Talent Management
Reimagining HR for Better Well-Being and Performance
Historically siloed HR teams should collaborate to proactively support employee thriving and mental health.
Organizational Structure
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Platforms & Ecosystems
Intentionally Orchestrating Workforce Ecosystems
The 2023 MIT SMR-Deloitte Future of the Workforce global survey finds top workforce managers excel at eight activities.
Performance Management
Rethinking Hierarchy
Managerial authority and hierarchy should be redesigned for business today, but they won’t disappear.
Organizational Structure
How to Make Your Matrix Organization Really Work
Advice for leaders on successfully designing and implementing a matrix reporting structure in their organizations.
Talent Management
The Importance of Managers as Advocates
Advocacy can be a powerful tool to help managers boost employee productivity and retention.
Diversity & Inclusion
Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top
Analysis shows that women in senior leadership are largely stuck in support functions, not moving into key operating roles.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Collaboration, Communication, and Virtual Innovation: Orchestrating Workforce Ecosystems
Elizabeth J. Altman, Steven Hatfield, and Allison Ryder speak about the 2022 MIT Sloan Management Review – Deloitte Future of the Workforce global executive survey and research report at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Next event.
Organizational Structure
Relational Power Is the New Currency of Hybrid Work
Research shows that managers must incorporate relational power into their leadership approach in virtual work settings.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Orchestrating Workforce Ecosystems
New research examines the challenges of leading and coordinating workforces that increasingly rely on external contributors.
Culture
What Matters Now
MIT SMR’s spring 2022 issue exemplifies its focus on strategic leadership, digital innovation, and sustainable business.
Business Models
Small Stake, Big Voice
Having a minority stake in a business partnership doesn’t always mean having fewer rights.
Talent Management
Melding Flexibility and Connectivity in the Workplace
Organizations are trying to bridge their need for connectivity with people’s hunger for flexibility.
Talent Management
Gain Competitive Advantage by Transcending the Front-Line Paradox
Front-line employees are uniquely aware of the early symptoms of coming change. Management should heed their insights.
Talent Management
Why Short CMO Tenure Is Not Always a Problem
Negative factors like leadership failure and dissatisfaction aren’t the only reasons for CMO turnover.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Interactive: The Workforce Ecosystem Perspective
Use this dashboard to benchmark your organization’s readiness to adopt a workforce ecosystem approach.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Workforce Ecosystems
Our new report, “Workforce Ecosystems: A New Strategic Approach to the Future of Work,” describes how many organizations are recognizing that workforce ecosystems offer a productive approach to strategic workforce management.
Talent Management
Are You Ready to Lead Work Without Jobs?
We’re moving toward a system of work design that will profoundly change the roles of organizational leaders.
Innovation Strategy
The Unconventional Innovator Who Created Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s creation required the determined efforts of an unconventional, original thinker.
Collaboration
Are Your Team Members Lonely?
Loneliness can be triggered by team design, even when people work face-to-face.
Collaboration
When Collaboration Fails and How to Fix It
Before leaders can mitigate the consequences of poor collaboration, they must pinpoint the causes.