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How a "Pay-to-Quit" Strategy Can Reveal Your Most Motivated Employees
Organizational Development Digital ArticleEverybody wins with this program. -
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... -
Research: The Flexibility Options Your On-Site Employees Want
Flex time Digital ArticleGallup surveyed more than 5,700 fully on-site workers in the U.S. to find out which flexibility options are available to them — and which would entice them to switch jobs. -
9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2023 and Beyond
Business management Digital ArticleAmid a looming economic downturn, employers can expect another tumultuous year. -
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... -
Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition
Talent management SpotlightOffer your people more than just flexibility. -
How to Return to Work After Taking Parental Leave
Career planning Best PracticeMake your first day back a Wednesday. -
Does Money Really Affect Motivation? A Review of the Research
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleWe all need to get paid. But the evidence suggests it undermines our intrinsic motivations. -
Balancing Autonomy and Structure for Remote Employees
Virtual teams Digital ArticleA roadmap for leaders in the hybrid era. -
CEO Incentives—It’s Not How Much You Pay, But How
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleThe arrival of spring means yet another round in the national debate over executive compensation. Soon the business press will trumpet answers to the questions it asks every year: Who were the highest paid CEOs? How many executives made more than a million dollars? Who received the biggest raises? Political figures, union leaders, and consumer […] -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSales departments tend to believe that marketers are out of touch with what's really going on in the marketplace. Marketing people, in turn, believe the... -
When You Find Out a Coworker Makes More Money than You Do
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The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
Reengineering the Recruitment Process
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe skills needed in many roles are continually changing--and sources of talent are too. PLUS a silver lining for female founders, bankruptcy in the time... -
Automation Doesn’t Just Create or Destroy Jobs — It Transforms Them
Automation Digital ArticleThree questions firms should ask themselves when deciding whether to automate. -
You're Not Paid Based on Your Performance
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat actually determines compensation on a systemic level? And what should? -
How to Respond When Your Employee Asks for a Raise
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBuy time and ask questions. -
Forget Flexibility. Your Employees Want Autonomy.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePeople want to make their own decisions about when and where they work, according to survey data.
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Business Leader's Involvement in the Improvement of Education
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the alliance that Manuel Ariztia (Don Manuel), a highly respected owner of one of the leading poultry companies in Chile, has forged with Melipilla,... -
Belmont Industries, Inc. (B), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
First Federal Savings (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time. -
Tufts Health Plan
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes the introduction of capitation by a managed care company and the challenges of managing financial risk in the Medicare population. Focuses on... -
Brush with AIDS (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Shanghai Diligence Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law... -
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.: Rewarding Our People, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Marilyn Winn, head of human resources at Harrah's Entertainment, must make a recommendation to the company's president and CEO about whether the existing... -
California PERS (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Examines California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the world's fourth largest pension fund. Dale Hanson, CEO of CalPERS, has a problem;... -
MW Petroleum Corp. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties... -
Recruiting Andrew Yard (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes... -
NanoGene Technologies, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes a company during the start-up phase and focuses on the founders' decisions regarding splitting the equity and compensation. Also considers establishing... -
Buro Happold (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering services firm Buro Happold passed away and Padraic Kelly became the firm's new Managing Director... -
Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, the new CEO of Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals introduces an Economic Value Added (EVA) program to focus the company on long-term shareholder value.... -
A Note on Getting the Most out of Your Board Meetings
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In your first year as chief executive officer (CEO), you will encounter a host of management challenges and opportunities-all of which can be navigated... -
Merck & Co., Inc. (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Discusses the 1989 modified performance appraisal program by adding performance gradations and allowing for differences in employee rating distributions... -
PCL: A Breakdown in the Enforcement of Management Control
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details PCL is a leading European consumer electronics, lifestyle and healthcare company that has been operating in the Chinese market since 1995. While its consumer... -
Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Tesla's board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company's CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving... -
Change Without Compromise (B): The Growth of NorthRidge Church
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Brad Powell, the newly hired senior leader of a Christian church, must lead the organization to reverse a three-decade decline and return to fulfilling...
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How a "Pay-to-Quit" Strategy Can Reveal Your Most Motivated Employees
Organizational Development Digital ArticleEverybody wins with this program. -
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... -
Research: The Flexibility Options Your On-Site Employees Want
Flex time Digital ArticleGallup surveyed more than 5,700 fully on-site workers in the U.S. to find out which flexibility options are available to them — and which would entice them to switch jobs. -
9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2023 and Beyond
Business management Digital ArticleAmid a looming economic downturn, employers can expect another tumultuous year. -
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... -
Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition
Talent management SpotlightOffer your people more than just flexibility. -
How to Return to Work After Taking Parental Leave
Career planning Best PracticeMake your first day back a Wednesday. -
Ask an Expert: How Do I Ask for Time Off in a New Job?
Time-off policies AdviceThere is no such thing as “earning” a break. -
Does Money Really Affect Motivation? A Review of the Research
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleWe all need to get paid. But the evidence suggests it undermines our intrinsic motivations. -
Balancing Autonomy and Structure for Remote Employees
Virtual teams Digital ArticleA roadmap for leaders in the hybrid era.