IBM’s Ginni Rometty says no to a bonus
Rometty’s decision is a reminder of what a hot-button issue executive pay has become.
Leadership scholar named new dean of Harvard College
Rakesh Khurana will become the first faculty member with an appointment at the business school to take on the role.
Wall Street eases up on junior bankers, a little
Several major investment banks have recently announced changes to junior bankers’ work schedules.
Getting rid of guilt
Guilt is the great hobbler for women. Only when we get rid of it will we make the last great leap to gender equality.
Managing a bigger workload with fewer employees
Advice for federal leaders on how to minimize the fallout from heavy workloads, given the many staff reductions in agencies.
Can you teach a businessman to be ethical?
In an interesting twist, creative people cheat more than others, because they are better at finding self-serving justifications.
Training a new generation of special agents
“In the next five years, the attrition rate among our special agents is going to increase to roughly 40 percent.“
Just the right level of narcissism to be successful
New research looks at how much ego is too much for leaders, and how little is too little.
Why we need more women at the bottom, as well as the top
New research on the financial returns of gender diversity.
The addictive power of money
Economic research tends to find that an object’s value goes down as quantity goes up. But a new study shows a wrinkle in that theory.
Your boss likes her job more than you do
Being in charge has its perks: More money, more control, more power. And apparently, more job satisfaction.
A link between female leaders and higher GDP
A new study found this correlation particularly in countries that have a lot of ethnic strife.
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