Investing Research: How Employee Protections Affect Investment and GrowthHarvard Business Review - John Bai and Douglas Fairhurst and Matthew SerflingU.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently announced a plan to overhaul U.S. labor law that included ending “at-will employment” — the legal doctrine that allows employers to terminate any employee
CEOs Research: Companies Led by Inventors Produce Better InnovationsHarvard Business Review - Emdad Islam and Jason ZeinSeveral studies have shown that leaders play a key role in determining a firm’s innovation success. For instance, overconfident CEOs, CEOs with sensation seeking personalities, and those with general experience
Business Should We Be More Optimistic About Fighting Climate Change?Harvard Business Review - Alice Chen and Vivek MurthyWhen we think about the major health challenges facing the world, we tend to think about mental illness, violence, malnutrition, and chronic illnesses like heart and lung diseases. It surprises many to
ByteDance The Strategy Behind TikTok’s Global RiseHarvard Business Review - Rebecca FanninFew tech startups have taken off as quickly as Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of the highly popular 15-second video app, TikTok. In just two years, TikTok has emerged to rival companies like Netflix,
Business How to Manage an Employee Who Sucks Up to YouHarvard Business Review - Liz KislikEvery leader knows they shouldn’t play favorites — it can lead to dissatisfaction and discord on a team. There are even some surprising disadvantages for the person who is the focus of the boss’s special
Business Why Fixing Software Bugs Should Be the CEO’s ProblemHarvard Business Review - Nicholas BowenSoftware platforms permeate the fabric of our lives, yet only 27% of CEOs in the Fortune 100 have degrees in engineering and science. Join a quarterly earnings call, and you’ll hear plenty of discussion
Water Fresh Thinking: Freshwater Science Is Being Pioneered in Arizona - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITYHarvard Business ReviewAbout 71 percent of the Earth is covered by water, and most of that is ocean. Only 2.5 percent is fresh water, and only a fraction of that—1 percent—is easily accessible. The world’s population of 7.6
Logos A Study of 597 Logos Shows Which Kind Is Most EffectiveHarvard Business Review - Jonathan Luffarelli and Mudra Mukesh and Ammara MahmoodGreat logos help sell products. But what kind of logo is right for your brand? Researchers analyzed 597 companies to answer this question. They discovered descriptive logos (those that include visual elements
CEOs Research: When Women Are on Boards, Male CEOs Are Less OverconfidentHarvard Business Review - Jie Chen and Woon Sau Leung and Wei Song and Marc GoergenJie Chen is an associate professor in Finance at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK. His research interests are in the areas of empirical corporate finance and corporate governance.
Business Why Companies Are Forming Cybersecurity AlliancesHarvard Business Review - Daniel DobrygowskiIn the physical world, governments are responsible for keeping citizens and corporations safe from enemies. The digital world, so far, has been a little different. When it comes to cybersecurity and cyber
Harvard Business School Research: Changing Your Mind Makes You Seem IntelligentHarvard Business Review - Martha Jeong and Leslie K. John and Francesca Gino and Laura HuangHardheadedness seems to be rampant. From the boardroom to politics to everyday interactions, we often encounter people (and may also find ourselves) upholding a stance despite evidence of its inaccuracy.
Business What to Say When Your Employee Makes a MistakeHarvard Business Review - Peter BregmanIf you’re dissatisfied with someone’s performance, it’s easy to let your emotions get the better of you. But asking someone a past-focused question like “What went wrong?” or “What were you thinking?”
