by HappyQuotient | Sep 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Michael Steffen / EyeEm/Getty Images Since at least the time of Frederick Taylor, the father of “scientific management,” control has been central to corporate organization: Control of costs, of prices, of investment and—not least—of people....
by HappyQuotient | Sep 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Juj Winn/Getty Images Just becoming a leader is enough to exacerbate some people’s unethical tendencies. But power does not corrupt everyone. Our research suggests that key personality characteristics predict unethical leadership behavior. We collected...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Michael SnellE/Getty Images In 1545, Jacopo da Pontormo scored a major commission from Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici to paint the main chapel of Florence’s church of San Lorenzo. A contemporary of masters like Michelangelo, Pontormo was a distinguished but...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Rafael Ben-Ari/Getty Images [T]echnology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing. — Steve Jobs Steve Jobs’s vision for Apple was...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 9, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Patrick George/Getty Images Imagine you’re drafting an email about a sensitive project when you realize you need to keep your supervisor in the loop. You decide to Bcc her on the email. Later, the rest of the team finds out. How does this make them feel? Email...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Leadership training can make a huge difference in preparing professionals to advance in their careers and succeed in leadership roles. Many companies offer leadership education programs to high-potential employees, but these programs...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
PM Images/Getty Images In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. Google Fiber, as...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
CSA Images/Getty Images Despite the $15 billion companies spend annually on managerial and leadership development, bad bosses are common in the American workforce. A study by Life Meets Work found that 56% of American workers claim their boss is mildly or...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | HBR
When I’m dragging and feeling tired during the occasional low-energy day, my go-to elixir is an extra cup (or two or three) of black French press coffee. It gives my body and brain a needed jolt, but it may not help where I need it the most: my cells. The cellular...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Does your organization lack quality leadership? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Peter Bregman, the CEO of Bregman Partners and author of the book Leading with...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Edward Munsch/Christophel Fine Art/Getty Images Dirk was puzzled about what just happened. To the best of his knowledge, he had only asked Jerome (a recently hired senior executive), to deal more proactively with some of the company’s clients. But Jerome had...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Malan/Getty Images President Trump has just asked the SEC to study the implications of moving to a half-yearly reporting deadline instead of the current requirement to file 10-Q forms on a quarterly basis. Over the years, I have heard from plenty of managers who...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Malan/Getty Images President Trump has just asked the SEC to study the implications of moving to a half-yearly reporting deadline instead of the current requirement to file 10-Q forms on a quarterly basis. Over the years, I have heard from plenty of managers who...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | HBR
As more states legalize marijuana, the number of pregnant women who smoke marijuana is rising — and this could be really bad for babies. In 2002, 2.3% of pregnant women used marijuana. In 2014, that number was up to 3.84%, a rise of two-thirds. To make matters worse,...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Susanna Price/Getty Images The U.S. grocery industry has reached an interesting and uncertain crossroads. In 2017, German discount grocery retailers ALDI and LIDL announced plans to open hundreds of new stores across the United States. ALDI plans to open 900...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Leigh Wells/Getty Images Appointing workers’ representatives to company boards may be an idea whose time has come. Politicians seem to like it. The most recent politician to make such a proposal is U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren who would like to require...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Patrick George/Getty Images It’s a Catch-22 millions of workers face: You plan a vacation to relax, rejuvenate, and forget all about the stresses of work. But being out of the office means cramming in extra work up until you leave — and making up for...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | HBR
The rate of type 2 diabetes is increasing around the world. Type 2 diabetes is a major cause of vision loss and blindness, kidney failure requiring dialysis, heart attacks, strokes, amputations, infections and even early death. Over 80% of people with prediabetes...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
hideki kuwajima/Getty Images We know it’s awkward, talking about class. Especially in the United States, talking about class is considered taboo. When the subject comes up, otherwise articulate and extroverted people suddenly clam up and be struck dumb by the...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Martin Diebel/Getty Images When David White became Global VP of Supply Chain at Campbell Soup Company in 2004, the company had a shocking lost-time injury rate of 1.24%. This meant that of the 24,000 people working in the company at the time, one person per day was...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
