HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

So the first lesson is to resist the urge to label something “unmeasurable” just because measuring it is hard. She publishes original research in Harvard Business Review and peer-reviewed journals, and has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NPR, Fast Company, and more.

Self-aware 52

Self-aware Hofstede Mentor Learning-by-Doing 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

You might even be tempted to communicate to your peers and supervisees that you’re not convinced this is the right way to go. Resist that temptation. This is what I did early in my academic career when I received peer review comments on a paper I’d submitted for publication.

Peer Review 10

Peer Review Review Self-aware Middle Management 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Although this type of resistance can help keep everyone honest, it can also produce very bad effects. If events had unfolded according to Plank's principle, then young scientists would have rapidly accepted Darwin's ideas while older scientists would have resisted them. But it didn't happen that way. There's a lot at play.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Resistance Analysis Process 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

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).

Metrics 9

Metrics Ethics Incentives Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

We measure how quickly leaders can implement and overcome resistance to change. But my peer-review literature search revealed no similar ways to assess how willing leaders are to be influenced or how transparent they are about how they can best be influenced.

Influence 8

Influence Six Sigma Open-book Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

So large-scale re-engineering programs, productivity drives, and changes to the incentive system are unlikely to work: they can easily be resisted, ignored or gamed. Knowledge workers own the means of production — their brains. Lead by example.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8