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Objectives Are SMART, Missions Are WISE
Rey, Carlos; Chinchilla, Nuria; Pitta, NunoArticle ART-3015-ELeadership and People ManagementFar from staying at the corporate level, missions are increasingly playing a cross-organizational role in companies. Entire divisions, teams and individual workers are setting their own missions across a growing number of firms. Welcome to management by missions (MBM), in which objectives stop being an end in and of themselves and are put to the service of a greater purpose. As the authors argue, while objectives are SMART (Specific, Measurable, ...Starting at €8.20
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Manage Your Work, Manage Your Life
Groysberg, Boris; Abrahams, RobinArticle HBS-R1403C-ESenior executives have discovered through hard experience that prospering at their level is a matter of carefully combining work and home so as not to lose themselves, their loved ones, or their foothold on success. To learn how they reconcile their professional and personal lives, the authors drew on five years' worth of interviews with almost 4,000 executives worldwide, conducted by students at Harvard Business School, and a survey of 82 execut...Starting at €8.20
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The Scandal Effect
Groysberg, Boris; Lin, Eric; Serafeim, George; Abrahams, RobinArticle HBS-R1609H-EExecutives with scandal-tainted companies on their resumes pay a penalty on the job market, even if they clearly had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job mobility, not to mention your compensation. Overall, executives who suffer from the effect are paid nearly 4% less than their peers. You can't control this risk, the authors write, b...Starting at €8.20
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Cuando el propósito falla
Chinchilla, Nuria; Pitta, Nuno; Loossens, RudiArticle HDBR-13Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility¿Qué factores hacen que el propósito de una compañía fracase? Tras muchos años de trabajo aplicando metodologías para ayudar a empresas a marcarse un propósito claro y hacerlo realidad, los autores de este artículo han llegado a la conclusión de que la razón principal por la que falla el propósito, ya sea a nivel organizacional o personal, es la superficialidad. Pero ¿cuáles son las causas comunes que se encuentran en todas las organizaciones cua...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo romper los techos de cemento y de cristal
Chinchilla, Nuria; Jiménez, EstherArticle ART-2889Corporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementEl futuro de las empresas globales depende de su capacidad para incorporar puntos de vista diversos a la alta dirección y aprovechar el gran talento y valor que aportan las mujeres. ¿Por qué entonces están tan poco representadas en los puestos de liderazgo corporativo? Este artículo expone las barreras que impiden su avance. También algunos de los pasos clave que pueden tomar las empresas no solo para atraer, cultivar y fidelizar el talento femen...Starting at €8.20
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Cinco formas de equivocarse en un cambio de empleo
Groysberg, Boris; Abrahams, RobinArticle HBS-R1001MLeadership and People ManagementEl boom del bebé promedio conmuta puestos de trabajo 10 veces en su carrera. A pesar de tales movimientos son casi inevitables, son rara vez fácil y que a menudo conducen a una disminución notable en el rendimiento tanto a corto como a largo plazo. Esto se debe a la gente a tomar por las razones equivocadas. Sobre la base de una amplia encuesta de ejecutivos consultores de búsqueda, así como las encuestas de cabezas de recursos humanos y entrevis...Starting at €8.20
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Helping Women Thrive in Your Company
Chinchilla, Nuria; Jiménez, EstherArticle ART-2889-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementThe future of global organizations depends on their ability to incorporate diverse perspectives in their top management teams and to harness the wealth of talent and value that women bring. So why are so few women represented in corporate leadership today? This article describes the barriers to progress and suggests some of the key actions that companies can take, not only to attract, cultivate and retain female talent but to create a balanced ec...Starting at €8.20
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En qué mejora la dirección por misiones a la dirección por objetivos
Rey, Carlos; Chinchilla, Nuria; Pitta, NunoArticle ART-3015Leadership and People ManagementLejos de ceñirse al nivel corporativo, las misiones están cada vez más presentes en toda la organización y crece el número de empresas en las que divisiones y empleados definen su propia misión. Llegamos así a la dirección por misiones (DPM), en la que los objetivos dejan de ser un fin en sí mismo para estar al servicio de un propósito superior. Los autores defienden que, mientras los objetivos son SMART, las misiones son WISE (amplias, inspirado...Starting at €8.20
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Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change
Groysberg, Boris; Abrahams, RobinArticle HBS-R1001M-ELeadership and People ManagementThe average baby boomer switches jobs 10 times in his or her career. Though such moves are just about inevitable, they're seldom easy-and they often lead to a noticeable decline in both short- and long-term performance. That's because people make them for the wrong reasons. Drawing on an extensive survey of executive search consultants, as well as surveys of HR heads and interviews with C-level executives around the world, the authors have identi...Starting at €8.20