Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

But our research suggests that a better way to manage low-wage workers in developing economies is to invest in them, which is good for both worker welfare and the company’s bottom line. In July 2013 we implemented a randomized controlled trial in five factory units in Bangalore operated by Shahi Exports Pvt.

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Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.

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MARCH 21, 2022

In a Remote Work report by Nira , communication and social opportunities were the top two challenges with remote work. This enables employees to choose their own workhours, cutting out unnecessary time that has no effect on a day-to-day work schedule or conflicts with personal responsibilities.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The shorter workday forced the team to prioritize effectively, limit interruptions, and operate at a much more deliberate level for the first few hours of the day. Make it okay for employees to not be in a hyper-responsive state and schedule uninterrupted time to get into a state of flow. Set Realistic Expectations.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

But the earlier arrivals were a bit bemused by their colleagues, who apparently operated in a different time zone. Although this may sound like a simple holiday anecdote, when different cultural definitions of “on time” spill over to professional projects, people’s reactions can be less than jovial.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Nearly half, or 46% of the human resource leaders surveyed, reported that employee burnout accounts for 20-50% of their companies’ annual employee turnover. You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2016

Here are some example objectives from different types of meetings we’ve run recently: Board meeting: Provide Board input as Management formulates the new five-year strategy. Finalize the operating model for strategic governance. Agree on the topics and timing for additional Board input into the current planning cycle.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Does this stalled revolution play out in management positions, too? To explore this, I used data on full-time managers obtained from the U.S. Among the new positions to emerge since 1980, women make up less than 10% of architecture, engineer, and construction managers. And if so, how?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes it’s been across oceans and time zones (we are a military family), and sometimes it’s been across town (the office was short on space; I was a slave to my children’s schedules; the whole operation was virtual). It’s an inarguable fact.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits. As those downs become easier to report, physicians are alerted to more symptoms. Empowering customers with easy-to-use tools transformed the tax reporting and travel industries.

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