How we think about strategy

  • June 28, 2012

To make the topic of strategy more personal, Cynthia Montgomery, Timken Professor of Business Administration and immediate past head of the Strategy Unit at Harvard...

7-step approach to giving feedback

  • June 26, 2012

Bosses aren’t the only ones who can provide feedback to employees. Giving negative feedback requires you to counsel and criticize in a way that alerts a co-worker...

Black boss, white worker? Beware reverse bias

  • June 17, 2012

Courts hold white employees who allege racial discrimination to a slightly higher standard than members of other protected classes. The higher standard is met if the...

4 leadership lessons from Butch Cassidy

  • June 14, 2012

You’ve got vision, while the rest of the world wears bifocals. If that bit of swagger sums up your leadership style, you’ve got something in common with...

4 ways to destroy an employee’s day

  • June 12, 2012

What makes an employee productive? Unproductive? “The key factor you can use to make employees miserable on the job is to simply keep them from making progress...

White men and discrimination: 3 myths

  • June 08, 2012

While Title VII prohibits discrimination based on any race or either gender, minorities and women aren’t the only ones protected by the law. So-called...