Organizational culture

Ageism is alive and well in the workplace. In fact, studies show almost 65% of workers say they have experienced age-based discrimination. But even though...

Many organizations have statements of mission and values. Unfortunately, most of them sound alike. Who could quibble with the importance of "respect"...

When business conditions change, the most successful companies are often the slowest to adapt. To avoid being left behind, executives must understand the true sources of corporate inertia.

CEO Tony Hsieh explains why the company moved from San Francisco to Las Vegas.

The Chobani CEO and founder talks about the biggest challenges along the way. "I never thought about quitting," he says.

Any company that strives to be innovative must allow for failure. Making mistakes means you're taking risks, which is critical to innovation.

A roundup of the research on organizational politics, race, and gender.

Five Questions with Jeffrey Pfeffer

Organizational learning is a process of detecting and correcting errors. Single loop learning is a process in which organizations are able to correct...

Focus on the everyday choices that add up.

A rising executive, while going over the numbers for tomorrow's big presentation, notices something odd. She asks her assistant to check it out. He digs...

A shadow board is a group of nonexecutive employees who work with senior executives on strategic initiatives. It is designed to leverage insights from...

Peace and harmony are overrated. Though conflict-free teamwork is often held up as the be-all and end-all of organizational life, it actually can be the...

Creating an "It's okay to..." list will help your employees feel less anxious.

Everyone’s wondering what the new COO’s been doing for the last 12 months. He wonders why he can’t get his foot in the door.

Reducing isolation at work is good for business.

Attracting and retaining top talent are perennial concerns among managers, in good times and in bad. With salaries frozen even as the scope of work expands,...

Four charts show how they vary by region.

A consensus is emerging that there has been a shift in the attitudes and values of the U.S. work force and that this shift has been accompanied by increased dissatisfaction with many aspects of work. The evidence for this shift and disaffection has emerged from two camps: systematically recorded observations from case studies and surveys […]

Lessons from NASA and Ford.