Business 8 Things Leaders Do That Make Employees QuitHarvard Business Review - Jon ChristiansenOnly about a quarter of employees who quit their jobs do so within their first year. The rest stay for a bit longer. This means you have plenty of time to assess flight risks and address them. But, many
Business 6 Steps Leaders Can Take to Get the Most Out of FeedbackHarvard Business Review - Jennifer PorterBusiness publications are filled with articles about feedback: how important it is for leaders, how leaders can both give and receive it, what happens when leaders don’t get it, and even what to do if
Business What Great Coaching Looks LikeHarvard Business ReviewRichard Boyatzis, professor at Case Western Reserve University, says that every professional can benefit from having a coach — and serving as one for someone else. He says that a coaching relationship
Business We Need More Startups That Don’t Prioritize Growth Above All ElseHarvard Business Review - Mara Zepeda and Jennifer BrandelCorporate America’s “growth at all costs” has worked for too few, for too long. Recently, leading CEOs at the Business Roundtable came to a similar conclusion, issuing a statement on corporate purpose
Women's News Are Your Work Friendships Only with People Who Look Like You?Harvard Business Review - Andrea S. Kramer and Alton B. HarrisBuilding cross-cultural friendships doesn’t have to be hard. In our research and professional coaching we’ve seen four strategies that people use to avoid minefields and build lasting friendships. They
Business How to Rehearse for an Important PresentationHarvard Business Review - Carmine GalloSteve Jobs was the most astonishing business speaker of his time. Bill Gates once called him a “wizard” who “cast spells” on his audience. Fortune magazine proclaimed that his keynotes could set “hardened
Business To Coach Junior Employees, Start with 4 ConversationsHarvard Business Review - Jerry ConnorCareer coaching is crucial for recent college graduates and people entering the workforce. Though many have scant experience, they’re making choices that will affect their lives long into the future. who
Business Research: Where a Founder Is from Affects How They Structure Their CompanyHarvard Business Review - David M. Waguespack and Jóhanna K. Birnir and Eric T. DunfordWhere a person is born can shape the languages they speak, their life expectancy, and even how much they talk with their hands or smile. But how does it affect how they build a company? Does someone from
Business To Build an Inclusive Culture, Start with Inclusive MeetingsHarvard Business Review - Kathryn Heath and Brenda F. WensilChances are you’ve attended a meeting today. Was it time well spent or a soul-draining exercise in futility? Although no two meetings are the same, their collective impact on the culture of a company significant.
Harvard Business School Research: Being Nice in a Negotiation Can BackfireHarvard Business Review - Martha Jeong and Julia A. Minson and Mike Yeomans and Francesca GinoWhether you are making a large purchase, working on a joint project, or discussing your next promotion, you’ll likely need to negotiate. At a very basic level, in fact, nearly every interaction we have
Business Is Your Organization Going Through Some Big Shifts?Harvard Business ReviewIs your organization going through some big shifts? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Katie Burke, the chief
Business Ranking 42 Countries by Ease of Doing Digital BusinessHarvard Business Review - Bhaskar Chakravorti and Ravi Shankar ChaturvediThe World Bank’s annual Doing Business survey has been described by some as the “World Cup” or “Olympics” for governments competing to make their countries attractive to businesses. The highly influential
Business When Waterfall Principles Sneak Back Into Agile WorkflowsHarvard Business Review - Steve BlankAgileFall is an ironic term for program management where you try to be agile and lean, but you keep using waterfall development techniques. It often produces a result that’s like combining a floor wax
Business Are You at Risk of a Mid-Career Rut?Harvard Business Review - Laurence Minsky and Julia Tang PetersIt might sound odd, but people need the most help not at the beginning of their careers, but in mid-career — especially when it comes to making decisions. That’s a key finding from a research study coordinated
Business Why Africa’s Industrialization Won’t Look Like China’sHarvard Business Review - Ndubuisi EkekweChina designed and executed a policy that shrank the industrialization process in a mere 25 years — something that many economies took at least a century to do. That redesign has brought immense dislocation
Blockchain Will We Realize Blockchain’s Promise of Decentralization?Harvard Business Review - Hanna Halaburda and Christoph Mueller-BlochSince its inception, blockchain has promised to make trusted third parties redundant. In practice, though, whether blockchain is actually decentralized depends on what is governed and how this governance
Business 3 Ways to Motivate Yourself When You Don’t Have a DeadlineHarvard Business Review - Elizabeth Grace SaundersDeadlines are powerful forces in our work, signaling what’s most important, forcing focus, and driving tasks to completion. That’s why projects that don’t have a deadline can languish on your task list
Business The Inherent Failures of Long-Term Contracts — and How to Fix ThemHarvard Business ReviewOliver Hart, Nobel-winning Harvard economist, and Kate Vitasek, faculty at the University of Tennessee, argue that many business contracts are imperfect, no matter how bulletproof you try to make them.
