-
How to Write a Cover Letter
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeAdvice for tackling one of the toughest parts of the job-hunting process. -
How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleToo many applicants are screened out because they don’t fit a particular pattern. -
How to Keep Working When You're Just Not Feeling It
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMotivating yourself is one of the main things that sets high achievers apart, and it's hard. How do you keep pushing onward when your heart isn't into... -
What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
An Antidote to Microaggressions? Microvalidations.
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFive subtle acts of inclusion leaders can start practicing right now. -
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after the meeting. -
CEOs Are Predicting a Mild Recession in the U.S.
Economic cycles and trends Digital ArticleThey expect a “short and shallow” downturn. -
Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhy do some employees perform poorly? Most managers would answer this question by ticking off a list that includes weak skills, insufficient experience,... -
9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2023 and Beyond
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAmid a looming economic downturn, employers can expect another tumultuous year. -
When Blind Hiring Advances DEI - and When It Doesn't
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree questions to ask before implementing the strategy into your hiring practices. -
How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by connecting what people do to what they care about. -
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBy aligning executives' financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard... -
How a “Pay-to-Quit” Strategy Can Reveal Your Most Motivated Employees
Employee incentives Digital ArticleEverybody wins with this program. -
Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleBack in the 1990s, computer engineer and Wall Street "quant" were the hot occupations in business. Today data scientists are the hires firms are competing... -
The Performance Management Revolution
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHated by bosses and subordinates alike, traditional performance appraisals have been abandoned by more than a third of U.S. companies. The annual review's... -
The Neuroscience of Trust
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleManagers have tried various strategies and perks to boost employee engagement--all with little impact on long-term retention and performance. But now,... -
Unconscious Bias Training That Works
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTo become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental shortcuts... -
7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees' Health and Well-Being
Organizational Development ResearchA roundup of research on how to create a positive working environment.
-
Scott Paper Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A professional turnaround manager attempts to implement a massive global downsizing program at the world's largest producer of consumer tissue products.... -
Flexibility at Genentech: Developing Versatile Domain Experts and Deploying Flexible Resources at One U.S. Medical Affairs Unit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Genentech Spectrum case is about infusing flexibility in a medical unit of a global biotechnology company. The protagonist is Mauricio Silva de Lima,... -
King Arthur Flour
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Steve Voigt, the CEO of King Arthur Flour, must determine how the company can continue to grow, whilst preserving its unique culture. In 1996, the company... -
Circuits, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details To allow students to compute and explain quarterly and annual earnings per share figures by using financial accounting standards No. 128. -
Show Me the Money (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details A business unit leader faces a major decision when an employee critical to a high profile transaction asks for a unique compensation arrangement that... -
NatureSweet
Communication Case Study15.05View Details This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer... -
Aubrey McClendon's Special Incentive Compensation at Chesapeake Energy (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Aubrey McClendon, founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was, according to Fortune Magazine, the highest paid U.S. CEO in 2008 receiving over $100 million... -
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Bausch & Lomb is the subject of press attacks and experiences a sharp fall in stock price when management practices are exposed. Aggressive goal setting,... -
CVD, Inc. vs. A.S. Markham Corp. (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details Describes the legal odyssey of two engineers who left their old employer to start a company that was directly competitive. The issues include employment... -
CEO Succession at Cisco (A): From John Chambers to Chuck Robbins
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A smooth transition from former CEO John Chambers to new CEO Chuck Robbins had put Cisco in a position of strength. Looking back, the board reflected... -
Gap Inc.: Refashioning Performance Management
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, clothing retailer Gap Inc. rolled out a new performance management process for headquarters staff that did away with a traditional rating and... -
Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The widespread cheating scandal that rocked the Atlanta public school system in 2010 and 2011 illustrates how high-stakes performance pressure, without... -
Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following it. -
Headspace in 2018
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Headspace in 2018 examines the company as it charts a new trajectory. The case follows the point of view of Randhir Vieira, Head of Product at Headspace,... -
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person... -
CIBC: Fostering an Inclusive Culture, Leading with Gender
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In June 2013, the senior vice-president of talent management of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), recognized an organizational need at the... -
Mapxus: How Complementary Partners Created the Leadership Needed To Build a Successful Innovation Start-Up
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Mapxus is an award-winning innovative smart tech start-up whose research and development is based in Hong Kong. Using a combination of artificial intelligence,... -
Ideas and Not Solutions: Enabling Innovation through Internal Crowdsourcing in the Tata Group
Management Case Study8.95View Details Ravi Arora, Vice President (Group Innovation), Tata Sons Private Limited, and his Group Innovation team initially faced difficulty when introducing the... -
UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."... -
Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team's Productive Power
35.00View Details Managing Your Scarcest Resources. Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies...
-
How to Write a Cover Letter
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeAdvice for tackling one of the toughest parts of the job-hunting process. -
How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Health and wellness Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleToo many applicants are screened out because they don’t fit a particular pattern. -
How to Keep Working When You're Just Not Feeling It
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMotivating yourself is one of the main things that sets high achievers apart, and it's hard. How do you keep pushing onward when your heart isn't into... -
What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
An Antidote to Microaggressions? Microvalidations.
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFive subtle acts of inclusion leaders can start practicing right now. -
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after the meeting. -
CEOs Are Predicting a Mild Recession in the U.S.
Economic cycles and trends Digital ArticleThey expect a “short and shallow” downturn. -
Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhy do some employees perform poorly? Most managers would answer this question by ticking off a list that includes weak skills, insufficient experience,...