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Managing Millennials in the Workplace

June 12, 2017 By Bennett Voyles

For most of human history, integrating a new generation into society has been pretty straightforward: The youngsters were shown what needed to be done, they did it as well as they could (or faced serious consequences if they didn’t), and, over time, earned a place for themselves in society. But things are different now. Executives all over the world have reported that they have difficulty not only managing this new generation but even understanding them. These young employees, their managers say, are responding differently from prior generations to everything, from assignments to incentives. Can managers cope with a new generation?

Filed Under: All Articles, Demographics, Employment, Management Tagged With: Demographics, Employment, millennials, Talent Management

Zeynep Ton: Pay Employees More, Get More

August 3, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

A Q&A with Zeynep Ton, author of The Good Jobs Strategy, on how four retailers make more money by paying above-average wages.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Employment, Management, Q&A Tagged With: Employment, Human Resources, Retail, Slider, Talent Management

The Networked Company: The Tricky Art of Managing Networked Organizations

March 4, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Networked organizations mean flatter structures and more creativity, and also a new approach to managing a workforce that thinks and behaves differently. In 1994, when the internet was still mostly an academic information channel, most organizational charts looked a lot like they had for a hundred of years—as many as seven or eight levels from top to […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Employment, Know China, Management Tagged With: Network, Networked Company, Slider, Talent Management, Teamwork, Telecommunications

Succeeding with Succession Planning in Public Companies

February 18, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Succession planning is something boards need to think about constantly, and not just when the CEO is due to retire.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Management, Talent Tagged With: Leaders, Leadership, Procter & Gamble, Slider, Succession Planning Series, Talent Management

The Gary Hamel Interview: Unleashing another Revolution

December 15, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Gary Hamel, the Godfather of Management 2.0, on reengineering the DNA of organizations based on, among other things, the principles of markets.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Management, Strategy, Talent, The Thinker Interview Tagged With: Business Models, Competition, Employment, Gary Hamel, Leaders, Slider, Talent Management, Teamwork

The High-Growth Conundrum: Q&A with the ‘Growth Guy’, Verne Harnish

November 2, 2012 By Bennett Voyles

All over China, leaders of fast-growing companies are asking themselves: how can we grow as fast as we need to without destroying our company? It’s a question Verne Harnish has been answering for years. Harnish is the CEO of Gazelles, a Virginia-headquartered executive education and coaching firm focused on advising fast-growing companies that hosts seminars […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Conversations, Management, Q&A, Strategy, Talent Tagged With: Hiring, Hypergrowth, Organizational Culture, Retention, Slider, Talent Management, Verne Harnish

The High Growth Conundrum: Winning the War for Talent

October 22, 2012 By Bennett Voyles

Editor’s Note: Even as the global economy slows down, some Chinese companies are grappling with a new reality: hypergrowth. Dizzying growth rates might sound like good news in today’s world, but they create their own set of challenges. In a new series titled The High Growth Conundrum, CKGSB Knowledge will walk you through the different challenges associated with hypergrowth […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Management, Strategy, Talent Tagged With: Hiring, Hypergrowth, Retention, Slider, Talent, Talent Management

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