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A business leader communicates complex ideas to a circle of employees.
January 6, 2017

Take 5: Lead Better Teams, Engage More Customers, and Find Your Next Market

Kellogg professors offer tips to grow your career and your organization.

Countering the effects of launching a startup in a recession.
January 5, 2017

Businesses Born in a Recession Tend to Start Smaller and Stay Smaller

Yet there are ways business owners can counter these long-term effects.

An uninsured person struggles to pay for hospital care.
January 5, 2017

Under the ACA, the Cost of Caring for the Uninsured Decreased for Hospitals

The benefit has come only in states that expanded Medicaid.

Self-reflection improves leadership over time
December 2, 2016

How Self-Reflection Can Make You a Better Leader

Setting aside 15 minutes a day can help you prioritize, prepare, and build a stronger team

A man waits on a clock's hand
December 2, 2016

Is There a Better Way to Allocate Organs to Transplant Patients?

Two ideas for changing a system where people linger on waitlists while kidneys spoil.

A person watches direct-to-consumer TV drug advertising.
December 2, 2016

The Hidden Benefits of TV Drug Ads

Patients and taxpayers benefit from controversial direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.

An origami hummingbird represents social impact investment strategies.
December 2, 2016

What Is the Future of Impact Investing?

“People are revisiting the relationship they want their capital to have with the world.”

Successful scientists hope their next paper will be a hit.
November 2, 2016

Why a Scientist’s Big Break May Be Just Around the Corner

Researchers, have hope: your most successful paper can occur at any point in your career.

Employees use a conference room as a boxing ring.
November 2, 2016

Three Ways Leaders Can Solve the “People Problems” That Hold Teams Back

Sometimes the conference room should be a boxing ring, other times a campfire.

Tax structure impacts career choice
November 2, 2016

Higher Taxes Can Make Altruistic Jobs More Attractive

But subsidizing these careers may ultimately do more good.

An employee is motivated by a performance incentive.
November 2, 2016

Do Performance Incentives Make Us Greedy?

How we are rewarded shifts our values in surprising ways.

Praising customers for eco-friendly purchases can backfire and lead to undesirable behavior such as littering.
October 10, 2016

When Companies Praise Good Behavior, They May Encourage the Exact Opposite

Why giving customers credit for altruistic purchases can backfire.

A high performing superstar employee stands out and receives the spotlight for his hard work.
October 4, 2016

How to Nurture Your Superstar Employees

Focus on these three traits to help your top performers flourish—and stick around.

Airline passengers have individualized flying experiences.
September 13, 2016

Remaking Marketing Organizations for a Data-Driven World

A Q&A with United Airlines’ CMO on how to avoid becoming “an artifact of a prior era.”

An employee leads by jumping from the bleachers and joining the action.
September 7, 2016

Don’t Wait to Be Asked: Lead

A roadmap for increasing your influence at work.

A business leader communicates complex ideas to a circle of employees.
September 7, 2016

Six Tools for Communicating Complex Ideas

Business leaders need to know how to make their information stick.

Businessman balances multiple tasks over shark tank.
September 6, 2016

Video: It’s Okay to Be Vulnerable

From negotiations to PR crises, transparency may make you feel uncomfortable. But it can earn trust.

Illustration of power corrupting and causing unethical behavior
September 6, 2016

How to Help Prevent the Powerful from Abusing Their Privilege

High expectations for ethical behavior can keep powerful people in line.

A boss decides which leadership style to use.
September 6, 2016

How to Be a Good Boss: Start by Understanding Why You Want to Lead

Research explores the pros and cons of two distinct leadership styles.

Soldiers taking the blame create a culture of responsibility
August 3, 2016

What Does It Take to Foster a “Culture of Responsibility” like the U.S. Army’s?

An inside look at why soldiers line up to take the blame.

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