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360-Degree Feedback Programs To Help Your Company Grow

HR Digest

If the review provides a clear picture of the company, with additional action points to work on for the future, then the purpose of the 360 feedback process is accomplished. Clear Goal The designers of the survey need to have a clear idea of their goals and should develop their tests accordingly.

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It’s Time to Make Business School Research More Relevant

Harvard Business Review

This is because promotions and salary increases at most business schools are primarily based on professors’ number of peer-reviewed, “A” journal publications (or those appearing in journals with the highest impact factor, or frequency of citation-counts).

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Were OkCupid’s and Facebook’s Experiments Unethical?

Harvard Business Review

According to a multitude of critics, the companies stepped over an ethical line by playing with emotions without asking users’ permission. Regardless of IRB considerations, companies should certainly adhere to the core principles of ethical research. Problem is, that’s the wrong lesson.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

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. “We had to train harder, measure our goals better, and become a better team,” Bunge said. As a start, staff members had to become stronger, in more ways than one.

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Workplace Wellness Programs Could Be Putting Your Health Data at Risk

Harvard Business Review

Some employees turn to their company’s wellness program to achieve their weight loss goals; many employers now provide these programs in an effort to help employees maintain their health and to reduce health care costs. January tends to be when we (once again) start to pay attention to our waistlines and health.

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How to Manage a Toxic Employee

Harvard Business Review

Strive for clearly defined, measurable goals,” Porath says. Include “supporting material” too: formal complaints, relevant information from performance evaluations, such as 360-degree or peer reviews. “What do you expect them to change? ” Explain the consequences.