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You’re Not Powerless in the Face of Imposter Syndrome
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An Antidote to Microaggressions? Microvalidations.
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Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company
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The Dark Side of Solar Power
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Research: How to Be a Better Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community
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Begin with Trust
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Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
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When Great Minds Don't Think Alike
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Why Diversity Programs Fail
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How Generative AI Is Changing Creative Work
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The Key to Inclusive Leadership
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AI Should Augment Human Intelligence, Not Replace It
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8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered
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What the West Gets Wrong About China
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Understanding China
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Unconscious Bias Training That Works
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When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman
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Conservative CEOs Pursue Riskier International Deals Than Liberals Do
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Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
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Can We Make Middle Age Less Miserable?
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2023: A Strange, Tumultuous Year in Sustainability
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ESG Is Under Attack. How Should Your Company Respond?
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Research: Why Gender Bias Persists, Even When Organizations Try to Curb It
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What Every Leader Needs to Know About Carbon Credits
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3 Ways Men Can Advance Gender Equity at Work
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3 Myths About Hiring People with Criminal Records
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Charting the Emerging Geography of AI
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What Innovators Who Create New Markets Do Differently
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AI Is Testing the Limits of Corporate Governance
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Why Recycled Materials Don’t Always Generate Greener Products
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OpenAI’s Failed Experiment in Governance
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To Earn Trust, Climate Alliances Need to Improve Transparency
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How Leaders Can Be Stewards of “Good Tech”
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How Companies Can Build Trustworthy AI Assistants
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Succeeding at the “Social” Part of ESG
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How to Heal After a Toxic Incident at Work
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Unifying Your Company Around a Moral Goal
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Designtex, Inc. (B)
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Manan Publishing: Raising Funds for Not-for-profit
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Wells Fargo: Setting the Stagecoach Thundering Again
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case raises contemporary issues pertaining to strategy and leadership. It helps to demonstrate that (a) sound economic rationale is a necessary but... -
Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (A)
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Grupo Garantia (C) Lojas Americanas SA: The Retail Chain
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C.W. Post
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Rohner Textil AG (A)
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SEAS in 2016
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VeeV on the Rocks?
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Leader as Coach: Restoring Employee Motivation and Performance (A)
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Grupo Garantia (D) Cervejaria Brahma SA: Beer Brewing and Marketing
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Electric Car Wars, 2018
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Whirlpool Corp.: Structuring the Deal to Acquire Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company
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Lawnsite.com vs. DuPont (B): The Crisis Widens
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A Sweet Dilemma: Sourcing Palm Oil with Ferrero SpA and Nestlé
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Deutsche Telekom 2020: Leading The Digital Transformation
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Roustam Tariko, Russian Entrepreneur: An Iconoclast in a Maelstrom
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Keyssa: Unraveling the Laws of Physics
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details "Keyssa: Unraveling the Laws of Physics" explores the challenges associated with growing a start-up around a brand new technology. In October 2012, Eric... -
Leading Across Cultures at Michelin (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details A French executive with Michelin is expatriated from Clermont-Ferrand to South Carolina. Initially confident in his leadership skills, the protagonist... -
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the...
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You’re Not Powerless in the Face of Imposter Syndrome
Managing yourself Digital ArticleResearch found that moxie — strength of will, self-discipline, and the ability to persist despite challenges — was vital to the success of professionals from underrepresented backgrounds. -
An Antidote to Microaggressions? Microvalidations.
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleFive subtle acts of inclusion leaders can start practicing right now. -
Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem
Intellectual property Digital ArticleStrategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they’re in compliance with the law. -
Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat organizations tend to get wrong - and how to get it right. -
The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2023 and Beyond
Business management Digital ArticleAmid a looming economic downturn, employers can expect another tumultuous year. -
When Blind Hiring Advances DEI - and When It Doesn't
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree questions to ask before implementing the strategy into your hiring practices. -
My Pronouns Are She/They. What Are Yours?
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Research: How to Be a Better Ally to the LGBTQ+ Community
Organizational Development Digital ArticleStrategies to help you rise above performative allyship, based on a series of studies conducted over four years. -
Begin with Trust
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTrust is the basis for almost everything we do. It's the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It's the reason we're willing to exchange...