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From Ladder to Lattice: The New Workforce Imperative
Benko, Cathleen; Weisberg, AnneBook Chapter HBS-3881BC-ELeadership and People ManagementScaling the corporate ladder has been the enduring gold standard for personal success since organizational hierarchy was invented at the beginning of the industrial age. However, a confluence of market and demographic forces in the past twenty years has compressed hierarchies, shortened the ladder, and reduced the qualified pool of high-potential employees available to climb it. Another set of business and societal influences has reshaped the Ame...Starting at €8.20
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The Nontraditional Is the New Traditional: Six Trends that have Created a New Workforce Imperative
Benko, Cathleen; Weisberg, AnneBook Chapter HBS-3882BC-ELeadership and People ManagementWhy is here and now the time to acknowledge and respond to the notion that corporate structures are morphing from a ladder to a lattice construct? One reason is that six key trends are converging in ways that create an unprecedented workforce challenge for business executives. This convergence is creating sweeping changes in workforce composition, attitudes, and capabilities. This chapter dissects the six trends and illustrates how each is exacer...Starting at €8.20
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The Journey Toward a Lattice Organization: Implementing the Principles of Mass Career Customization
Benko, Cathleen; Weisberg, AnneBook Chapter HBS-3885BC-ELeadership and People ManagementMass career customization (MCC) is a natural evolution from the traditional corporate-ladder path, with its one-size-fits-all approach, and the one-off flexible work arrangement approach of accommodation through point solutions, to a more pragmatic, adaptive lattice model. MCC is a framework that helps enterprises promote multidimensional, customized career experiences. The payback is a more actively engaged and loyal workforce. This chapter exam...Starting at €8.20
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Living in a Lattice World: The Challenges of Evolving the Workplace to Match the Changing Workforce
Benko, Cathleen; Weisberg, AnneBook Chapter HBS-3887BC-ELeadership and People ManagementChanges in the demographics of the workforce, the shift toward a knowledge-driven economy, the structure of family life, the evolution of enabling technology, and the nature of work itself are challenging the firmly rooted corporate-ladder model of career progression. A new latticelike model is emerging in its place, opening alternative paths for high-performing, high-potential employees to not only contribute to achieving strategic priorities in...Starting at €8.20
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How to Change the World (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Stevenson, Howard H.Article HBS-R0801A-ELeadership and People ManagementAlan Wilson has a decision to make. The CEO of his company, Grepter, wants him to relocate to Zurich, where he can gain valuable experience for a rise to the top. Karl, his best friend, hopes to lure him to a hedge fund that promises big money fast. Shiori, an enticing former girlfriend, wants him to join her in delivering medical care to patients in developing countries. Alan knows for sure only that he wants to make an impact. Four experts comm...Starting at €8.20
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How to Change the World (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Stevenson, Howard H.Article HBS-R0801Z-ELeadership and People ManagementAlan Wilson has a decision to make. The CEO of his company, Grepter, wants him to relocate to Zurich, where he can gain valuable experience for a rise to the top. Karl, his best friend, hopes to lure him to a hedge fund that promises big money fast. Shiori, an enticing former girlfriend, wants him to join her in delivering medical care to patients in developing countries. Alan knows for sure only that he wants to make an impact. Four experts comm...Starting at €8.20
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Laurence Longren: End Game
Stevenson, Howard H.; Spence, Shirley M.Case HBS-808076-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case examines a successful 64-year old as he considers his goals, and how he should be spending his time, at this stage of his life. It briefly recounts his life story, and provides a special focus on personal financial planning and wealth management issues.Starting at €8.20
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Tools of Cooperation and Change (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Marx, Matthew; Stevenson, Howard H.Article HBS-R0610DLeadership and People Managementthe extent to which people agree on what they want and the extent to which they agree on cause and effect, or how to get what they want. The authors plot on a matrix where various organizations fall along these two dimensions. Employees represented in the lower-left quadrant of the model, for example, disagree strongly both about what they want and on what actions will produce which results. Those in the upper-right quadrant agree on both dimens...Starting at €8.20
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El caso HBR: cómo cambiar el mundo
Stevenson, Howard H.Article HBS-R0801ALeadership and People ManagementAlan Wilson tiene que tomar una decisión. El CEO de su compañía, Grepter, quiere que reubicar a Zurich, donde se puede adquirir una valiosa experiencia para un ascenso a la cima. Karl, su mejor amigo, le espera atraer a un fondo de cobertura que promete grandes cantidades de dinero rápido. Shiori, una ex novia atractiva, quiere que se una a ella en la prestación de atención médica a los pacientes en los países en desarrollo. Alan sabe con certeza...Starting at €8.20
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Why Flexible Work Arrangements Are Not the Answer
Benko, Cathleen; Weisberg, AnneBook Chapter HBS-3883BC-ELeadership and People ManagementFormal flexible work arrangements have been an important step toward increasing work life balance. They provide options other than the traditional workplace expectation that employees will work continuously and full-time and do so consistently in the office. But by focusing on relatively short-term personal situations while ignoring longer-term career implications, FWAs mainly have served as way stations in career paths, sidelining-and even derai...Starting at €8.20