All articles tagged: human resources

The trials of 2020 have thrust human resources into the spotlight. The HR leaders who have shined know how to help their companies thrive.

A digitally savvy, engaged workforce helps businesses thrive amid uncertainty. Here are four reasons to act now.

In a recent PwC survey, CEOs reported plans for their companies to become more digital and flexible — and more employee focused.

Maintaining productivity levels among remote employees is an enduring challenge. Here are five ways to help people and businesses thrive in the post-pandemic world of work.

The innate desire to do a job well has greater motivational force than any corporate purpose.

As businesses cope with COVID-19 disruptions, they need to rethink and reconfigure their workforce and work spaces beyond redesigning physical spaces.

When faced with uncertainty, successful companies prepare and act, rather than react.

COVID-19 is accelerating companies’ shift to virtual working, but employers still need people-centric ways to assess employees’ strengths and weaknesses.

As COVID-19 continues to isolate people, companies can build employee engagement and community spirit through a shared reading experience.

Many employees are unaware of their firm’s policy on personal social media use, which creates perceptions of unfairness when they cross the line.

In a difficult environment, leaders need to resist the impulse to adopt a defensive pose. They must instead take actions that will position their organization for success.

Fifty years after its publication, Albert O. Hirschman’s Exit, Voice, and Loyalty still has a lot to tell us about the life of organizations.

In Diversity, Inc., NYU journalism professor Pamela Newkirk revisits decades of investment in D&I, and asks why the returns have been so meager.

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

Creating safe spaces for all.

Understanding people’s tolerance for and approach to risk can help companies build teams and improve decision making.

Yale psychologist Laurie Santos delves into the social sciences to understand how people can overcome the internal obstacles and biases that prevent them from living their best life — and how leaders can set an example.

Three principles can guide you when the connectivity of the digital era becomes overwhelming.

Companies should be as process-driven about disruptive ideas as they are about other aspects of business.

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.