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Ditch performance reviews and do this instead

Liz Ryan, Raconteur

As companies reach the end of the year, they enter into a 'performance review season' - determining annual bonuses and salary adjustments. However, Raconteur's columnist Liz Ryan calls these processes "costly, drawn out and demotivating" suggesting that a constructive alternative is...

governance workplace

A six-step plan to prepare for any career setback

Octavia Goredema, Harvard Business Review

Revenue spirals, industry shifts, and legislative changes can have unexpected ripple effects on your career advancement. Developing a predetermined fallback plan allows you to proceed with a clear head if you’re faced with a career setback.

career

Lobbying regulation: a global phenomenon

Ki Hong, Tyler Rosen and Aanchal Chugh, Reuters

There is an old D.C. legend that the term 'lobbyist' originated from those who would gather in the lobby of the Willard Hotel, across the street from the White House, to petition President Ulysses S. Grant during his evening cigar-and-brandy visits. In fact, the term's origin goes back a few centuries earlier to...

government relations

Groupthink: The killer of Innovation

Wesley van Peer

A sneaky, silent killer lurks in the hallways of offices, meeting rooms, and even in our heads. It’s not a mysterious spy or a high-tech gadget gone rogue. It’s something far more mundane and yet insidiously dangerous: Groupthink.

workplace

Cybersecurity policies: what is coming next?

Nuria Talayero San Miguel, Telefonica

In 2022, for the first time in history, Denmark recorded zero bank robberies. But criminals in the digital age are finding new ways to steal, all while cyber-attacks by nation-state actors have become more common and visible.

cybersecurity public policy

Workplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even if it works in your favour

Brent Simpson, The Conversation

When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true both when managers are biased against them and when they’re biased in their favour.

adaptive leadership

How businesses can stay on the right side of AI law

Alison Coleman, Raconteur

Although advances in artificial intelligence offer them ever more profit potential, firms must also prepare for the day of regulatory reckoning. How can business leaders get the balance right?

ai regulation

Old formulas won’t help you solve today’s business problems

Andrea Belk Olson, Harvard Business Review

Formulas may be road-tested approaches to business challenges, but formulas have flaws. What worked yesterday might not be applicable or even plausible today. There are three primary weaknesses to relying on formulas to address business issues in a constantly changing environment:

1.) they don’t work...

innovation

How to stop taking work so personally

Melody Wilding, Harvard Business Review

Taking things personally at work is not a sign of weakness, but a reflection of your passion, commitment, and deep sense of responsibility. But what if your professional role has become too intertwined with your sense of self. While equating your value as a person with your performance at work is common,...

managing yourself workplace

What’s the point of meetings?

Presented by Isabel Berwick and produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, FT Podcast

Meetings are an inevitable part of office life – but how many of them are useful? Host Isabel Berwick speaks to Kaz Nejatian, Chief Operating Officer of e-commerce group Shopify, to find out why the company slashed staff meetings and what the effects of that policy – dubbed “Chaos Monkey” – have...

communication workplace