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- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
decreased creativity, ambient cultural harmony (that is, observers experiencing people from other cultures having a good relationship) did not promote creativity. That reflects human nature, Chua says. "As human beings, we pay more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
conversations with individual employees during this critical time. Conversations are the best way to get leaders and employees back into the practice of relating to one another in person. How are people... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Harvard Business Review Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong? By: Garvin, David A. Abstract—The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
gain drawing from a qualitative study of 90 U.S.-based employees of a Japanese organization following a company-wide English language mandate. These native English-speaking employees believed that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
employee morale, and make sure that everyone felt secure. Senior management communicated that nobody would be laid off and deferred their variable pay on a voluntary basis. A large round of promotions was... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new workers—on operational performance in the context of teaching hospitals. Specifically, we examine the impact of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
an organization where employees are expending their energies in a number of divergent and uncoordinated directions." Leaders need to ask whether they articulate a clear vision and, just as importantly, whether their key View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
quickly to produce and air new advertising creative that tapped into the rapidly changing zeitgeist. The result, the Retail Heroes campaign, featured CEO McMillon Zooming in remotely from home to thank the one million Walmart front line View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It
Behavior best-seller list—thanks in part to corporate managers who distribute it to their employees as a lesson in accepting and anticipating change gracefully. But is that really the best message to send? Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
growth worked well with its "people-first" strategy. For North Carolina, Cadieux was weighing the option of opening new stores at twice the normal pace. About half of employees in these new stores would come from saturated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
recognize and try to stay ahead of these changes brought by scale. Here is advice for the CEO/founders of early-stage companies, but it also applies to leaders of any scaling organization, even inside a large corporate entity. Leadership changes at around 100 View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
provider" offering financing solutions including debt and equity, investment banking, brokerage, and asset management services to clients in the infrastructure sector. With nearly 50% of its employees joining through acquisitions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
barriers that threaten employees' sense of belonging. Encourage practice of the new language. Provide nonthreatening environments where the new language can be studied and practiced. Encourage empathy. Promote sharing of experiences as... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
it's needed, according to Harvard Business School professor Amy J.C. Cuddy. Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees Think effective leadership requires gregariousness and charisma? Think again. Introverts actually can be... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
to companies. IDEO, for example, has asked employees to step away from their work to meet up for a weekly tea time ritual as a way to encourage workers to collaborate, connect, build trust, and deepen workplace relationships. Walmart... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
the scales of fairness. How companies can promote ethics Negotiators can keep their values intact and prevent deception from creeping into talks by using several techniques or processes, Bazerman says. To View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
are incompatible mediated the relationship between ambient cultural disharmony and creativity. Alternative mechanisms such as negative affect and cognitive disruption were not viable mediators. Although ambient cultural disharmony disrupted creativity, ambient cultural... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
you, their employer. The very nature of the relationship between employers and employees has undergone a fundamental shift: Today, workers not only don't expect to work for decades on end for the same company, but they don't want to. They... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson