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Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gupta, ShaleneArticle HBS-R1803K-ELeadership and People ManagementToday layoffs have become companies' default response to the challenges created by advances in technology and global competition. Yet research shows that job cuts rarely help senior leaders achieve their goals. Too often, they're done for short-term gain, but the cost savings are overshadowed by bad publicity, loss of knowledge, weakened engagement, higher voluntary turnover, and lower innovation, which hurt profits in the long run. This article ...Starting at €8.20
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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewArticle HBS-R1704Z-EA summer intern isn't sure how to respond to a request that she misrepresent herself in collecting competitive intelligence for her company. One of her primary duties is to assist with market research by calling direct competitors and asking for sensitive information. Her manager wants her to tell these contacts that she's a student working on a project. She needs the internship and the money, but she also doesn't want to start her career in this...Starting at €8.20
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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (HBR Case Study)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewArticle HBS-R1704X-EA summer intern isn't sure how to respond to a request that she misrepresent herself in collecting competitive intelligence for her company. One of her primary duties is to assist with market research by calling direct competitors and asking for sensitive information. Her manager wants her to tell these contacts that she's a student working on a project. She needs the internship and the money, but she also doesn't want to start her career in this...Starting at €8.20
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Harvard Business School's Sandra J. Sucher on the value of a book club for excutives
Sucher, Sandra J.; Peebles, M. EllenArticle HBS-F0801F-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen executives meet together to grapple with moral and ethical questions in literature, they end up applying their insights in practice. This Harvard Business School professor endorses book clubs as part of leadership development. To view a list of recommended texts for an executive book club, visit sucher.readings.hbr.orgStarting at €8.20
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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewArticle HBS-R1704M-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityA summer intern isn't sure how to respond to a request that she misrepresent herself in collecting competitive intelligence for her company. One of her primary duties is to assist with market research by calling direct competitors and asking for sensitive information. Her manager wants her to tell these contacts that she's a student working on a project. She needs the internship and the money, but she also doesn't want to start her career in th...Starting at €8.20