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How to Stay Grounded Through Organizational Chaos
Organizational change Digital ArticleSix strategies to help you navigate layoffs, reorgs, and economic instability. -
What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs
Layoffs Digital ArticleMany cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches. -
Keeping Your Team Motivated When the Company Is Struggling
Motiver les autres Digital ArticleDon’t pretend you have all the answers. Do be prepared to deal with the messy emotions people may be experiencing. -
Christine vs. Work: How to Be Ready for a Layoff, Even If Your Job Feels Secure for Now
Career planning VideoIt never hurts to be prepared for the worst. -
Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?
Human resource management Magazine ArticleA CFO wonders how to turn around a struggling division. -
Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA CFO wonders how to turn around a struggling division. -
Layoffs That Don’t Break Your Company
Downsizing Magazine ArticleBetter approaches to workforce transitions -
If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again
Downsizing Digital ArticleResearch shows it increases the chances of bankruptcy. -
Prepare Your Workforce for the Automation Age
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleThe transition is coming sooner than you think. -
How “Neutral” Layoffs Disproportionately Affect Women and Minorities
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleResearch on downsizing, gender, and race. -
The Post-Hierarchical Organization
The future of work is flatter. -
Minority Women Report Downsizing Their Ambitions Because of Bias
Global Business Digital ArticleAnd it's hurting the companies they work for. -
Honeywell's CEO on How He Avoided Layoffs
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Cote arrived at Honeywell, in 2002, the company had gone through three CEOs in four years. It had repeatedly missed earnings, and it had environmental... -
HBR Case Study: The Gentleman’s “Three”
Mergers and acquisitions Magazine ArticleNo one gets a low score on this company’s performance reviews. Is there a better system for evaluating employees? -
The Gentleman's "Three" (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHow do you reduce headcount when almost everyone gets the same scores on performance reviews? HR vice president Nils Ekdahl confronts that question at... -
The Gentleman's "Three" (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHow do you reduce headcount when almost everyone gets the same scores on performance reviews? HR vice president Nils Ekdahl confronts that question at... -
How I Downsized Myself
Change management Digital ArticleI know, I know. There’s nothing more boring than when bloggers write about their own experiences as a way to make a broader point about life, work, or society. But I hope you’ll indulge me this one time, as I reflect on a small matter of personal improvement and ask what it might say about […] -
Downsizing Lost Its Bad Rap
Downsizing Magazine ArticleBig companies formerly took a reputational hit when they laid off massive numbers of workers. But according to E. Geoffrey Love and Matthew Kraatz, of the University of Illinois, U.S. business culture norms gradually changed from 1985 to 1994 as new ideas about boosting shareholder value took hold in executive suites and boardrooms. At the […] -
Downsizing the Right Way
Communication Digital Article"The layoffs happened on the sixteenth," recalls Tom (not his real name), a survivor of a massive blood-letting at a major financial services firm. Employees... -
After Layoffs, Help Survivors Be More Effective
Downsizing Magazine ArticleIf your firm has downsized recently, you’re now managing a bunch of survivors—the lucky ones who didn’t get laid off. But good fortune doesn’t make for good performance—at least not in this situation. Chances are, you’re presiding over a heightened level of employee dysfunction, even if you don’t see it yet. Here are areas to […]
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Global Recession: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details Roar Out of the Covid-19 Recession. You've weathered the shock, the lockdowns, and the slow crawl back. But with a new normal come new risks--and new... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn, Expanded Edition (with bonus article "Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World' by Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter)
24.95View Details How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown? If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn, Expanded Edition (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown? If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn (with bonus article "Reigniting Growth" By Chris Zook and James Allen)
24.95View Details How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown? If you read nothing else on preparing for a tough economy and coming... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown? If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back... -
AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details By the late 2000s, rapid changes in the telecommunications industry forced AT&T's management team to take on a task that CEO Randall Stephenson called... -
Shanghai Euclid Printing Machine Co.: Navigating through Layoffs and Closure
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In late 2012, Shanghai Euclid Printing Machine Co. (Shanghai Euclid), a joint venture between a Chinese state-owned enterprise and an American multinational... -
Note on Managing Workforce Reductions
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Each individual who enters an organization will, at some point, leave. And yet most future leaders spend significantly more effort learning about recruiting... -
LiuGong: Integration Challenges in Poland (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case CB0101 Case (B) describes Wu's new critical issue after the merger - whether or not to retain the former Dressta's President. -
LiuGong: Integration Challenges in Poland (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case series tells a story of post-merger integration, depicting a string of challenges faced by Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd. during its cross-border... -
Andrea Jung: The Challenges of Letting Go
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Andrea Jung became CEO of Avon Products Inc. in 1999 - the first woman to ever hold the position since the foundation of the iconic cosmetics company,... -
AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details By the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning... -
Cambridge Cooling Systems: Global Operations Strategy
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The chief operating officer (CEO) at Cambridge Cooling Systems (CCS), an industrial cooling system manufacturer, has been asked for his recommendations... -
Donald Trump Calls Carrier Corporation
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the influence of political pressure on corporate decision-making. It questions whether fidelity to domestic operations ought to be... -
Nokia's Bridge Program: Outcome and Results (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Nokia's leaders reflect on the Bridge program, lessons learned during its implementation, and the business benefits it brought to the company. Nokia's... -
Nokia's Bridge Program: Redesigning Layoffs (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details "Not another Bochum." Nokia Board Chairman Jorma Ollila was clear in the goals he set for the 2011 restructuring that Nokia's new CEO, Stephen Elop, had... -
Honeywell and the Great Recession (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details CEO Dave Cote spent six years turning around an ailing Honeywell and in 2008 Cote and his team face a new challenge: how to respond to the Great Recession.... -
Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Five years after the Great Recession, Honeywell's CEO Dave Cote and his executive team reflect on the choices they made to manage costs and earnings forecasts... -
WeaveTech: High Performance Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details WeaveTech, formerly Johnson-Ware, is a clothing company that produces jackets, coats, overalls, coveralls, and fire-resistant clothing for the military.... -
Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This technical note describes the practice of employee furloughs (also known as work sharing or short time work) including their regulatory frameworks...
