Performance Management
When Hybrid Work Strategy Aggravates 20-Somethings
Gen Z — already adept at online communication — can model ways for hybrid teams to develop stronger digital connections.
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Performance Management
How to Improve Employee Engagement With Job Crafting
Job crafting empowers workers to proactively transform jobs they have into jobs they want.
AI & Machine Learning
The Hazards of Putting Ethics on Autopilot
Digital nudges can encourage reactive thinking and limit employees’ ethical thinking.
Talent Management
Why You Should Let Your Favorite Employee Move to Another Team
Managers who stymie their high performers’ internal advancement do so at their own expense, research shows.
Performance Management
The Invisible Barriers Holding Top Talent Back
New research shows that learning about hidden workplace inequities can shift perceptions of fair employment practices.
Technology Implementation
How Tech Fails Late-Career Workers
Age-related cognitive changes can hinder workers’ technology use, but these strategies can help managers support them.
Performance Management
What We’re Still Getting Wrong About Performance Management
Measuring and improving employee performance are different tasks most effectively addressed by two separate processes.
Talent Management
Thorny Talent and AI Challenges Now: 5 Experts Speak
Management experts share advice for leaders on talent and AI challenges in this video.
Skills & Learning
The Why, What, and How of Skills-Based Talent Practices
A presenter at an MIT SMR symposium answers questions about using skills, not degrees, as the benchmark for hiring.
Talent Management
Identify Critical Roles to Improve Performance
Executing strategy requires understanding your critical roles and putting your best people in them.
Culture
Thriving in the New World of Work
A presenter from MIT SMR’s Work/23 symposium answers questions about resilience and self-efficacy.
Talent Management
Dismantle Career Roadblocks for More Equitable Outcomes
A presenter at an MIT SMR symposium answers questions on how gender, age, and race can affect career advancement.
Automation
How Robots Can Enhance Performance Management for Humans
Researchers describe how having robots work alongside humans can help companies measure performance more accurately.
Performance Management
Flexible and Effective: Leadership Strategies for the Hybrid Workplace
Brian Elliott, a presenter at MIT SMR’s Work/23 symposium, answers questions about going hybrid.
Work-Life Balance
The Four-Day Workweek: How to Make It Work in Your Organization
Andrew Barnes, a presenter at MIT SMR’s Work/23 symposium, answers questions about reducing the length of the workweek.
Talent Management
It’s Time to Face the Three Challenges of Learning
Learning needs to be personalized, presented in a hybrid manner, and focused on transferable skills.
Performance Management
Algorithmic Management: The Role of AI in Managing Workforces
The delegation of managerial functions to algorithms transforms management practices.
Talent Management
Job, Career, or Purpose?
Leaders should learn to manage — and value — employees whose sense of purpose comes from outside the organization.
Talent Management
Reimagining HR for Better Well-Being and Performance
Historically siloed HR teams should collaborate to proactively support employee thriving and mental health.
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.