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Job redesign to reduce workplace stress and depression—and thereby increase employee health and productivity—is not a formulaic activity. Just like product design, it requires observation, employee interactions to ascertain how to remove unnecessary tasks and consultation with the people who do the work every day. → Read More
As economic research has reported for decades, paying people more is good for business. That’s why some of the companies that pay—and treat—their employees well have the best financial results. → Read More
The workplace isn't immune to the challenges of mental health. But, learning and talking about mental health issues at work is a necessary first step to improving mental health in the workplace, and by extension, curbing the enormous costs they create. → Read More
Not being truthful may sound like a terrible idea, but it can provide immense long-term benefits to those you manage. → Read More
Conventional wisdom says to quickly apologize for errors and mistakes, but finding the best way to recover from setbacks is more complicated. → Read More
The juxtaposition seemed striking: on the one hand, Pope Francis in the U.S. with his message of taking care of the poor and the forgotten—a Pope who had published an encyclical speaking to the c... → Read More
Donald Trump still leads in the polls, but campaigns are startup organizations that require not just marketing and deal-making but operational excellence. → Read More
The recent profile of Amazon’s culture shows us that leaders aren’t always what they seem, money trumps human comfort, and harried workers may have themselves to blame. → Read More
We may say we disapprove of Trump’s self-promotion, disdain for facts, and unapologetic persona. But these are the very qualities that allow leaders to succeed. → Read More
The traditional employment relationship is good for employees, society, and companies smart enough to build their competitive success on their people. → Read More
Twenty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, labor force participation is actually lower and significant transportation obstacles remain. Here’s why everyone should care. → Read More
Before we send everyone to entrepreneurial training and encourage even more people to try and climb the economic ladder doing contract labor, we need to get a few facts straight. → Read More
The ubiquitous rating of everything from Uber drivers and their passengers to physicians to teachers presents numerous problems. Here’s what needs to change. → Read More
On a Wednesday afternoon in late April, two days after Comcast repaired my residential Internet service, the phone service suddenly and inexplicably went out. This meant I could not call 911 in cas... → Read More
McDonald’s recent decision to raise the pay for workers at company-owned restaurants to an average of $9.90 an hour and provide employees, once they have worked a year, some paid time off made ne... → Read More
Fortune, like many publications, likes lists—the most powerful women, the best companies to work for, the most admired companies, and of course, the annual list of the world’s greatest leaders.... → Read More
Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the U.K.’s The News of the World and The Sun, confidante of British Prime Minister David Cameron, and a favorite of Rupert Murdoch, is back. Acquitted of phone ha... → Read More
Justine Sacco, Lindsey Stone, and Alicia Ann Lynch all lost their jobs and suffered tremendous emotional distress from the vitriol unleashed in the social media world on each of them. Their “crim... → Read More
In the last few days, the world has been surprised and seemingly horrified to learn that NBC news anchor Brian Williams embellished an account of an episode involving him in a helicopter in Iraq ye... → Read More
The media is having a field day with the recent (and continuing) leak of Sony Pictures’ e-mail exchanges. And why not, because, as one commentator put it, the leaking incident itself would make a... → Read More