Developing Strategy
When Strategy Walks Out the Door
Companies that overlook their employees as sources of strategic insight may find themselves losing talent — and key ideas.
Talent Acquisition and Management
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Diversity & Inclusion
Getting the Short End of the Stick: Racial Bias in Salary Negotiations
Companies need to be aware of — and take action to mitigate — pay inequity in the hiring process.
Leadership Skills
What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless
There’s no single formula for making work meaningful — but poor management is a universal obstacle.
Executing Strategy
Why Learning Is Central to Sustained Innovation
Operational excellence requires cultivating an expectation for continuous improvement in all employees.
Global Strategy
Fighting the “Headquarters Knows Best” Syndrome
The problem of the domineering corporate headquarters resonates with executives of multinationals.
Talent Management
The Talent Imperative in Digital Business
Most employees want to work for digitally savvy companies — and many are unhappy with their company’s digital maturity.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The Talent Dividend: Interactive Infographic
An animated infographic illustrates the key stats from MIT SMR’s 2015 data and analytics report.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Marketing In Five Dimensions
With the explosion of new technologies comes a new universe of data — and Epsilon is helping businesses navigate it.
Talent Management
Measuring the Benefits of Employee Engagement
Research suggests that high levels of employee engagement are associated with higher rates of profitability growth.
Global Strategy
How Global Is Your C-Suite?
National diversity of top management should be a topic of conversation for boards of directors.
The Analytics Talent Dividend
An authors’ briefing and Q&A on the findings from the MIT SMR/SAS 2015 global study on data and analytics.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Participant Questions from the Recent Data & Analytics Webinar
We answer three questions about the findings in our recent Big Idea Initiative research report, “The Talent Dividend.”
Organizational Behavior
Should Employers Help Employees Turn Off Technology?
Pervasive and near-continual use of organizational information technology systems is taking a toll on some employees’ health.
Collaboration
Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help
Making it safe to be honest about when projects are getting off track can promote cooperative behavior.
Marketing Strategy
The Other Talent War: Competing Through Alumni
It’s smart to be on good terms with former employees. Recent research highlights the upside to following competitors’ former employees, too.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
At Amadeus, Finding Data Science Talent Is Just the Beginning
A company that wants to successfully use analytics needs to make sure its data scientists are fully integrated into business units.
Collaboration
When an IT Project “Goes Red”
Declaring that a project everyone is excited about is in trouble can be demoralizing. But it’s exactly what can turn things around.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Why the Non-Superstar Might Be the Most Important Team Member
Hot shots get all the attention, but other team members can be the ones who make a group really tick.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Getting Value From Your Data Scientists
To create real business value, top management must learn how to manage data scientists effectively.
Global Strategy
Do-It-Yourself Leadership Training in China
In China, demand for skilled business managers exceeds supply. Can leadership self-development programs address that gap?