Digital & Branded Content Blog Posts Business Guides Newsletters Blog Posts Will Online Degrees Threaten the Traditional MBA? The pandemic spurred countless people — potential MBA students included — to reassess their careers and rethink the value of their time and money. Now that specialized and online business education options are more convenient and accessible than ever and generally much less expensive to pursue than traditional, two-year full-time programs, how will the old-school MBA endure? This was the issue we asked our panel of strategy experts worldwide to address this month in the MIT SMR Strategy Forum. Is Starbucks’s Wage Increase a Shortsighted Strategy? Unionization is on the rise in the United States as workers have successfully established unions and organized for change across a range of companies and industries. From pilots and flight attendants to retail workers at Amazon and Target, labor is demanding more from corporate management. Is Starbucks’s plans to increase wages for nonunionized workers a shortsighted strategy? This was the issue we asked our panel of strategy experts worldwide to address this month in the MIT SMR Strategy Forum. Will Russian Sanctions Have Long-Term Effects on Human Rights Protections? Since Russia invaded Ukraine, governments worldwide have responded by imposing severe economic sanctions, and many multinational companies have suspended operations in Russia in response. It’s clear that unprovoked warfare and atrocities against civilians have been a strong motivating factor for multinational companies to make swift decisions in Russia. But will this be an example that companies learn from and apply to other geographies and parts of their supply chains where human rights violations are taking place? This was the issue we asked our strategy expert panel to address this month in the MIT SMR Strategy Forum. Is Blockchain a Disruptive or a Sustaining Innovation? Blockchain, a decentralized, distributed ledger that securely records digital transactions, has been met with high expectations due to its potential to disrupt business models and financial systems — and with caution due to the technology’s hidden vulnerabilities and hype. Since 2009, blockchain solutions have proved valuable to the pioneering companies that have embraced them — but many other businesses have been slow to invest in adopting the technology. What does this thus far uneven adoption mean for blockchain’s future impact? This was the issue we asked our panel of strategy experts worldwide to address this month in the MIT SMR Strategy Forum. Will Relaxed Rules About Hybrid Work Improve Productivity and Performance? Thanks to the delta variant of the coronavirus, many organizations’ office-return plans for the fall were paused, postponed, reconsidered, or discarded. Others have been put off to 2022. Throughout the uncertainty, leaders have had to grapple with what to tell employees about work-from-home arrangements. Research has shown a dramatic gap between executives and non-execs in their respective appetites to return to the office. This was the issue we asked our panel of strategy experts worldwide to address this month in the MIT SMR Strategy Forum. Harvard Business Review Guides HBR Guide to Performance Management Understanding where your employees are succeeding–and falling short–is a pivotal part of ensuring you have the right talent to meet organizational objectives. In order to work with your people and effectively monitor their progress, you need a system in place. Innovative Teams: HBR 20-Minute Manager Don’t leave creativity up to the “creatives” in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create innovative products, break out into a new market, and even communicate and collaborate more effectively. Performance Reviews: HBR 20-Minute Manager Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations are critical to your employees’ development, allowing you to formally communicate with them about their accomplishments relative to their goals. Performance Reviews guides you through the basics. MIT Sloan Management Review Newsletters Sept. 2, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include new research on paid leave insurance to support caregivers, the business imperative of mental health support, and lessons from 40 years of data on women in executive roles. Aug. 5, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include how leaders can engage in redesigning work for the hybrid future, why we need to find new ways of measuring employee performance, and new research on how multinationals should cultivate local ties. July 22, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include the new marketing imperative of employer branding, strategic engagement with innovation ecosystems, and social media as a lever for employee wellness. June 24, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include the importance of relational power in hybrid work, the semiconscious decisions behind cyberattacks, and the essential skill of collaboration at work. May 20, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include inclusion as the key to innovative leadership, the risks of poor job design in the C-suite, and the growing trend of four-day workweeks to attract and retain employees. April 8, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week: balancing continuity and change for successful digital transformation, customer reactions to algorithmic decisions, and the intertwined workplace priorities of joy and justice. March 25, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include the three elements of contextually effective leadership, equity in the hybrid workplace, and data-driven personalization across industries. February 18, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week include the surprising performance impact of happiness, leveling the playing field for employees with disabilities, and shifting from B2B to B4B. January 21, 2022: Our editors’ picks for managers this week: new research findings on employee activism, organizational motivations in practicing corporate social responsibility, and an assessment of the optimal number of meeting-free days.
