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Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren't 20-somethings. -
Why Your Late Twenties Is the Worst Time of Your Life
Leadership & Managing People ResearchYounger people's brains just aren't as good at dealing with stress. -
What Makes Some People More Productive Than Others
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSurvey results show that a few key habits make a big difference. -
7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process
Race Best PracticeStart by reworking your job descriptions. -
Helping Gen Z Employees Find Their Place at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSeven strategies to engage, support, and connect. -
Generational Differences at Work Are Small. Thinking They're Big Affects Our Behavior
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHere's what managers need to know. -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here's why they're wrong. -
How Work Will Change When Most of Us Live to 100
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCareers will be longer and more varied. -
Why Older Entrepreneurs Have an Edge
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleRandal Charlton had great strokes of midlife success — then he didn’t. He did well co-founding Asterand, an ethically sourced human-tissue sampling business, but lost his shirt on a jazz club and a cattle-ranching enterprise to produce low-fat beef. At a time when he was really down on his luck, he considered jobs he never […] -
How BMW Is Planning for an Aging Workforce
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleIf your company operates in developed countries, chances are you’re worrying about the effects of aging on your workforce. Mostly, public debate is focusing on the impact of changing demographics on social security. But the problem isn’t just about possible shortages in the workforce. It’s also about the kind of workforce you’ll have to manage. […] -
A New Vision for Retirement: Productive and Meaningful
Retirement planning Digital ArticleInstead of retiring, baby boomers can fill the talent gap in social enterprises. -
Outsourcing the Old Folks
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a new film set in India and directed by Shakespeare in Love’s John Madden (age 63), hangs its plot on the notion of “outsourcing” the elderly. Sonny, a young Indian entrepreneur played by Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel, opens a once-grand, now-crumbling palace as a kind of Leisure World for the […] -
How Generation Ys View Boomers… and How Boomers Look Back
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleWhat are they thinking? Despite the hype around older employees being frustrated by new entrants to the workforce and vice versa, our research points to lots of mutual respect. Here are some quotes from members of Generation Y, those under 28 today, speaking about Boomer colleagues in the workplace. • I enjoy working with people […] -
Will the 4-Day Workweek Take Hold in Europe?
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The Key to Preventing Generational Tension Is Remembering That Everyone Wants to Feel Valued
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleSignal that you’re interested in everyone’s contributions, regardless of age. -
Managing Generation Y
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleTammy Erickson is president of The Concours Institute and author of Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work. Managers can learn a lot from Gen Yers’ extensive use of communication technology and desire to share their ideas. -
The Baby Boomer Retirement Fallacy and What It Means to You
Age and generational issues Digital ArticlePundits have been telling corporate America for years that the Baby Boomers will soon create a “retirement tsunami”. But there’s one small problem – the pundits are wrong. As it turns out, there are far fewer than the much-touted “78 million Baby Boomers poised for retirement”. In fact, the growth rate in both the number […] -
Impact Investing Needs Millennials
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey've got the money, and dramatically different priorities from earlier generations. -
4 Things You Thought Were True About Managing Millennials
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis generation isn't so different from ours. -
Our Generation X President's First Year
Global Business Digital ArticlePresident Obama is arguably the United States' first President who is a member of Generation X. (I say "arguably" since the boundary line between Boomers...
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Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
Pyra: Delighting Millennials with Beauty in a Subscription Box
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The case is set in 2014, from the perspective of Pyra, a Singaporean subscription box company for beauty products. Subscription-box services are a fairly... -
Mariwala's Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (A)
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case discusses the leadership succession dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, CEO of Marico Limited, a fast-moving consumer goods company. Harsh wishes... -
Honda Canada: Relaunching Honda Fit
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In May 2014, Honda Canada was planning to relaunch the Honda Fit-its entry-level car. The purpose of the relaunch was to kick-start growth in sales of... -
The High Flyer & the Generation Gap
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details David Lee is a highly motivated individual who overcame some setbacks in his life to rise through the ranks quickly, and at the age of 27, became the... -
Leadership of Millennials: Profile of a Generation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The aim of this technical note is to explain who millennials are, where they came from, and what they're like. Millennials are a special generation (though... -
The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (A): A Generation Among Other Generations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case opened with the departure of Rocío, one of the people Microsoft was counting on to develop the company's immediate future. Ana, the Director... -
Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders
26.95View Details Geeks and Geezers is a book that will forever change how we view not just leadership--but the very way we learn and ultimately live our lives. It presents... -
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise
50.00View Details Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Stage (Not Age): How to Understand and Serve People Over 60--the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Market in the World
30.00View Details The $22 trillion opportunity that can be unlocked only if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty. In the time it takes you... -
Generations at TCS: Ever Changing Workforce
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) division faces the challenge of retaining their Generation-Y employees, with seven... -
Driving Successful Ageing in Singapore
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case study is set in July 2021. It describes the ageing landscape in Singapore including the policies that have been developed to address Singapore's... -
Mariwala's Family Entrepreneurship Challenges (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case discusses the dilemma faced by Harsh Mariwala, the business leader who relinquished the CEO position of Marico Limited, his family-owned fast-moving... -
Congratulations Melissa, the Job Is Yours. But ... (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W20642 In part A of the case, Melissa Law was offered a position as a human resources operations manager only a few weeks after completing... -
Care Economy in the U.S. (Primer)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case describes how caregiving responsibilities influence American employees, firms, and the broader economy. It details how sociodemographic trends... -
A Popular HR Chief Burned to Death: People Management Dynamics at the Indian Subsidiary of Suzuki Ltd
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case in intended to be used for MBA and executive education classes. It deals with (mis) handling by the Indian auto major issues such as new-generation... -
Digital Transformation at The Washington Post: Innovating for the Next Generation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Washington Post (The Post) is one of the world's most respected news-media organizations. After joining The Post as CEO and publisher in 2014, Fred... -
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy was founded in 1995 to bring together a variety of efforts to reduce teen pregnancy in the United States.... -
Lee Kum Kee: Female Succession in Family Business, Chinese Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Elizabeth Mok was the second born and the only daughter in the fourth generation of the Lee family. She was also the only one of five siblings who did... -
The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (B): The Conversation With Rocio
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES691. Through a simulated conversation among four participants in the MACH program, issues covered include the hiring process, the...
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When You’re Disillusioned at Work, Quitting Isn’t the Only Option
Managing yourself AdviceFigure out why you’re frustrated — and then, come up with a plan to make change. -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren't 20-somethings. -
Why Your Late Twenties Is the Worst Time of Your Life
Leadership & Managing People ResearchYounger people's brains just aren't as good at dealing with stress. -
What Makes Some People More Productive Than Others
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSurvey results show that a few key habits make a big difference. -
7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process
Race Best PracticeStart by reworking your job descriptions. -
Helping Gen Z Employees Find Their Place at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSeven strategies to engage, support, and connect. -
How to Manage a Multi-Generational Team
Age and generational issues AdviceTo realize the benefits of a generationally diverse workforce, we need to learn how to appreciate our unique preferences, habits, and behaviors. -
Generational Differences at Work Are Small. Thinking They're Big Affects Our Behavior
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHere's what managers need to know. -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here's why they're wrong. -
How Work Will Change When Most of Us Live to 100
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCareers will be longer and more varied.