Leading Productive and Innovative Teams
We are pleased to share the following collection of articles from Kellogg thought leaders about achieving productivity and innovation on your teams. This collection has been prepared especially for Kellogg Leadership Circle members who have renewed their gift.
Our faculty experts share their leadership and strategy insights on incentivizing employees, utilizing data analytics, promoting innovation and more.
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Organizations
One Way to Create Better Workplace Incentives and Protocols: Codesign Them with Your Employees
New practices are more likely to be embraced if they aren’t dictated from the top.
Jillian Chown
November 9, 2020
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Organizations
Too Much Cross Talk. Too Little Creativity. How to Fix the Worst Parts of a Virtual Meeting.
Six tools from an unlikely place—improv comedy—to use on your next Zoom call.
Robyn L. Scott and Leigh Thompson
May 13, 2020
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Strategy
To Find the Best Incentives for Employees, Start with a Simple A/B Test
Keeping people motivated can be tough. New research shows that a simple experiment can lead to big productivity gains.
George Georgiadis and Michael Powell
August 4, 2020
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Leadership
Podcast: Do Bosses Who Trust Their Employees Deliver More Innovation?
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, learn when you should—and shouldn’t—give your team room to fail.
Kieu-Trang Nguyen
January 17, 2020
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Strategy
Take 5: How to Increase Your Office's Productivity
Research-backed tips for improving workflows and discouraging slacking.
Michael Powell, Robert L. Bray, Nicola Persico, George Georgiadis, Jan A. Van Mieghem and Chaithanya Bandi
July 5, 2019
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Leadership
Podcast: Great Leaders Ask, "What Really Matters?"
Former Fortune 500 CEO Harry Kraemer discusses how knowing and acting on your values can guide you through a crisis.
Harry M. Kraemer
March 21, 2019