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Many people assume that when a family business honors its past, it can’t focus on the future. But our research has found that having the right incentives in place encourages employees at family Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Elisa Villani , Christian Linder , Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly Eddleston
All businesses confront their own talent management challenges at some point. Small businesses and startups, typically consisting of the founder/owner and perhaps one or two key employees, struggle Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Doug Farren
Part 2 of 2 As we noted in our previous article , a workplace based on equity – where every employee feels valued -- can help small businesses attract and retain talent in an era when employees Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Aquesha Daniels, J.D. , Mariah Yates, Ph.D., MBA and Shane Spiller
Non-compete agreements, or non-competes, are clauses in employment contracts designed to restrict employees from working for or starting a competing business for a certain period after exiting their Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Cassandra Torgnes
The mental health crisis has affected public safety, schools, politics and business and provoked a worldwide discussion on how we can better help individuals who are suffering from mental illness. Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Vassiliki Bamiatzi and Nick Williams
Family businesses often behave in unique ways: They forego business opportunities to retain the family’s control over the business, stick to family traditions that are outdated, and prefer family Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano
Around the globe, more and more women are taking their careers in their own hands by launching a business. Women represent one of the fastest growing segments of the entrepreneurship population Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Catherine Buday
Data shows that pre-seed and seed startups with employees showing up in a physical office have 3 ½ times higher revenue growth than those that are solely remote. Let the discussion begin. During the Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Steve Blank
Like so much else today, the hiring process has radically changed. While it remains important for prospective hires, especially those fresh out of school, to demonstrate concrete evidence of job Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Steve Blank and Nancy Forster-Holt
Should family members work outside the family business before joining? Experts have long recommended that this is the best (and only!) way for the next generation to learn the skills and knowledge Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Joseph Astrachan , Isabel C Botero , Carol Wittmeyer and Claudia Binz Astrachan