All articles tagged: human resources

Herman Melville’s short story Bartleby, the Scrivener provides lessons on how to deal with troubled colleagues.

Three key pay and performance metrics can help define and influence an organization’s values.

More and more leaders recognize the need to manage contingent workers, but their companies and cultures often undercut their efforts.

In his new book, Neil Irwin finds that people who succeed in management careers do so by trying new things, learning from failures, and embracing changes in direction.

A selection of books perfect for your commute — or the beach.

Believing the popular perceptions about millennials could be risky business.

Pinnacle Group CEO Nina Vaca’s top priorities are to keep growing fast and expand the talent pipeline.

Professor Jochen Menges on the ways companies can develop well-being initiatives that genuinely make people feel better.

In his new book, Range, David Epstein argues that although specialization has its virtues, businesses need people with wide horizons and ranges of interests in order to succeed.

In the gig economy, more companies are employing temporary workers for greater flexibility. But that strategy comes at a cost.

In his new book, Globotics Upheaval, economist Richard Baldwin wrestles with the opportunities and perils brought about by globalization and robotics.

Even as the concept of integrating our professional and personal lives gains currency, it is important to demarcate borders between the two.

To level the playing field at the office, it is essential that companies promote work–life balance and family-friendly policies for all employees.

Workers today want careers that fit their values, are enjoyable, and contribute to society. Here’s what business leaders can do to deliver on this idea of “good work.” For further insights, read “Good Work.”
 

How HR leaders can play a vital part in providing a compelling environment for tomorrow’s workforce.

Today’s employees want jobs that are intrinsically rewarding and that fit their values. And though the meaning of work is different for each person, companies that act now to address these demands will gain a lasting competitive advantage. See also “Five Ways Companies Can Give People a Good Work Experience.”

To deter turnover, managers can watch for the behaviors that employees exhibit when they are considering leaving.

A framework borrowed from nature illuminates why these workers are valuable and why they should be nurtured.

Major companies are transforming their core and rethinking their functions.

Traditional HR practices won’t suffice when firms seek to attract the sometimes quirky, and always necessary, idea people.

Writers at strategy+business pick the year’s best books in seven categories.

Employees who know what their bosses earn work harder, but the opposite is true if their colleague’s paycheck is bigger.

What are the four hallmarks of a company that truly stands apart from the rest?

Sowing seeds of confusion and discord is no way to run an organization.

A selection of books perfect for your commute — or the beach.