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Creating the career you want: the customized workplace
Employees today are looking for more than a job - they want a career, and a career tailored to their life plan. This is where the concept of the “customized workplace” comes in.
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Women’s careers: Breaking the cycle of self-fulfilling prophecies
We offer evidence-based practical solutions to mitigate the potential negative effects of professional development programs and empower women to fulfill their potential.
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Power to the people: The benefits and limits of employee self-selection in organizations
What happens when there is no boss?
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The pursuit of optimal busyness: how seeking productivity and flow can lead to overwork
Why do we push ourselves to overwork? The answer might lie in the concept of optimal busyness.
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Scaling-up your scale-up’s onboarding process
Just like kids dream of growing up someday, many start-up leaders dream of “making it big” and scaling up to become a large and sustainable enterprise. But, just like those wide-eyed kids learn along the way, growing up – that is, scaling up – is hard. What makes it harder is that many scale-up leaders overlook (at worst) or underestimate (at best) one of the key determinants of their sustained growth: how to effectively onboard new employees.
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Just make an effort? Or just plan for "a good trip"?
How can we train ourselves to make an effort - and enjoy it - over a long period of time?
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Does paying for performance pay off?
Does using a pay-for-performance scheme motivate employees?
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Go for gold: What it takes to plan the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Stefan Gröschl recently explored what goes into the planning of the Olympics and Paralympics to provide a better understanding of the managerial and organizational challenges and identify key competencies for organizing major sporting events.
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What Women Want (From their office spaces)
What will the office look like after the COVID-19 crisis?
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ESSEC Knowledge Review: Building a better world Together
In this special issue, discover the insights of ESSEC professors on how we can use the challenges our world is facing to build a better world.
