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Workplace, Teams, & Culture
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When Hybrid Work Strategy Aggravates 20-Somethings
Younger workers want virtual and in-person touch points with the middle managers just above them. Here’s how to do hybrid better — without return-to-office mandates.
Brian Elliott and Amanda Schneider
Top Workplace, Teams, & Culture from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
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Performance Management
Don’t Sacrifice Employee Upskilling for Productivity
Stacia Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra
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Leadership
Why You Should Let Your Favorite Employee Move to Another Team
JR Keller and Kathryn Dlugos
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Skills & Learning
The Unexpected Upsides of Letting Employees Define Their Jobs
Benjamin Laker and Stefania Mariano
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Ethics
Effective Leaders Articulate Values — and Live by Them
Morela Hernandez and Catherine Summers
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Culture
When Hybrid Work Strategy Aggravates 20-Somethings
Younger workers want virtual and in-person touch points with the middle managers just above them. Here’s how to do hybrid better — without return-to-office mandates.
Brian Elliott and Amanda Schneider
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Performance Management
Don’t Sacrifice Employee Upskilling for Productivity
Intense monitoring of individual output doesn’t lead to more productive employees and can limit workers’ professional growth.
Stacia Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra
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Crisis Management
Know Your Own Strength
Knowing your strengths is the basis of building long-term customer relationships where value is cocreated between seller and buyer.
Elizabeth Heichler
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Executing Strategy
Would You Invite Employees to Vote on Strategic Direction?
Executives often fear that they’ll lose control and speed by engaging employees in strategic planning. But here’s a new playbook that works.
Alexander Loudon
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Collaboration
To Navigate Conflict, Prioritize Dignity
Four interrelated practices can bolster dignity, leading to more constructive problem-solving and collaboration.
Merrick Hoben
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Culture
Hard Truths About the Meeting After the Meeting
Leaders must encourage respectful debate during meetings and use related strategies to avoid toxic post-meeting dynamics.
Phillip G. Clampitt
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Leadership
Why You Should Let Your Favorite Employee Move to Another Team
Blocking employee advancement is a lose-lose proposition for organizations, employees, and managers themselves, new research shows.
JR Keller and Kathryn Dlugos
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Skills & Learning
The Unexpected Upsides of Letting Employees Define Their Jobs
When employees “job craft” their roles, workplaces see increased engagement and better team dynamics.
Benjamin Laker and Stefania Mariano
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Ethics
Effective Leaders Articulate Values — and Live by Them
Here’s how to bring clarity to what you value to improve workplace decisions — before a crisis presents tough trade-offs.
Morela Hernandez and Catherine Summers
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Talent Management
The Invisible Barriers Holding Top Talent Back
Helping people recognize how hidden disadvantages affect team members can shift the way they think about fairness, new research shows.