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Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by damaging the inner work lives of their employees in four avoidable ways. This article is based on analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Creativity; Performance Productivity; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation Strategy; Performance; Strategic Planning; Leading Change; Balanced Scorecard; Mission and Purpose

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19 Feb 2013
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Highly Connected Boards Mean Better Returns

18 Oct 2021
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How to Reframe What Work Means to You

02 Aug 2021
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What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

It’s a sticky but common dilemma for managers: A valued employee finds out that a coworker earns more, gets upset, and demands a raise. If gender or race figure into the wage gap, tensions can escalate fast. Companies, including Whole Foods, Starbucks, and the social... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Aug 2012
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What the Blackout Means for India's Economy

14 Aug 2008
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What the Olympics Means for China, IT

What Does "Stakeholder Capitalism" Mean to You?

Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance... View Details

09 Jun 2015
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Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Originally from Mexico City, Mexico Paulina Ponce de Leon moved to the United States in 2001 to attend Wellesley College. After graduating from Wellesley, Paulina spent a year travelling and pursuing a Master’s degree at MIT. Paulina then joined The Boston Consulting... View Details

12 Dec 2013
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The 'New Rich' and What It Means to be Wealthy

10 Jan 2005
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How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

the meaning of leadership. Most scholars (not to mention boards of directors) gauge the effectiveness of leadership almost exclusively through a lens of economic performance, specifically return on investment, say professors Joel M.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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