Leadership & Careers

February 3, 2017
Are Your Employees Putting the Company's Interests First?
A new tool measures a firm’s “stewardship climate.”
Donald O. Neubaum, Christopher H. Thomas, Clay Dibrell and Justin B. Craig

February 3, 2017
Should You Hire Someone with a Criminal Record?
Companies that give ex-offenders a fresh start may be rewarded with employees who stick around.
Dylan Minor, Nicola Persico and Deborah M. Weiss

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.
Leigh Thompson, William Ocasio, Harry M. Kraemer, Mitchell A. Petersen, Mohanbir S. Sawhney and Michael J. Mazzeo

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.
Sara Moreira

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.
David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite and Christopher Ody

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
Harry M. Kraemer

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.
Chaithanya Bandi, Nikolaos Trichakis, Phebe Vayanos and James Schummer

December 2, 2016
The Hidden Benefits of TV Drug Ads
Patients and taxpayers benefit from controversial direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
Michael Sinkinson and Amanda Starc

December 2, 2016
What Is the Future of Impact Investing?
“People are revisiting the relationship they want their capital to have with the world.”
David Chen and Amit Bouri

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.
Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang, Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song and Albert-László Barabási

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.
Leigh Thompson and Tanya Menon

November 2, 2016
Higher Taxes Can Make Altruistic Jobs More Attractive
But subsidizing these careers may ultimately do more good.
Benjamin B. Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl

November 2, 2016
Do Performance Incentives Make Us Greedy?
How we are rewarded shifts our values in surprising ways.
Julia D. Hur and Loran Nordgren

October 10, 2016
When Companies Praise Good Behavior, They May Encourage the Exact Opposite
Why giving customers credit for altruistic purchases can backfire.
Maryam Kouchaki and Ata Jami

October 4, 2016
How to Nurture Your Superstar Employees
Focus on these three traits to help your top performers flourish—and stick around.
Carter Cast

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.”
Thomas O'Toole and Eric Leininger

September 7, 2016
Don’t Wait to Be Asked: Lead
A roadmap for increasing your influence at work.
Harry M. Kraemer

September 7, 2016
Six Tools for Communicating Complex Ideas
Business leaders need to know how to make their information stick.
Mitchell A. Petersen

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.
Jeanne M. Brett, Jennifer Thompson and Bruce Carruthers

September 6, 2016
How to Help Prevent the Powerful from Abusing Their Privilege
High expectations for ethical behavior can keep powerful people in line.
Miao Hu, Derek D. Rucker and Adam D. Galinsky
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