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August 12, 2021
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The Endless Digital Workday

By: Arjun Narayan, Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das and Scott Duke Kominers

The shift to remote work ended the traditional 9–5 workday: employees work in bursts, at night, between caregiving tasks, and whenever they can find time between the endless distractions of messages, calls, and emails. New research, however, shows that for many teams,... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Workday; Team Overlap; Groups and Teams; Employees; Performance Productivity; Management

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02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

December 2014
Article

Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women

By: Robin Ely, Pamela Stone and Colleen Ammerman

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who have spent more than 20 years studying professional women, set out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their... View Details

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24 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

jobs that balance with personal circumstances. 29 percent said that they work part-time due to caregiving responsibilities. Spotlight on women and caregivers Caregivers are the... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

15 Mar 2024
HBS Case

Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

what we should talk about,” she says. You Might Also Like: 5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

16 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

find—a particular career path, creating inherently unequal systems, Fuller says. Employers should recognize that factors like caregiving limit the capacity of qualified workers from applying or remaining in a job, says Fuller. Offering... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

02 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its employees to put customers first... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

parents with unvaccinated kids under 12 and people engaged in elder care may be rightfully concerned that being indoors at work with colleagues can increase the risks for the vulnerable people they care for. Thus, employers should understand that many employees who are... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

Working Knowledge. Ailyn Pestana, junior designer and photo coordinator at Harvard Business School, created the charts above. Image: svetikd Related Reading Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

self-confidence. Add in a devastating pandemic that has forced many mothers to scale back professional duties to support children at home, and deeply embedded stereotypes about women as caregivers and men as breadwinners start to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers Shifting demographics are causing an increasing number of people to act as caregivers for family and friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness. "Kash" Rangan and colleagues offer a pragmatic solution. Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are CaregiversShifting demographics are causing an increasing number of people... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

written about the caregiving roles of employees and strengthening the education-to-work pipeline. The following is a transcript of questions posed by Instagram users and Fuller’s answers: Should we be worried about the current “worker... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

felt heard and safe,” says Ely, who is also the Diane Doerge Professor of Business Administration, about the symposium. “It supports having some difficult conversations.” Caregivers and breadwinners Many companies are going through their... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

31 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing

Versus Deterministic Explanations of Crowdsourcing Success" to "Patients and Caregivers as Sources of Innovative Ideas and Solutions." In addition to open innovation, a conference track was devoted to scholarship around... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

it is self-limiting. It is chiefly a disease of caregivers for that very reason. In that regard, we must give the doctors and nurses on the front lines credit for being willing to take significant risks to help and treat others afflicted... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

09 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

Another option was to deepen penetration within Seattle by recruiting caregivers with less experience and by broadening the range of services caregivers could provide, e.g., driving children to appointments.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

rest of us. An imaginative, tech savvy caregiver we employ in our home dreamed up a business based on an unsatisfactory personal experience. Despite her lack of formal training, resources, and investment, she devised a way to test her... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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