david malan/Getty Images Imagine you are a member of a purchasing team. Your manager sets a goal: she wants everyone on your team to make at least one deal with a supply company of their choice. You end up signing a deal with a supplier who offers a great price, but...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Noctiluxx/Getty Images When it comes to design thinking, the bloom is off the rose. Billed as a set of tools for innovation, design thinking has been enthusiastically and, to some extent, uncritically adopted by firms and universities alike as an approach for the...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | HBR
The rate of type 2 diabetes is increasing around the world. Type 2 diabetes is a major cause of vision loss and blindness, kidney failure requiring dialysis, heart attacks, strokes, amputations, infections and even early death. Over 80% of people with prediabetes...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Noctiluxx/Getty Images When it comes to design thinking, the bloom is off the rose. Billed as a set of tools for innovation, design thinking has been enthusiastically and, to some extent, uncritically adopted by firms and universities alike as an approach for the...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Icon Sportswire/Contributor/Getty Images Urban Meyer, the highly-decorated head football coach of Ohio State University was recently suspended without pay for three games for how he handled domestic violence allegations against his long-time assistant coach, Zach...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Marc Effron, president of the Talent Strategy Group, looked at the scientific literature behind high performance at work and identified eight steps we can all take to get an edge. Among those steps is taking care of your body — sleep, exercise, and nutrition....
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Icon Sportswire/Contributor/Getty Images Urban Meyer, the highly-decorated head football coach of Ohio State University was recently suspended without pay for three games for how he handled domestic violence allegations against his long-time assistant coach, Zach...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Icon Sportswire/Contributor/Getty Images Urban Meyer, the highly-decorated head football coach of Ohio State University was recently suspended without pay for three games for how he handled domestic violence allegations against his long-time assistant coach, Zach...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Icon Sportswire/Contributor/Getty Images Urban Meyer, the highly-decorated head football coach of Ohio State University was recently suspended without pay for three games for how he handled domestic violence allegations against his long-time assistant coach, Zach...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
tang yau hoong/Getty Images A manager gives an employee overly-positive feedback to boost their confidence. A doctor gives a patient a too-rosy prognosis to foster hope. A government official conceals a security threat to prevent widespread panic. These are relatively...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
dan herrick/Getty Images Stressed. Anxious. Exhausted. Drained. This is how many employees feel at work due to stressors like longer work hours, more-frequent hassles, the need to do more with fewer resources, and so on. Such work stress has been shown to induce...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | HBR
When most people think about core strength, they think about an abdominal six-pack. While it looks good, this toned outer layer of abdominal musculature is not the same as a strong core. What is the “core” and why is core strength so important? The core is a group of...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
dan herrick/Getty Images Stressed. Anxious. Exhausted. Drained. This is how many employees feel at work due to stressors like longer work hours, more-frequent hassles, the need to do more with fewer resources, and so on. Such work stress has been shown to induce...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 3, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Sep 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
alice mollon/Getty Images Don’t underestimate the power of women connecting and supporting each other at work. As my experiences from being a rookie accountant to a managing director at an investment bank have taught me, conversations between women have massive...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Westend61/Getty Images “I’m calling on behalf of my partner. He died, and I need to close his account.” When Matt drowned in a fast-moving river, it fell to me to cancel his credit cards, close out the utilities at his apartment, and manage his cell...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Wong/Unsplash The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by fads — think treadmill desks, nap pods, and “bring your dog to work day” for starters. However, a new...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Wong/Unsplash The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by fads — think treadmill desks, nap pods, and “bring your dog to work day” for starters. However, a new...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 2, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Ansgar Schwarz/EyeEm/Getty Images Is digital technology a democratizing force, allowing smaller, newer companies to compete against giant ones? Or does it provide even greater advantage to incumbents? That question has gotten a lot of attention lately, in response to...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Women of color are a force in the U.S. economy. They are projected to make up the majority of all women by 2060, which means they’ll also likely become the majority of the U.S. workforce. They also generate $1 trillion as consumers and...
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