambro Healthcare without damaging DaVita's... -
CEO Activism (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 617001. -
SOHO China: Transformation in Progress
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2016 against the backdrop of a challenging Chinese macroeconomic environment, SOHO China, the largest owner and developer of Class-A real estate in... -
CEO Activism (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View 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.... -
Women@Work: Jane (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... -
Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View 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... -
Women@Work: Jane (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This series of six short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight workplace dynamics faced by women professionals. Women represent about half... -
Women@Work: Soo Jin (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This series of six short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight workplace dynamics faced by women professionals. Women represent about half... -
Reworking Office Space: Industry City, Brooklyn
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View 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,... -
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
28.00View Details When The Monk and the Riddle was released two years ago, Silicon Valley was the place to be. Today, the once-booming Internet gold rush epitomized by... -
Ucommune: Creating a Business Model for the Co-working Space Industry in China
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View 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,... -
Women@Work: Fang (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... -
Hybrid Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details Reinvent your organization for the hybrid age. Hybrid work is here to stay--but what will it look like at your company? If your organization is holding...
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Luxury Branding Below the Radar
Sales & Marketing Magazine Article"Inconspicuous consumption"--elite consumers' affinity for discreet rather than traditionally branded luxuries--has become a global phenomenon. Work by... -
4 Ways to Help Your Team Avoid Digital Distractions
Motivating people Digital ArticleGive them permission to ignore email for a while. -
How to Find Out If a Company's Culture Is Right for You
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree ways to make sure that job aligns with your values. -
Case Study: Can a Work-at-Home Policy Hurt Morale?
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleA manager must decide whether an experimental program is growing too fast. -
C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Rick Cohen, president and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, is trying to decide whether and how to implement the self-managed teams concept in his warehouse.... -
Coworking spaces: Understanding, using, and managing sociomateriality
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCompanies increasingly embrace the new types of work associated with coworking spaces. Coworking spaces started with the idea of a melting pot of open... -
What a Star--What a Jerk (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... -
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 […] -
The Wrong Ways to Strengthen Culture
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCEOs often talk about wanting to create a high-performance culture--but many go about it ineffectively. New research from Gartner, based on surveys and... -
How to Do Hybrid Right
Managing people Magazine ArticleWhen designing flexible work arrangements, focus on individual human concerns, not just institutional ones.