Performance Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2003
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An Authentic Leader

overpaid? I think it’s embarrassing to see CEOs take big compensation and big bonuses in the same years that people are getting laid off. They should get bonuses and compensation only if the company is performing well over the long term.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

explore a wide range of contemporary business issues and top management concerns. Beyond that, the program was aimed at giving these leaders the opportunity to reap the benefits of spending time with other top-level women executives. In a... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

specifically. Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is making tough calls, and the hardest... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

bulls. I'm not at all surprised by the nature of the conflicts that have been revealed, nor the areas in which abuses have taken place. These minefields have long been apparent to industry participants. What I find sobering is that a number of firms have been unable to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

24 May 2023
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Balancing Acts

stroke; a solo parent to two sons, 11 and 14 years old, she takes a very centered, practical approach to managing her time. Depelsha Thomas McGruder: I would say my top three tips for living a balanced life. Well, one thing I said very... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity

says, came in adapting the culture of the workplace to accept the autistic employees. This was done through autism-awareness training sessions for all employees, and management training for workers engaging directly with the team, to help... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

these riveting tales grew the idea for a column "voice," leading to the innovation of class secretaries. "Upon election, the Class Secretary accepts a long-term commitment to perform a liaison function within the class and between the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

means there was a complaint—about the food, about the service, some negative thing that had escalated to the point that a manager had been called on to straighten things out. Or at least, that’s what it used to mean. In fall 2016,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

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