Talent Management
Redefining Performance Management at DBS Bank
A new executive team joined DBS Bank and set the company on a major transformation effort.
Performance Management
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Analytics & Business Intelligence
How Much Do Coaches Actually Matter?
A sports analytics look at how much credit to give a winning team’s coach.
Talent Management
Performance Management’s Digital Shift
The future of performance management is more data-driven, more flexible, more continuous, and more development-oriented.
Organizational Behavior
Rebooting Work for a Digital Era
IBM has reimagined its talent and performance management systems as part of its digital transformation.
Collaboration
Performance Management for Successful Teams
This webinar discusses how to reduce bias in data-driven performance evaluation.
Performance Management
What Would Happen if Baseball Outlawed the Shift?
In baseball, analytics can help with defensive strategy—but using it may reduce fan engagement.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
#MITSMRChat: Sports Analytics, Basketball IQ, and Lessons for Leaders
A Twitter chat featuring Ben Alamar examines how sports analytics can inform companies’ use of data.
Boards & Corporate Governance
Game-Changing Strategies for Corporate Boards
Boards can do a better job leveraging the unique perspectives and expertise of each board member.
Innovation Strategy
Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work
How organizations can improve task flow and prevent overload.
Culture
The Impossibility of Focusing on Two Things at Once
Brains are not hardwired to focus simultaneously on day-to-day activities and long-term objectives.
Performance Management
Is HR Missing the Point on Performance Feedback?
HR’s move away from traditional performance reviews is a mistake that will backfire.
Boards & Corporate Governance
Why the Influence of Women on Boards Still Lags
The number of women on corporate boards has risen substantially over the past decade, but the growth rate is slowing. Why?
Executing Strategy
Is Your Company Ready for a Digital Future?
There are four different paths companies can take to become top performers in the digital economy.
Developing Strategy
Strategic Priorities: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Can you spot a good set of strategic priorities? Try our interactive tool to test your skill.
Leading Change
The 2017 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
Emilio J. Castilla’s article “Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace” wins the 2017 Beckhard Prize.
Leadership Skills
Helping Employees Improve Performance
The key for managers is less emphasis on how they rate employees and more on how they talk about performance improvement.
Business Models
The Big Squeeze: How Compression Threatens Old Industries
Accelerating compression of both revenues and profits in some businesses can be fatal, and fast.
Organizational Behavior
An Easy Way to Encourage Employees to Follow Company Rules
People are more likely to follow rules if there’s more variety in the order in which they do tasks.
Collaboration
The 2016 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help,” by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace
New research shows bias exists even in merit-based systems — but a data-centric approach can help.