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Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleHow employers do — or don’t — step up can have a major impact on employees and their families. -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Employee Tenure
Business and society Digital ArticleResearch suggests it has a positive — and sizable — impact on firm performance. -
How Financial Accounting Screws Up HR
Talent management SpotlightIt distorts hiring, training, and benefits practices. -
What Companies Get Wrong About Talent Management
Talent management Magazine ArticleThe all-too-common mistakes businesses make with recruiting, hiring, benefits, and job design—and how to avoid them -
Case Study: Should Some Employees Be Allowed to Work Remotely Even If Others Can’t?
Managing employees Magazine ArticleAn Oklahoma-based energy company grapples with its return-to-office plan. -
What Companies Get Wrong About Talent Management
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBusinesses make all kinds of mistakes when it comes to recruiting, hiring, benefits, and job design. In fact, many common U.S. HR practices are downright... -
5 Things Employers Get Wrong About Caregivers at Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleMyth #1: School and childcare are back to normal. -
Research: Does Cannabis Really Make You More Creative?
Creativity Digital ArticleFrom Steve Jobs to Lady Gaga, the idea that weed boosts creativity has permeated pop culture. -
The New Rules of Work Clothes
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Should You Tell a Prospective Employer About Your Caregiving Responsibilities?
Career planning Digital ArticleThree strategies to help you make the judgment call. -
How Unpredictable Schedules Widen the Gender Pay Gap
Gender Digital ArticleResearchers analyzed pay data for Massachusetts bus and train operators — who work at union-negotiated rates — and found women still took home 11% less than men. -
How to Be a Mental Health Ally
Mental health Digital ArticleWhat to say — and what not to say — when your colleague needs some support. -
Remote Work Has Opened the Door to a New Approach to Hiring
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleThe “open talent” model is suited to a future that increasingly prioritizes flexibility. -
Case Study: One Employee Went Freelance. Now Everyone Wants the Same Deal
Human resource management Magazine ArticleAn advertising firm considers how to stem the tide of departures. -
One Employee Went Freelance. Now Everyone Wants the Same Deal (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBlackbird, a Delhi-based advertising agency, agreed to let a star designer leave to start his own firm and then became his first customer, enlisting his... -
One Employee Went Freelance. Now Everyone Wants the Same Deal (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBlackbird, a Delhi-based advertising agency, agreed to let a star designer leave to start his own firm and then became his first customer, enlisting his... -
DEI Initiatives Are Futile Without Accountability
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleA three-part framework to move your organization beyond box-checking exercises. -
What Employers Need to Know About Suicide Prevention
Mental health Digital ArticleResearch on common predictors, effective interventions, and strategies to support employees if a colleague dies by suicide. -
The “Wages Are Skyrocketing” Narrative Is False
Labor Digital ArticleAnecdotal evidence is at odds with the data. -
Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer to Leaders: Put Your Phones Away and Listen to Employees
Business and society Digital ArticleBrewer says inclusion and equity are about making employees feel seen and heard.
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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... -
How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany White people deny the existence of racism against people of color because they assume that racism is defined by deliberate actions motivated by malice... -
Making Exit Interviews Count
Managing people Magazine ArticleThis underused practice can be a powerful tool for retention. -
Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire
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When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
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What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs?
