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March 15, 2010

India and China May Not Be the Answer

An offshoring expert argues that companies could compete and profit best by outsourcing to small, more developed countries.
February 23, 2010

Jack’s Right Fight

When the head of a division had an impossible target to meet, the only way forward was through a constructive battle between allies.
February 23, 2010

Facing Up to the Demographic Dilemma

At the World Economic Forum’s summer meeting in Dalian, China, four experts discussed the challenges and opportunities that aging populations present to business.
February 12, 2010

Getting a Return on Judgment

The financial meltdown showed the limits of bureaucracy. Recovery depends on how well companies adopt the practices of personalization instead.
January 11, 2010

The Elusive Right Path to Engineering Offshoring

Farming out product design and development can be a risky venture, as many organizations have learned the hard way. Here are five steps to making it work.
December 15, 2009

A School for Displaced Workers

With industries contracting and jobless rates among manufacturing workers skyrocketing, community colleges have become the new home of retraining programs.
November 24, 2009

How Emotions Affect Decision Making

Emotions can get in the way of rational decision making. Anger, in particular, can make employees increase their commitment to a failing plan.
November 24, 2009

What’s So Special about Special Ops?

The U.S. military’s elite training programs offer a model for the strategic deployment of human capital and for building effective teams.
August 27, 2009

The Effects of Corporate Gender Bias

Uncovering why a growing number of women are leaving the corporate workplace.
August 27, 2009

Strong Connections, Less Conflict

Team leaders who foster informal social ties with their subordinates are more likely to boost performance, reduce turnover, and keep team members happy.
August 27, 2009

Managing with the Brain in Mind

Neuroscience research is revealing the social nature of the high-performance workplace.
August 27, 2009

Rising to the Corporate Education Challenge

Amid layoffs and restructuring, many companies are rethinking, not discarding, their efforts to build worker capabilities.
August 27, 2009

Managing Telecommuters

How telecommuting policies affect productivity and work-family conflict.
August 27, 2009

The Talent Innovation Imperative

Any company that competes on the global stage must, in light of today’s changing workforce, rethink the way it manages people.
August 27, 2009

India’s Demographic Moment

With the right conditions in place — education, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness among them — a young, eager, educated workforce can be the key to prosperity.
July 21, 2009

Leading Out of the Downturn

The most important task for corporate leaders, says consultant and author Steve Zaffron, is to reorient the minds of their employees toward a positive vision of the future.
May 26, 2009

CEO Succession 2008: Stability in the Storm

Booz & Company’s annual survey of chief executive arrivals and departures shows that the financial crisis has held down the rate of CEO turnover — for now.
May 12, 2009

Building Talent in a Time of Layoffs

Companies need to assess their workforces today, but they should also look at their likely needs as conditions change.
April 21, 2009

It’s a Virtual World

Slowly, companies are leaving the physical world behind to cut costs, improve communication, and find new ways to collaborate.
April 14, 2009

Getting Rid of Grades to Boost Performance

The practice of assigning letter grades to jobs has had perverse consequences. Aligning jobs with accountability is a much better idea.
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