Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

According to a 2010 Virtual Teams Survey Report, respondents identified lack of clear leadership as a major obstacle for virtual teams and cited the need for an improved management process. Especially on a virtual team, people may launch into task mode without cementing bonds with others, a common and critical mistake.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 21, 2019

Fathers, in particular, believe they’re penalized for taking parental leave and believe their careers have flagged compared to their peers without children. Set up a mentoring program or fathers’ employee network that will focus on work/life balance aside from career development. Teresa Hopke, CEO of Talking Talent, Inc.

Bond 53

Bond Policies Career Report 53

Coaching Tip

JULY 23, 2013

Office cliques can affect workplace culture in a variety of ways.according to nationwide survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder from May 14 to June 5, 2013, among a representative sample of nearly 3,000 full-time, private sector U.S. The survey found that not all managers succeed at staying neutral.

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Loyalty Bond Survey Sample 103

Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Young women today are entering the workforce better prepared and more ambitious than ever, with more education and higher career aspirations than men. About half the women surveyed by McKinsey are both primary breadwinners and primary caregivers to their families, and many tend to avoid jobs that bring greater pressure.

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McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2018

Perhaps they could only climb the career ladder in a new country. Either way, regularly one-on-ones create that ever-so-important bond in the office. In other words, take the time to have one-on-ones to understand the motivations of your employees. Collect Frequent Anonymous Feedback.

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Diversity Tactics Strategy Short-term 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2021

Team efficiency depends largely on the bonding among the teammates as that makes the work process smooth and easy to handle. A recent survey by Anatomy of Work mentions that corporate employees spend most of their work time on daily tasks and only 27% of their time in work that requires specific skill sets.

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Efficiency Team Project Planning 65

Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2014

A traditional office layout, with small, enclosed offices, ‘cubicle farms,’ formal conference rooms, and limited casual gathering areas, tends to communicate a hierarchical structure with less opportunity for career advancement. The space the barrista occupies is open, casual, and friendly for maximum effect.

Company 50

Company Open-book Bond Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

These results are based on responses from more than 250 business-to-business field salespeople who completed an extensive, 43-part sales persona survey on subjects including sales strategy preferences, quota performance history, and personal beliefs. Career Motivation. Client Bonding. Overall Career Grade. Best Day Ever.

Bond 8

Bond Mentor Letter Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. We surveyed 60 finance professionals —ranging from partners in top investment banks and senior members of VC firms, to junior traders and entry-level financial consultants—and interviewed 30 in more detail.

Finance 11

Finance Banking Survey Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

A small but intriguing new survey by a pair of British consultants confirms the importance of resilience to business success. Conversely, in “ Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters , ” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward suggest a more aggressive, ego-centric alternative.

Bond 8

Bond Crisis Crisis Management Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

I did that for years," Karp recalls, all the while knowing that coming out could jeopardize her career in investment banking. "It Nearly one-third (31%) of LGBTs surveyed in the study live double lives — out to their family or friends, but closeted on the job. Being out makes all the difference to a career.

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Cost Banking Career Wilde 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank. Job creation: Beyond their own incomes, 112 million of the GEM surveyed entrepreneurs employ one or more people. 12 million expect to employ up to six people in the next five years.

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Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Are we still subject to the stigma, well illustrated by Hillary Clinton''s much-publicized comment during her husband''s 1992 campaign, " I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies " instead of pursuing a legal career, that domestic-based endeavors and a profession were mutually exclusive? Or maybe that''s just my imagination.

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Self-aware Bond Sample Career 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2018

Affinity bonds us to people with whom we share some of our likes and dislikes, building emotional communities. The most frequent include: assessment tools (climate surveys, statistics monitoring, minority targets), human resources programs (flexible policies, mentoring or coaching), communication campaigns, and training programs.

Diversity 8

Diversity Human Resources Policies Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. “It’s enabled me to have a bond with my daughter now that’s really amazing,” he said. They both wanted important, but not overwhelming careers.

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Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And, in fact, the more power we have, and the higher we ascend in our careers, the less self-aware we become. One survey conducted on 1,000 Americans in 1996 showed that people rated themselves as more likely to get into heaven than Mother Theresa. We tend to strengthen bonds only with people who see our positive qualities.

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Self-aware Travel Open-book Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Class-based bias, just like gender- and racial-based biases, can seep into workplace systems and artificially hinder the career success of those groups. Even when class migrant candidates are able to be hired, they often find themselves left out of workplace bonding activities and having to work extra hard to fit in.

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Class Diversity Company Sports 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. It is also a matter of having fun and fostering strong bonds between team members to help them reach their goals. For many in today’s knowledge economy, this feeling is elusive.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

As I sit to write each morning, I draw upon the vast network of people (many in active chat windows) with whom I've worked in the trenches over the course of a 35-year career, while also having the benefit of opinions and insight by expert strangers a click away. It's a huge and real loss in terms of career development.

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Silverman Real Estate Fashion Open-book 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

The kind of bonding that I inadvertently experienced may be more frequent these days as the byproduct of a corporate mindset reshaped by Great Recession-driven austerity practices — among them requiring employees to share rooms. Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset. Cutting costs Human resources Organizational culture'

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Hotels Conference Policies Travel 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

So-called “daddy days” offer precious time to bond with a new baby, cement new household routines, and lay the foundation of a family’s life. What to do, then, to prevent new parents from reverting to ingrained, gendered behavior patterns, replete with disappointment, exhaustion, derailed careers, and worse?

Bond 8

Bond Long-term Health Care Organizational Behavior 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Some Indian companies, recognizing the importance of family, are doing the same: welcoming parents to new employee orientation (a few have even taken it a step further and offer benefits to dependent parents , strengthening the employee bond). Why not invite parents to your employee orientation or onboarding program? Use parents to recruit.

Mentor 11

Mentor Performance Review Conference Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

SFO’s facility, the 3,146-seat War Memorial Opera House, was funded by a voter-approved municipal bond in 1927. Madhav was in the MSx program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a program for mid-career managers. The feedback was so much more useful and empowering than information from surveys.

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Audience Brainstorming Project Class 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Greenspan had a long career as a private economic analyst and forecaster behind him when he was appointed Federal Reserve chairman in 1987. At that point if you took a survey of what the outlook was, you’d get an overwhelming positive response the day before it falls on its face. Why Fed chairmen can’t do research.

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Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11