People Management

What Companies Can Do When Work and Religion Conflict

Kabrina Krebel Chang

A review of the increase in disputes linked to religious claims in the workplace in the United States and recommendations on how to handle them.

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How to Disagree with Someone More Powerful than You

Amy Gallo

The user manual for expressing your disagreement to your boss or to a company executive in a constructive manner, without creating conflict or hostility.

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Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help

Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, Dirk Stempfhuber

Encouraging mutual support is a particularly effective way to accelerate project progress.

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Here's how the ‘self-management’ system that Zappos is using actually works

Richard Feloni

An article that concretely describes how Zappos was organized according to the principles of Holacracy.

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La Grande InvaZion

A study of generation Z to gather their expectations vis-à-vis the world of work—which serves to debunk some common preconceptions!

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Génération Z : comment manager les moins de 20 ans ?

Francis Méléard

Managers of generation Z are advised to be flexible concerning work methods, but intractable on the objectives to be reached, and present for their team members over time.

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When Your Boss Wears Metal Pants

Walter Frick

Ensure a smooth coexistence between employees and artificial intelligence devices.

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To Help Your Employees Understand Diversity, Make It Personal

Kelley Mavros

A blog article that suggests to reinforce the dialogue around diversity to create an inclusive culture.

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The Best Data Storytellers Aren’t Always the Numbers People

Alexandra Samuel

An article that reminds us of one of the basic rules of storytelling: the starting point is always the audience! It also invites us to apply this same requirement when manipulating data: just because we are speaking in numbers doesn’t make it any more acceptable to forget to personalize our...

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Create a Culture Where Difficult Conversations Aren’t So Hard

Jim Whitehurst

What behaviors should we promote in an organization to facilitate frank feedback among staff, even on sensitive topics?

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