Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2024
While the concepts of disruptive innovation are well established, startups and incumbents alike continue to struggle with becoming disruptors. This article explores four common challenges that trip up efforts and offers strategies for overcoming them.
Lolly Daskal
MARCH 19, 2024
It’s always essential to periodically take stock of your leadership career. Being a leader comes with its unique challenges and rewards, but sometimes, it’s crucial to recognize when it might be time for a change. Here are six clear signs that should prompt you to consider reevaluating your career path. Waning Passion: Passion is the driving force behind great leadership.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2024
There are many use cases for generative AI, spanning a vast number of areas of domestic and work life. Looking through thousands of comments on sites such as Reddit and Quora, the author’s team found that the use of this technology is as wide-ranging as the problems we encounter in our lives. The 100 categories they identified can be divided into six top-level themes, which give an immediate sense of what generative AI is being used for: Technical Assistance & Troubleshooting (23%), Content Crea
Thought Leaders LLC
MARCH 19, 2024
Learn how leaders can sustain the momentum and engagement sparked by new-year goal-setting to drive longer-term success. Today’s guest post is b y Craig Goodliffe, CEO & Founder – Cyberbacker The start of a new year is a great time to refocus your workforce on the vision that drives your organization. Dialing up your mission and reminding your team why it matters can take engagement to the next level.
Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2024
At most small and medium-sized e-commerce retailers, prices are typically set and updated in an ad hoc fashion without one clear owner. The process often starts by using a gross margin target, followed by some comparison with competitors, and then some adjustments from there. Many of these retailers would quickly admit that this isn’t an optimal strategy, and that they are likely leaving money on the table — and they’re often right.
AIHR
MARCH 19, 2024
Organizational climate vs culture; which is more important, and what degree of impact do these two factors have on employees and their performance? Well, a rather large impact as it turns out. In a recent global study by PwC, the majority (67%) of respondents stated that culture is more important than strategy or operations. The same research found that organizations with a distinctive culture experienced greater competitive advantage in terms of a 48% higher revenue, an 80% higher employee sati
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Alison Green
MARCH 19, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Candidate’s mom keeping emailing to follow up on her behalf I’m in a position to hire older teens (usually just graduated high school) for a summer job. I have a question about how to handle an applicant’s mom. The child applied, but their mom keeps emailing to follow-up.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2024
A limited study of physicians in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service found that they are resistant to using algorithm-based tools, including AI-based applications. The research, which consisted of interviews with 32 physicians, identified four reasons for their reluctance. This article suggests ways their resistance can be overcome.
Alison Green
MARCH 19, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Are hours ever negotiable? I’m in the late stages of interviewing for what I honestly think is my dream job: I love the team, the manager, the work, everything about it, and the salary is a huge step up from what I’m making now. But I am leaning towards turning it down for one and only one reason: the role would start work, in-office, at 8 am every day.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 19, 2024
Don't have one-on-ones if you don't have time to prepare. You can prepare in minutes. Is the person you're talking with worth three minutes of preparation? Here are three ways to jumpstart one-on-ones. What do you think?
Speaker: Jeremy York
2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.
Alison Green
MARCH 19, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It will come as a surprise to exactly no one that Americans don’t get enough vacation time from their employers. The average American worker in private industry gets only 11 paid vacation days after a year of employment (plus, generally, federal holidays and paid sick leave). That’s awfully stingy compared to how much leave workers in other industrialized counties get.
Mark Sandborn
MARCH 19, 2024
Our world is brimming with advice and advice givers. From the best books to read, the hottest stocks to buy, to the most effective weight loss strategies, everyone seems to have a suggestion. But here’s the catch – the question of credibility is paramount. It’s not just about what is being recommended, but who is doing the recommending. Expertise matters.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2024
A conversation with psychologist Ken Dychtwald about an overlooked segment of workers.
Chief Outsiders
MARCH 19, 2024
There is considerable media attention on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has accelerated in usage and is now permeating all aspects of our lives. Cybersecurity is no exception.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 19, 2024
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Alison Green
MARCH 19, 2024
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I manage a small team (less than 10) in a small city that is a three-hour drive from the company’s main site and headquarters, which is in a large urban area. Due to nature of our work, all my employees need to be on-site, but I try to be liberal with letting people work from home to handle personal items or if they have online training.
Kellogg Insight
MARCH 19, 2024
“If you’re on trial with 17 other people, the fear that somebody else will confess becomes much more realistic.
Rhythm Systems Growth
MARCH 19, 2024
Watch to learn how Rhythm Systems can provide you the tools and methods other successful technology companies use to stop fighting fires and feel more confident going into every board meeting.
Speaker: Hanh Nguyen
In today’s ever-changing world, HR professionals often find themselves juggling conflicting priorities - especially when external factors seem out of their control. As we traverse the unpredictable waters of the current political and economic landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads. For HR leaders, understanding how these external forces shape our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is crucial.
BetterUp
MARCH 19, 2024
Jump to section Understanding emotional permanence Why people struggle with emotional permanence Emotional permanence: breaking the cycle Tools for developing emotional agility Advanced strategies for emotional balance Clearing a personalized path to emotional permanence Grow your mental agility with BetterUp
Chris LoCutro
MARCH 19, 2024
Here’s a fact that might be hard to admit as a leader: the vibe and attitude you bring to your team play a huge part in how they show up to come to work every day. And that’s exactly what we’re diving into, let’s talk about how happiness drives success in your business! Ever heard the saying, “People don’t leave bad jobs; they leave bad bosses” ?
Walk Me
MARCH 19, 2024
Job rotation is a hallmark of the best business training programs. As a training technique, it gives participants the challenges they need to grow, adapt, and flourish in complex and multifaceted businesses. It’s certainly not the easiest training method. But if you can find the right approach, the right candidates, and the right oversight, it could transform your company-wide development programs.
Mark Sandborn
MARCH 19, 2024
Our world is brimming with advice and advice givers. From the best books to read, the hottest stocks to buy, to the most effective weight loss strategies, everyone seems to have a suggestion. But here’s the catch – the question of credibility is paramount. It’s not just about what is being recommended, but who is doing the recommending. Expertise matters.
Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight
As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.
Help Scout Leadership
MARCH 19, 2024
It’s time to shift the customer service paradigm again, from “The customer is always right” to “The customer always deserves to be helped.
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