Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

A Facebook picture of an old friend's kids on the same beaches where we grew up can be enough to spark that vague unease, the feeling that our bond is made of blood and history but no longer of shared habits, context or enterprise. Compared with most managers I teach, I have moved infrequently, and not that far.

Globalization 22

Globalization Diversity Learning-by-Doing Price 22

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

A Facebook picture of an old friend's kids on the same beaches where we grew up can be enough to spark that vague unease, the feeling that our bond is made of blood and history but no longer of shared habits, context or enterprise. Compared with most managers I teach, I have moved infrequently, and not that far.

Globalization 22

Globalization Diversity Learning-by-Doing Price 22

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. When senior management walks the talk, a room-sharing policy is more palatable.

Hotels 9

Hotels Conference Policies Travel 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. That helped account managers focus their pitch on the client’s business issues and build rapport. That bottom line sensibility is crucial.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2012

There are a lot of informal negotiations that go on with supervisors," agrees Peter Cappelli, a management professor at the Wharton School and the author of Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty. Start with your manager. Framing your request as an exception to the policy can make some managers uncomfortable.

How To 15

How To Policies Short-term Quinn 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

To be fair, macroeconomists don’t view human resources as completely generic “labor.” The real economy is the one in which real companies, individuals and governments buy and sell real things for real prices. The value of stocks and bonds are not directly determined by economic actions or events.

Real Estate 10

Real Estate Senge Bond Price 10