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- 20 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce
ingredients: Growth, talent and unity. It should be your mantra if you want multigenerational success. Other Articles In This Series Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles Managing the Family Business: View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
in all types of jobs and at all levels of compensation can be “asked” to sign an agreement—even after they agree to take a job. Their reward is often little more than they get to keep their jobs, although they may receive some compensation if they are View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
sell; they hire, train, and fire team members; and they're paid a salary plus a gainsharing-based bonus based on their ability to meet or exceed plan. Everyone is eligible for stock options. Everyone can know what everyone else is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
Huang: "I would talk to them about their behaviors to find out if they are actually aware of it I would also make peer appraisal part of their year end bonus." Gerald Nanninga commented that "perhaps you are giving them the wrong numbers to hit."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
activity and put in place collective governance. By contrast, Nagle argues, the Amazon rainforest is subject to control by a gatekeeper—Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, who must weigh national politics with environmental protections when confronting challenges such... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
include openness and honesty. "Live them rigorously, and fire people who won’t, regardless of level, role or title.” Clearly, both dysfunctional strategies and cultures can help explain poor timing in implementing plans and... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
of such subordinates. Leaders need to be constantly aware of something that several of us have discovered in our research: Every decision made by a leader—particularly decisions involving hiring, recognizing, and firing people—is judged... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
for developing job descriptions and scoring candidates. Rethink your product development prioritization process. Make sure sales best practices are being disseminated systematically within the go-to-market organization. Fire unprofitable... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
that I could do it myself, even if that meant stretching things a bit too far. Also, taking money from him would cause problems if things went sour." Brian's last point worries many other founders and investors. Just as cofounding with friends and family creates... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
labeled the leading digital currency, Bitcoin, a “fraud,” likening it to the 17th century tulip bulb mania and adding that he would fire any employee caught trading it. But on October 2, the Wall Street Journal reported that rival Goldman... View Details
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
when a company attempts to move in on its market share, perhaps by offering price discounts. Since this strategy is viewed as more threatening, the competitor can be expected to retaliate with prejudice—often by firing off a campaign to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
pp. 10-12. Sheera Frenkel and Kevin Roose, Facebook’s Chief Admits Mistakes in Guarding Data, The New York Times, March 22, 2018, pp. A1 and A16. Jeff Muskus (ed.), Under Fire and Losing Trust, Bloomberg Businessweek, March 26, 2018, pp.... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
Boxes”—many containing blurbs from Wikipedia—to counter claims made for cancer cures or conspiracy theorists. This involved a complex algorithm utilizing artificial intelligence that didn’t always work. For example, when Notre Dame burned several weeks ago, sites... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
praiseworthy. Most individuals who go against their organizations or express their concerns publicly are severely punished. If they're not fired outright, they're usually marginalized and made to feel irrelevant. Our research shows that... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean? How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace? What do you think of this research? Share your insights below. View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
have always been highly mobile, with more than 40 million leaving their jobs voluntarily in recent years. That’s roughly twice as many as are fired or leave involuntarily. It’s testimony to a US economy that produces a remarkable number... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
favor of the client, criminal cases in which advisors were found guilty, and any firing for cause. The findings are contained in the forthcoming paper The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct, scheduled to be published in the Journal... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
people delivering the bad news were performing a layoff or firing someone? A: In general, we found very few people who welcomed these tasks, but a few did feel that they were best equipped to take on the responsibility because of their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
handle. It also poses practical problems. For instance, how easy is it to estimate a reliable breakup value for a business group in the middle of a fire sale and in the absence of a well-developed market for asset sales? But if... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
problems—be it a Hewlett-Packard or more recently Procter & Gamble and JC Penney—is the only alternative firing the CEO and starting over? A: You don't have to fire the CEO. A lot depends on establishing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner