by HappyQuotient | Sep 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Spencer Platt/Getty Images It is hard to overstate the sheer economic cost of the 2008 financial crisis. The combination of increased expenditures and decreased revenues resulting from the crisis from 2008 to 2010 is likely to cost the United States government well...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
joshlaverty/Getty Images When we think about productivity at work, we often think about how to motivate ourselves — or the people on our team. But sometimes the people who are struggling to stay focused and engaged are our peers. And while it may not be an...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 24, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the Discussion Guide for this episode Download this podcast Having a baby is exciting — and exhausting. Figuring out how...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 24, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the Discussion Guide for this episode Download this podcast Having a baby is exciting — and exhausting. Figuring out how...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 24, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images Going back to work after having a baby is tricky stuff. After all, the new parent is simply not the same person they were before. This personal struggle, combined with a misguided workplace view of what a parent was actually...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 24, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
UpperCut Images/Getty Images Nestled in the Silicon Sentier district of Paris, the Villa Bonne Nouvelle (“House of Good News”), or VBN, initially appears to be another new coworking space. But what sets it apart is that only half of its 60 occupants are...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 24, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Barry Winiker/Getty Images These days, it seems, every brand wants to be a “lifestyle brand.” Peddling burritos? “Our ultimate marketing mission is to make Chipotle not just a food brand but a purpose-driven lifestyle brand,” the...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 24, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Barry Winiker/Getty Images These days, it seems, every brand wants to be a “lifestyle brand.” Peddling burritos? “Our ultimate marketing mission is to make Chipotle not just a food brand but a purpose-driven lifestyle brand,” the...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Crockett/Getty Images One of the most overused expressions thrown around by wannabe “Wall Street Rambos” is business is war. But sometimes war tactics really can help in business. Among these tactics is CARVER, a system for assessing and ranking...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jason Jaroslav Cook Creative/Getty Images Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
adamkaz/Getty Images When the graduating classes of 2009, 2010, and 2011 hit the job market, their employment prospects were depressingly bleak. Unemployment rates were at historic highs and job openings were scarce. Nine months after graduation, only 56% of the class...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Are you looking to quit your job? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of David Burkus, a management professor at Oral Roberts University. They talk through what to do when...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Are you looking to quit your job? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of David Burkus, a management professor at Oral Roberts University. They talk through what to do when...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Brett Hemmings/Getty Images In So I Married an Axe Murderer, a wacky 1990’s parody, a police officer named Tony confides to his captain, “I’m having doubts about being a cop. You know, it’s not like how it is on TV. All I do all day is fill out...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Stars of Science, a reality TV “edutainment” competition for the Arab world, is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary, owing to its success as a show that rewards innovation above all else. Within less than 20 years, the phenomenon commonly referred...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Danas Jurgelevicius/Getty Images Curiosity is experiencing a “Gold Rush” moment. Books, university classes, and research are popularizing the power of curiosity. Not surprisingly, organizations are increasingly, explicitly looking for curious employees....
by HappyQuotient | Sep 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
ImageGap/Getty Images You’ve left an important task undone for weeks. It’s hanging over you, causing daily anxiety. And yet instead of actually doing it, you do a hundred other tasks instead. Or you’ve been feeling guilty about not replying to an...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Fanatic Studio/Getty Images Many people have suggested moving away from quarterly earnings reporting as a way to reduce short-termism. But such a change would probably not change how resources are allocated or businesses operate. Rather than requiring less short-term...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images We’ve heard for decades that we should only hire A players, and should even try to cut non-A players from our teams. But not only do the criteria for being an A player vary significantly by company, it’s unrealistic to think you...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Veronica Grech/Getty Images As banks rush to digitize their operations, many have found that closing their local branches can help maintain a high return on an otherwise pricy transformation. European banks, for example, closed over 9,000 branches in 2016, which...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
HIDEKI KUWAJIMA/Getty Images A friend recently returned to his parked car to find it had been sideswiped. Now, every time he calls the insurance company, he hears a message saying: “Can’t take your call right now. Leave a message. All calls will be...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
HIDEKI KUWAJIMA/Getty Images A friend recently returned to his parked car to find it had been sideswiped. Now, every time he calls the insurance company, he hears a message saying: “Can’t take your call right now. Leave a message. All calls will be...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jeff Schear/Getty Images I often forget I am straight. I just don’t think about it much. When asked what I did this weekend, or when setting family photos on my desk at work, I have no reason to wonder if what I say will make someone uncomfortable,...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Eric Frommelt/Getty Images Ten years on from the financial crisis, stock markets are regularly reaching new highs and volatility levels new lows. The financial industry has enthusiastically and profitably embraced big data and computational algorithms, emboldened by...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Beth Comstock, the first female vice chair at General Electric, thinks companies large and small often approach innovation the wrong way. They either try to throw money at the problem before it has a clear market, misallocate resources, or don’t get buy in from...