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleThe ROI data will surprise you, and the softer evidence may inspire you. -
To Combat Harassment, More Companies Should Try Bystander Training
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBystanders don't always need to directly confront a harasser to have an impact. -
How Employers Are Fixing Health Care
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How Technology Brings Blind People into the Workplace
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleIn these days of low unemployment, many corporate and other organizations find it necessary to track the whereabouts and profiles of underused sectors of the labor pool. One sector seldom tapped by business has an unemployment rate as high as 70%—even though the advent of new data-processing technology has opened a window of opportunity for […] -
Chevron Created a Virtual Summer Camp for Its Employees’ Kids
Managing people Digital ArticleOrganizations need to get creative when it comes to supporting WFH parents. -
Creating a Trans-Inclusive Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTrans people often experience stigma and discrimination, hostility from others, and pressure to "manage" their identities in social settings, including... -
When Your Culture Needs a Makeover
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Pioneering entrepreneur Yoshiko Shinohara on turning temporary work into big business in Japan
Gender Magazine ArticleAt age 74, Yoshiko Shinohara is a towering figure in Japanese business. She has created a wealth of job opportunities, including many for women, by founding the temporary-staffing agency Tempstaff and lobbying to strike down laws that stifled the temp industry. Tempstaff now has approximately 3,300 employees and is a public company. For the past […] -
What Companies Can Do to Help Employees Address Mental Health Issues
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFrom raising awareness to providing online tools, organizations can make a difference. -
To Control Health Care Costs, U.S. Employers Should Form Purchasing Alliances
Costing Digital ArticleA hot labor market is limiting employers’ ability to shift more costs to their workers. -
What's Holding Women in Medicine Back from Leadership
Global Business Digital ArticleAnd what hospitals and medical schools can do to help. -
The High Price of Overly Prescriptive HR Policies
Personnel policies Digital ArticleMove away from rules and toward common sense. -
Will the 4-Day Workweek Take Hold in Europe?
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The New Health-Cost Crisis
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Belmont Industries, Inc. (B), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
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... -
Richard Debenham in Vienna (C): Between Velvet Divorce and the Sydney Olympics
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details This is the third of a three-case series. Case (C) describes Richard's final years at the Sydney headquarters, leading to his official retirement in 2002... -
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... -
Belmont Industries, Inc. (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
Advice for Working Dads (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details You can have a successful career and be the dad you want to be. Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant taking a backseat... -
GlaxoSmithKline in China (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In 2013, Chinese investigators detained four GSK employees for allegedly bribing health care staff to sell GSK pharmaceuticals. A month later, GSK's Asia... -
Lazard LLC
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes Lazard's situation in 2001, and supplies context for the subsequent negotiation between its Chairman and his hand-picked successor. In 2001... -
Belmont Industries, Inc. (D), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
HBR Guide to Better Mental Health at Work
21.95View Details Build a mentally healthy workplace. Mental health is just as important as physical health. Yet being honest about depression, anxiety, and other psychological... -
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (A), Chinese Version
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Coopers & Lybrand in Hungary (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Multinational professional services firm Coopers & Lybrand has decided to enter the Hungarian market and weighs its strategic options in light of the... -
Michelin China: Transforming the Personnel Function
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Michel Default, Director of Michelin China's Personnel Department, had been responsible for leading Michelin China, a company that manufactures and sells... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (B), Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) has expanded into a multi-specialty health city in Bangalore and has grown to twelve locations across India. The hospital plans... -
Advice for Working Moms (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details Manage the competing demands of working motherhood. As a working mother you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and... -
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... -
Picante Mexican Grill: A New Delhi Experience
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Modeled loosely after the American restaurant chain Chipotle, Picante Mexican Grill seeks to offer fresh and healthy vegetarian fast-food options. The... -
Jim Sawyer (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Schon Klinik: Eating Disorder Care
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Schon Klinik is a private, for-profit German hospital group trying to establish itself as a premium health care provider in a competitive German market....
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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... -
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. -
How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany White people deny the existence of racism against people of color because they assume that racism is defined by deliberate actions motivated by malice... -
Making Exit Interviews Count
Managing people Magazine ArticleThis underused practice can be a powerful tool for retention. -
Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire
Business management SpotlightAnd what to do about it -
Be a Better Ally
Managerial behavior Magazine ArticleHow white men can help their marginalized colleagues advance -
When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleAnd how to get back into the swing of things afterward. -
What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs?
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleThe ROI data will surprise you, and the softer evidence may inspire you. -
To Combat Harassment, More Companies Should Try Bystander Training
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBystanders don't always need to directly confront a harasser to have an impact. -
How Employers Are Fixing Health Care
Health and behavioral science Big IdeaWalmart has embraced a new approach to improve the quality of care and lower costs. The results have been dramatic.