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The Art of HR: Building REAL Social Networks

LDRLB

They both had a Starbucks inside the building (if there was ever an incentive to get me to work at a different company, that would be it) and strongly encouraged relationship building in meetings and interactions. HR leaders must also be able to train leaders on how to effectively navigate the informal social network within the organization.

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Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors

Harvard Business Review

Professors must think of themselves as experiential movie directors for a production of Global Business in the Networked Economy , orchestrating and coaching a multinational cast of actors through experiments – and stepping off of the stage for a broader purview. Use incentives to stimulate moves and counter-moves.