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To Reduce E-mail, Start at the Top
Brown, Chris; Killick, Andrew; Renaud, KarenArticle HBS-F1309B-ELeadership and People ManagementHow one company successfully dealt with the e-mail glut: After executives underwent training to reduce the number of e-mail messages they sent, the output of other employees fell, too--even though they received no training or feedback. The result was a 7% gain in productivity.Starting at €8.20
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Sense and Reliability: A Conversation with Celebrated Psychologist Karl E. Weick (Spanish version)
Weick, Karl E.; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0304FLeadership and People ManagementMost of us see the organizations we operate in--our schools or companies, for instance--as monolithic and predictable, subjecting us to deadening routines and demanding from us dehumanizing conformity. But companies are more unpredictable and more alive than we imagine, according to Karl Weick, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan and an expert on organizational behavior. Weick says executives can learn a lot about managing the un...Starting at €8.20
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Ventajas e inconvenientes de la jerarquía
Galinsky, Adam D.; Schweitzer, MauriceArticle ART-2793Leadership and People Management, StrategyUna jerarquía bien definida redunda en una mayor eficacia de la organización. Ayuda a sus miembros a saber qué hace cada uno, cómo y cuándo, además de aumentar la eficiencia en las interacciones al establecer claramente cuál debe ser el comportamiento de unos y otros en función del rango. Esto último es especialmente válido cuando las personas se sienten amenazadas, pues la organización formal contribuye a restaurar cierto sentido del orden y con...Starting at €8.20
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Let Me Take You Down (Spanish version)
Kersten, E. L.; Buchanan, Leigh; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0403CLeadership and People ManagementE. Lawrence Kersten thinks corporate America could use a good dose of demotivation. Carrying products that promise to "unleash the power of mediocrity," Kersten's company, Despair Inc., has just the ticket.Starting at €8.20
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Who Do These Bankers Think They Are
Stiglitz, Joseph E.Article HBS-F1003J-ELeadership and People ManagementEven with better regulation, the prognosis doesn't look good for financial markets. We have bankers to thank for that.Starting at €8.20
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Neuroscience and Leadership
Richard E. BoyatzisArticle IVEY-9B11TA01-ELeadership and People ManagementEmerging findings in neuroscience research suggest why inspiring and supportive relationships are important — they help activate openness to new ideas and a more social orientation to others. Insights such as these may move a leader’s actions away from a results orientation and toward a relationship orientation. This article considers sophisticated research such as a study with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in order to explore buil...Starting at €8.20
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Realizing What You're Made Of
Mangurian, Glenn E.Article HBS-R0703J-ELeadership and People ManagementA ruptured disk pressed against Glenn Mangurian's spinal cord several years ago, leaving the lower half of his body permanently paralyzed. One minute, Mangurian was healthy and secure in his career as a management consultant; the next, his life was transformed and filled with uncertainty. The injury has taught him volumes about resilience and leadership. In this first-person account, he explains how people can create a new future after a crisis h...Starting at €8.20
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How GE Teaches Teams to Lead Change
Prokesch, Steven E.Article HBS-R0901J-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2006, General Electric launched its Leadership, Innovation, and Growth (LIG) program to support CEO Jeffrey Immelt's priority of achieving corporate growth primarily by expanding businesses and creating new ones. LIG represented a radical approach for GE's famed management development center in Crotonville, New York, because it was the first effort to train all the senior members of a GE business's management team as a group. Prokesch went thr...Starting at €8.20
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Neuroscience and the Link Between Inspirational Leadership and Resonant Relationships
Richard E. BoyatzisArticle IVEY-9B12TA06-ELeadership and People ManagementEvery leader needs to have smooth, productive relationships with those around him or her. But what makes for a rewarding relationship — and its opposite — has long been unclear. Boyatzis, who has conducted studies and written extensively about the impact of brain activity on such relationships, describes some important new research that holds the promise of helping leaders to form more effective relationships. In one study, executives underwent f...Starting at €8.20
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Cuatro estrategias para equilibrar trabajo y familia
Demerouti, E.Article 75924Leadership and People ManagementLa adopción del teletrabajo a escala mundial durante la pandemia fue el experimento natural perfecto para observar en tiempo real la relación entre trabajo y familia. He aquí tácticas para reducir el estrés, aumentar la motivación y lograr una vida en equilibrio.Starting at €8.20