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Employees speak out against Facebook’s ‘Hunger Games’ Employee Review Process

HR Digest

According to a CNBC report published on Tuesday, former Facebook employees say a ruthless ‘stacked ranking’ review process created a cult-like culture where they felt the need to feign happiness in a desperate attempt to form friendships with colleagues to advance their careers.

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Dr. Tasha Eurich on Unleashing Potential through Self-Awareness

HR Digest

In my 20-plus years of coaching CEOs, great leadership has transformed from top-down directives to “collaborative adaptation.” The HR Digest: Reflecting on your career, what aspects of your work do you hope will leave a lasting impact on the field of organizational psychology and leadership?

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Unusual Hiring Practices

Strategy Driven

Paying bills, needing a job, wanting to advance a career. Gabriel Fairman , Founder and CEO of BureauWorks , has been working on transforming localization business processes into technology over the past 15 years. Most people would not choose to work here if they had 50 billion dollars in the bank. That’s just a fact of life.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. Henrik Bunge is one such leader.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, Thierry Andretta, the CEO of French fashion company Lanvin, announced an initiative called "no email Wednesdays" because he thought people had stopped actually talking to each other. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo''s CEO, ended the company''s work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment.

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Why Men Have More Help Getting to the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Among these are: Women lack career ambition — “women just don’t want those high-stress jobs.” ” Developmental interaction with a woman comes with reputational risk that can damage careers — “there’s more than just a professional relationship between those two.”

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How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

” “Can you tell me about four people whose careers you have fundamentally improved?” ” “Describe a few of your peers at your company and what type of relationship you have with each of them.” All managers are reviewed by their teams, and that feedback goes to the managers’ bosses.