Talent Management
The Importance of Managers as Advocates
Advocacy can be a powerful tool to help managers boost employee productivity and retention.
Organizational Structure
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Diversity & Inclusion
Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top
Analysis shows that women in senior leadership are largely stuck in support functions, not moving into key operating roles.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Collaboration, Communication, and Virtual Innovation: Orchestrating Workforce Ecosystems
Elizabeth J. Altman, Steven Hatfield, and Allison Ryder speak about the 2022 MIT Sloan Management Review – Deloitte Future of the Workforce global executive survey and research report at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Next event.
Organizational Structure
Relational Power Is the New Currency of Hybrid Work
Research shows that managers must incorporate relational power into their leadership approach in virtual work settings.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Orchestrating Workforce Ecosystems
New research examines the challenges of leading and coordinating workforces that increasingly rely on external contributors.
Culture
What Matters Now
MIT SMR’s spring 2022 issue exemplifies its focus on strategic leadership, digital innovation, and sustainable business.
Business Models
Small Stake, Big Voice
Having a minority stake in a business partnership doesn’t always mean having fewer rights.
Talent Management
Melding Flexibility and Connectivity in the Workplace
Organizations are trying to bridge their need for connectivity with people’s hunger for flexibility.
Talent Management
Gain Competitive Advantage by Transcending the Front-Line Paradox
Front-line employees are uniquely aware of the early symptoms of coming change. Management should heed their insights.
Talent Management
Why Short CMO Tenure Is Not Always a Problem
Negative factors like leadership failure and dissatisfaction aren’t the only reasons for CMO turnover.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Interactive: The Workforce Ecosystem Perspective
Use this dashboard to benchmark your organization’s readiness to adopt a workforce ecosystem approach.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Workforce Ecosystems
Our new report, “Workforce Ecosystems: A New Strategic Approach to the Future of Work,” describes how many organizations are recognizing that workforce ecosystems offer a productive approach to strategic workforce management.
Talent Management
Are You Ready to Lead Work Without Jobs?
We’re moving toward a system of work design that will profoundly change the roles of organizational leaders.
Innovation Strategy
The Unconventional Innovator Who Created Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s creation required the determined efforts of an unconventional, original thinker.
Collaboration
Are Your Team Members Lonely?
Loneliness can be triggered by team design, even when people work face-to-face.
Collaboration
When Collaboration Fails and How to Fix It
Before leaders can mitigate the consequences of poor collaboration, they must pinpoint the causes.
Data & Data Culture
Why Chief Data Officers Must Assume Leadership for Data Success
Top chief data officers share insights on how leaders and organizations can ensure data success.
Content sponsored by AWS
Developing the Data-Driven Organization: Leadership, Culture, and Learning
A Q&A with AWS’s Ishit Vachhrajani on how leaders can generate excitement about and support for AI organization-wide.
Talent Management
Do You Know Who Your Best Interviewers Are?
Identifying your best interviewers can substantially reduce hiring expenses and increase the quality of hires.
Leadership Skills
Do Founder CEOs Tune Out Their Teams?
New research explores whether founder CEOs incorporate or ignore advice from their leadership teams.