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by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
str/stringer/Getty Images When you’re promoted to a new job, there are a lot of relationships that need recalibrating. You have a new boss, new direct reports, and, importantly, a new set of peers — people who had been above you on the org chart but are...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Aubrey/Getty Images How often are management concepts subjected to recalls by the people who invented them? It is hard to think of a single case. If an industrial product like a car fails the manufacturer pulls it back, tests it and, if necessary, re-equips it....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | HBR
Bipolar disorder can be a debilitating disease. Dealing with this illness is quite difficult for patients, family, and friends. The manic phases can profoundly disrupt people’s quality of life. The cost is another reason for concern, as patients can be...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Aubrey/Getty Images How often are management concepts subjected to recalls by the people who invented them? It is hard to think of a single case. If an industrial product like a car fails the manufacturer pulls it back, tests it and, if necessary, re-equips it....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
hbr staff/jake hinds/unsplash Not long ago, I asked 100 CEOs attending a conference how many of them were currently involved in a significant business transformation. Nearly all of them raised their hands, which was no surprise. According to a study by BCG, 85% of...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
yangleephoto/Imazins/Getty Images It’s a concrete fact that women earn less than men do. The true gender pay-gap is not known with certainty, but, when comparing equally qualified people doing the same job, most estimates by labor economists put it at...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 25, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
yangleephoto/Imazins/Getty Images It’s a concrete fact that women earn less than men do. The true gender pay-gap is not known with certainty, but, when comparing equally qualified people doing the same job, most estimates by labor economists put it at...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 24, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | HBR
There is a severe and worsening epidemic of physician burnout in the United States, which threatens the health of doctors and patients alike. What is burnout? How does it affect doctors? And, how can this affect patient care? Finally, what can be done about this...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Nisian Hughes/Getty Images When we teach strategy to MBA students, our student want magic bullets, things they can do to make their companies thrive forever. For a long time we emphasized “network effects” as a potential secret sauce for business models....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | HBR
There is a severe and worsening epidemic of physician burnout in the United States, which threatens the health of doctors and patients alike. What is burnout? How does it affect doctors? And, how can this affect patient care? Finally, what can be done about this...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Tim Robberts/Getty Images There was a time when the American steel industry seemed invincible. The American automotive industry looked rock-solid. American consumer electronics industry seemed untouchable. In every one of these cases, global competition changed the...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images Across the technology industry, subscription sales models are growing in popularity. The trend is having a big impact on sales forces. For example, an enterprise software company recently transitioned from selling custom software as...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
vgajic/Getty Images There are many problems with the way most meetings are run. One of the most political is the invite list. Deciding who to include can be tough but too many managers default to including everyone. In an effort to not make anyone feel left out, they...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 22, 2018 | HBR
There is a severe and worsening epidemic of physician burnout in the United States, which threatens the health of doctors and patients alike. What is burnout? How does it affect doctors? And, how can this affect patient care? Finally, what can be done about this...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | HBR
Summer holidays are here and the sunny, warm weather is in full swing. Now is not the time to get lazy about sun protection! Sun: The good and the not-so-good Sunlight is essential for many important bodily functions, including producing vitamin D and maintaining your...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jonathan-Knowles/Getty Images Almost every leader wants to make more time for strategic thinking. In one survey of 10,000 senior leaders, 97% of them said that being strategic was the leadership behavior most important to their organization’s success. And yet in...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Phil Ashley/Getty Images A little over a year ago, a high-performing specialist at one of the largest technologies companies — we’ll call him Santiago — was given an opportunity no high performer could turn down: an opportunity to play...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Andrew Chislett/EyeEm/Getty Images In a San Francisco federal court, the Communication Workers of America union recently expanded the scope of the class action suit they filed last December against some of the country’s largest employers — a diverse...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jeong Woo Kim/EyeEm/Getty Images When I ask executives what their favorite speech is, Steve Jobs’s Stanford commencement address is always at the top of the list. Many think of Jobs’s talk as their favorite because it is incredibly moving — thanks to...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | HBR
Why is it that despite so many interesting foods in the world, we sometimes fall into dietary rut? For busy working families, lapsing into a boring menu routine may be due to a lack of time, planning, or know-how. Years ago, when I anchored the local TV news at...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Scott Barbour/Getty Images When we talk about bias, we often tie it to acts of discrimination or prejudice. But according to cognitive science, everybody, by virtue of having a brain that’s constantly seeking efficiency, is biased in some way — and not all...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The challenges facing leaders today create a complex business landscape: Your business is more global, the pace is faster, technology is reframing your competitive world while customers, armed with more information and more choices, are changing their expectations and...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
J PAT CARTER/Getty Images Teachers have had enough. Since March, schools in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, Colorado and North Carolina have either been shut down or turned into sites of resistance. In Kansas, teachers are threatening to strike because...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 20, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
px photography/Getty Images There are two contemporary strategic imperatives, among others, that many executives are grappling with: (1) competing in emerging markets and (2) partnering with startups to gain exposure to novel ideas and opportunities. While each...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Heidi Grant, a social psychologist, explains the right ways and wrong ways to ask colleagues for help. She says people are much more likely to lend us a hand than we think they are; they just want it to be a rewarding experience. Grant is the author of Reinforcements:...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
hbr staff/thelinke/Getty Images After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced that it would no longer sell semiautomatic rifles in its hunting and fishing stores (it had already stopped selling them at its main...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
We’re delighted to be making more episodes for you. Download this podcast Help shape our conversations by responding to these questions. You can answer as few or as many as you’d like: What work decisions do you struggle with? Do you overthink? Stress...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images The #MeToo movement started by activist Tarana Burke gained momentum in October of 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano invited women on Twitter to respond “me too” to her tweet if they’d experienced sexual harassment or abuse....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | HBR
There is an important scientific fact that we need to be aware of as the political drama at the border unfolds: when children are separated from their parents, they can be damaged for the rest of their lives. Research shows that when children face strong, frequent, or...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images The #MeToo movement started by activist Tarana Burke gained momentum in October of 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano invited women on Twitter to respond “me too” to her tweet if they’d experienced sexual harassment or abuse....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images For over 25 years, women have made up at least 40% of U.S. medical students. This past year, more women than men were enrolled in U.S. medical schools. Yet gender parity is still not reflected in medical leadership. Women account for only...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Bloomberg/Getty Images I couldn’t stop crying. Months of late evenings and demanding travel had cracked my professional exterior. I tried to present my quarterly numbers while my colleagues squirmed in their seats, offered me a box of tissues, or just stared. My...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
OLI SCARFF/Getty Images When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market. Yet AT&T executives...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amid current outbreaks of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Nipah virus in India, an even scarier threat looms. Last year, researchers recreated an extinct smallpox-like virus with DNA bought online for just $100,000 and...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | HBR
It’s finally getting warm here in New England, and most of us have plans to enjoy the beautiful weather. And that’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report raising awareness about how to prevent the tickborne infections that...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Andy Roberts/Getty Images It takes time for a big idea to make its way into business practice. Six years ago, Harvard’s Michael Porter and FSG’s Mark Kramer made the bold statement that shared value — the idea that the purpose of a company...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Tim Robberts/Getty Images Research has repeatedly shown that U.S. patients receive recommended care only half of the time. It is also known that patients receive non-recommended or “low-value” care as much as 20% of the time. Despite the proliferation of...
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