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Eric Frommelt/Getty Images Ten years on from the financial crisis, stock markets are regularly reaching new highs and volatility levels new lows. The financial industry has enthusiastically and profitably embraced big data and computational algorithms, emboldened by...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Dirk Anschutz/Getty Images The Q&A or fireside chat has become a popular format at events like conferences and employee town-halls, replacing more-formal presentations and panels. The one-on-one format can create a more conversational, interesting, and intimate...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Gina Pricope/Getty Images In the start-up world, the disruptor is the cool kid on the block, the one who’ll change the world — or at least the products you’ll buy and how you buy them. She takes on the grown-ups in suits and shows us all how...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Paula Daniëlse/Getty Images Body language varies significantly across cultures. What is considered rude or foolish in a Nordic country may be welcomed as warm and friendly in an African one. What a Canadian businessperson would perceive as arrogant, an American...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Paula Daniëlse/Getty Images Body language varies significantly across cultures. What is considered rude or foolish in a Nordic country may be welcomed as warm and friendly in an African one. What a Canadian businessperson would perceive as arrogant, an American...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the Discussion Guide for this episode Download this podcast Women are expected and asked to do thankless tasks — order...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the Discussion Guide for this episode Download this podcast Women are expected and asked to do thankless tasks — order...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Development economists over the ages have puzzled about why some emerging economies perform much better than others over the long term. We have been looking at the same issue in our latest research, and find one element that others...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Simon McGill/Getty Images A new study out of Virginia Tech University confirms something that just about every knowledge worker already knows: Dealing with after-hours emails produces anxiety that is damaging not only to the worker, but to their family. One...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Simon McGill/Getty Images A new study out of Virginia Tech University confirms something that just about every knowledge worker already knows: Dealing with after-hours emails produces anxiety that is damaging not only to the worker, but to their family. One...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
KAZUHIRO NOGI/Getty Images Businesses are constantly vying to capture the attention of potential customers. It’s not easy to do. People are inundated with different brands as they stroll through the streets, scan through their social media newsfeeds, and binge...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 and $2 trillion globally. Consider that in India in 2016, nearly seven in 10 citizens...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Mitch Blunt/Getty Images Do we lie to get what we want out of negotiations? That depends, according to forthcoming research I conducted with Jason Pierce of the University of North Carolina, Greensborough. We found that the likelihood of engaging in...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
SCOTT WEBB/Unsplash Everyone knows leaders should delegate to ensure that they are working on the right projects and deliverables. But if you find yourself frequently miscommunicating with your team on deliverables, hearing about issues at the last minute, and...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Maskot/Getty Images Career or child care? It’s an unfortunate dilemma faced by every working woman with a baby on the way. Should she take a lengthy maternity leave, knowing that more time at home can improve the well-being of both mother and child? After all,...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Charles McQuillan/Getty Images “I don’t quite know what to do next,” said Simon, a media CEO. Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. He had turned around private and public companies, quadrupled profits and...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 14, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Katie Edwards/Getty Images We tend to romanticize leadership. When friends are promoted to managerial positions, we slap them on the back, tell them that they finally made it, and congratulate them for their hard work. Our reactions are understandable. Occupying a...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jon Feingersh/Getty Images Planning has long been one of the cornerstones of management. Early in the twentieth century Henri Fayol identified the job of managers as to plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control. The capacity and willingness of managers to plan...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Tatsiana Volskaya/Getty Images We all know the old script: join a company, work hard, move up the ladder. But it’s been decades since that was a reliable path, and not just because of layoffs or outsourcing or robots. These days, the culprit preventing many...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Customers’ needs, wants, and preferences are rapidly reshaping business in the digital age. With social and mobile technology always in hand, consumers expect companies to be available online at any time with high-quality customer experiences. These connected...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Patrick George/Getty Images We live in unequal times. The causes and consequences of widening disparities in income and wealth have become a defining debate of our age. Researchers have made major inroads into documenting trends in either income or wealth inequality...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Patrick George/Getty Images We live in unequal times. The causes and consequences of widening disparities in income and wealth have become a defining debate of our age. Researchers have made major inroads into documenting trends in either income or wealth inequality...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 13, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Alfred Huber /Getty Images Supervisors enjoy all kinds of advantages that come with their positions: they have control over resources, make important decisions, enjoy higher salaries and other valuable perks, and have opportunities to network with power-brokers both...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 12, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Ilka & Franz/Getty Images Companies achieve remarkable things. They create products for customers, financial returns for investors, and jobs for employees. At the same time, they develop medications that cure deadly diseases, technologies that bring internet...
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