Expert insights and strategies for managers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Leading Change
Why Pivoting People Is a Strategic Priority
Companies must retrain their employees to fill the roles most closely aligned with their revised strategic directions.
Customers
The Retail Profitability Paradox
Retailers must explore new revenue streams, monetize existing assets, and embrace a consumer-to-business mentality.
Innovation Strategy
How Digital Inclusion Can Help Solve Grand Challenges
A global study of online hackathons offers best practices for designing virtual ideation sessions.
Skills & Learning
How to Address Worker Skill Gaps in the Return to Work
As hiring begins to accelerate, companies may need to retrain workers whose skills stagnated while they were unemployed.
Global Strategy
How COVID-19 Will Change the Geography of Competition
Three trends are reshaping global strategy and operations for the world’s largest companies.
Skills & Learning
What Happens if ‘Absorbing by Observation’ Disappears?
New hires are at risk of losing the subtly communicated knowledge shared through in-person work.
Managing Your Career
How to Manage ‘Invisible Transitions’ in Leadership
Four steps to help leaders transition into a substantial new role without a change in title or authority.
Organizational Behavior
How Organizations Can Promote Employee Wellness, Now and Post-Pandemic
It benefits both workers and companies when leaders proactively support employees’ mental health and wellness.
Remote Work
How to Combat Virtual Meeting Fatigue
Leaders can make meetings more effective and less fatiguing by incorporating feedback from their teams.
Data & Data Culture
Experiments and Data for Post-COVID-19 Work Arrangements
Testing can guide decisions such as who needs to work in an office and what work hours are optimal.