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  • 16 Mar 2020
  • COVID-19
  • Working Knowledge

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

by Dina Gerdeman
We asked Harvard Business School experts how the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to change business practice.
  • 26 Mar 2020
  • COVID-19
  • Working Knowledge

7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

by John A. Quelch
Leaders managing their organizations through crisis show seven distinctive capabilities, says John A. Quelch. Call them the seven Cs.
  • 17 May 2017
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

by Dina Gerdeman
African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues.
  • 27 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

by Dina Gerdeman
Life isn't fair, especially in the workplace. In Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage, Laura Huang offers a new strategy for uncovering and showcasing your unique value in the face of obstacles.
  • 25 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

by Dina Gerdeman
Researchers believe gender stereotypes hold women back in the workplace. Katherine Coffman's research adds a new twist: They can even cause women to question their own abilities.
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • COVID-19
  • Working Knowledge

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

by Dina Gerdeman
Welcome to the new world of remote work, where employees struggle to learn the rules, managers are unsure how to help them, and organizations get a glimpse into the future.
  • 17 Jan 2020
  • In Practice
  • Working Knowledge

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

by Danielle Kost
What do the best leaders do differently? Harvard Business School faculty members highlight the leadership skills and qualities that separate good from great.
  • 20 Mar 2020
  • COVID-19
  • Working Knowledge

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

by Danielle Kost
COVID-19 will put many small businesses on life support. Karen G. Mills, who has been advising policymakers on aid options, offers guidance to owners on the brink of ruin.
  • 29 Jul 2019
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

by Kristen Senz
Letting independent workers choose their locations can boost companies, employees, and even the economy, according to research by Prithwiraj Choudhury and colleagues.
  • 07 Apr 2020
  • COVID-19
  • Working Knowledge

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
Many brands have turned off their marketing efforts during the pandemic, but Jill Avery and Richard Edelman argue that now is the time when customers need to hear from you most. But what do you say?
  • 16 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

by Dina Gerdeman
In earlier research, Kathleen McGinn and colleagues discovered that adult kids of working moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too.
  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

by Dina Gerdeman
As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of investing in community over profits during turbulent times.
  • 26 Nov 2018
  • Book
  • Working Knowledge

Make Your Employees Feel Psychologically Safe

by Martha Lagace
To do their best work, people need to feel secure and safe in their workplace. In a new book, Amy C. Edmondson details how companies can develop psychological safety.
  • 13 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

by Staff
VIDEO: Ken Frazier, one of only four Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, speaks with Professor Tsedal Neeley about the search for a coronavirus vaccine, how racism at the workplace holds back America’s progress, and his own upbringing just one generation from slavery.
  • 02 Apr 2020
  • What Do You Think?
  • Working Knowledge

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

by James Heskett
SUMMING UP: Readers of this month's James Heskett post disagree on whether COVID-19 is a Black Swan event, but most argue that organizations must be better prepared for inevitable downturns.
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

by Michael Blanding
Intergroup conflict can grind office productivity to a halt. Jeffrey Lees discusses how understanding psychological stereotypes can help divided parties compromise.
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Book
  • Working Knowledge

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

by Dina Gerdeman
To support black employees, business leaders must challenge biases and help employees be themselves, according to a new book co-edited by Anthony J. Mayo, Laura Morgan Roberts, and David A. Thomas
  • 07 May 2020
  • COVID-19
  • Working Knowledge

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso see risk-mitigating innovation everywhere the virus spreads.
  • 25 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

When Your Passion Works Against You

by Dina Gerdeman
Passion is supposed to be the secret sauce that transforms average managers into dynamic leaders. The reality is more complicated, says Jon M. Jachimowicz.
  • 11 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Why Employers Favor Men

by Dina Gerdeman
Why are women discriminated against in hiring decisions? Research by Katherine Coffman, Christine Exley, and Muriel Niederle finds the answer is more subtle than expected.