How to Work Out What Your Employees Really Want
In this INSEAD Knowledge podcast, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour Mark Mortensen proposes a more holistic approach to understanding employees’ needs, while offering practical solutions to ensure that they remain fully invested in their organisation and its goals.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Mark Mortensen, Nick Measures | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Make Numbers Count: How to Translate Data for Your Audience
In this interview with podcast host Matt Abrahams, Chip Heath talks about ways that data and statistics can be used to illuminate — or obscure — our message.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Chip Heath, Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
Class Takeaways — Managing Successful Groups and Teams
How do you build successful, diverse teams? How do you offer structure and control while also inviting participation?
In this video based on her class Managing Groups and Teams, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor of organizational behavior Deborah Gruenfeld shares five key lessons for team leaders.
If You Want to Change the World, You Need Power: Part 2
Cultivate your network and think strategically to rise in your career.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
What You Need to Know About Women at Work
Around the world, women are paid at lower rates and wages than men and are less likely to be promoted. They also tend to work in different sectors. The implications are everyone’s business.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Women in Business
Creating High-Performance Innovation Teams at Scale
For innovation initiatives to succeed, they must be staffed with the right combination of talent.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Erik Roth, Matt Banholzer, Sean Brown | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Innovation, Organizational Behavior
How To Be Objective About Budgets
Addressing anchoring bias can lead to more accurate budget forecasts, better budget conversations, and more dynamic resource reallocation.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Dan P. Lovallo, Sean Brown, Tim Koller | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Finance, Management, Organizational Behavior
How To Take the ‘Outside View’
It may be easier than you think to debias your decisions and make better forecasts by building the “outside view.”
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Dan P. Lovallo, Tim Koller | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Organizational Behavior
What the Pros Know About Public Speaking
Can anxiety be good for you? How do I start and end my talk? Graduate School of Business Lecturer Matt Abrahams shares what he knows about crafting meaningful presentations that make lasting impressions.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
What’s Stalling Progress for Women at Work?
Corporate America’s gender-diversity programs are falling short. Companies need to think differently to ignite change.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Alexis Krivkovich, Eric Kutcher, Simon London | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Diversity, Human Resources, Women in Business
Focusing on What Works for Workplace Diversity
For faster progress, companies need to draw on the power of design, rethink their assumptions, and use data to inform decision making.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Iris Bohnet | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business
Going From Fragile to Agile
Why do companies need to be more nimble? McKinsey’s Aaron De Smet and Chris Gagnon explain what’s driving organizational agility, why it matters, and what to do.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Aaron De Smet, Chris Gagnon | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
How Performance Affects Status in Task Groups
UCLA Anderson Professor Corinne Bendersky discusses perceptions of status in task groups and how that evolves over time.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Corinne Bendersky | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Teamwork
Top Execs Eschew Performance-Based Pay
Professor David Lewin says incentives make sense for all employees.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: David Lewin | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Compensation, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior
Bosses Are Accountable Too
Professor Samuel Culbert says a good working relationship is a two-way street.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Samuel Culbert | Source: UCLA | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior
Why the Most Common Diversity Programs Don’t Work
And what to do instead
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Alexandra Kalev, Frank Dobbin | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Your Scarcest Resource
Organizations waste too much time – see how Bain helps them manage it like money in this 10-minute video slide deck.
Content: Multimedia Content | Sources: Bain & Company, Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Why You Should Know How Much Your Coworkers Get Paid
How much do you get paid? How does it compare to the people you work with? You should know, and so should they, says management researcher David Burkus. In this talk, Burkus questions our cultural assumptions around keeping salaries secret and makes a compelling case for why sharing them could benefit employees, organizations and society.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: David Burkus | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Why Women Have Stalled and What Can Be Done About It
According to Professor of Organizational Behavior Shelley Correll, women are not seeing career advancement and opportunities they way they did in past decades. Despite good intentions by corporations and individuals, unconscious biases are holding women back. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Shelley Correll | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Women in Business
Three Things All Good Bosses Do
A good boss can make a big difference. But what makes a supervisor effective? Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor of Economics Kathryn Shaw found that strong managers use similar strategies and have a lasting positive impact on the careers of their employees. Here’s how they do it.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Beth Rimbey, Kathryn Shaw | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior