Novel research begins to look at how late-career employees see themselves and their abilities at work — an important topic as more older workers remain on the job One of the major demographic trends in the U.S. (and in other developed nations) is that people are living longer. According to the Centers for Disease Control…
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The pandemic did not create burnout, but new research shows that it made an already bad problem worse — a condition that will continue even after the crisis is over When one thinks of employee engagement with work and of employee well-being, it is natural to think of them as positively related. It makes intuitive…
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New research concludes that working from home during the COVID-19 crisis lowered productivity, as people put in longer hours just to keep up with past performance For most corporate leaders, one of the most important debates of the pandemic has been its impact on worker productivity. After all, no one had ever seen anything like…
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New research on the U.S. private sector confirms that the Nation’s journey to an equitable workplace still has a long way to go I do not typically feature research published by consulting companies because most of it is commercially motivated. However, there is some serious work done at the best firms that can be worth…
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By exposing patterns of bias and redesigning performance reviews, one law firm is making employee evaluations fairer and more effective The last year has seen an explosion of articles and advice about diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) and how to promote them in the workplace. Unfortunately, too many articles on this topic present generic advice,…
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First-of-its-kind research examines variable compensation plans and their often-ignored health impact on sales professionals There are fewer management techniques more common across the global business world than variable compensation for sale professionals. One can find these models in place in just about every industry and geography. Indeed, in the U.S. alone, variable compensation accounts for…
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The pandemic sent about half of all workers from the office to home, and new research predicts that much of the impact of the WFH migration is here to stay The 2020 pandemic created a seismic shift in the global working world, and no change was more significant than the mass migration of workers from…
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A five-year U.K. study exposes the subtle and powerful ways that class and privilege influence hiring and success in elite professional settings “The fortunate man is seldom satisfied with the fact of being fortunate. Beyond this, he needs to know that he has a right to his good fortune. He wants to be convinced that…
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The workspace has always been a mirror of our conception of capitalism, and the pandemic may force capitalism to evolve yet again It’s not often that I come across great workspace insights in a political journal, but that’s exactly what happened when I read Scott Beauchamp’s outstanding analysis of workspace history in American Affairs. Beauchamp’s well-written piece…
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New research highlights the critical impact that three factors — target, distance and valence — have on how people receive and react to peer performance reviews In Brief: Employee feedback meetings are part of almost all management models in use today; however, exactly what makes feedback effective is not always well understood. New research finds…
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