What’s the Future of the Office?
Businessam StaffOctober 3, 2021
Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli is the author of the new book, The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face. Cappelli, who has for decades studied the forces shaping and changing the workplace, says the choices employees and employers must make about the future of work […]
Why Banks Need to Ramp Up Stress Tests
Businessam StaffSeptember 27, 2021
Concerns are growing over the health of the U.S. banking system as rising inflation points to the likelihood of the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates. Banks face prospects of both higher and reduced profitability if interest rates rise. As interest rates rise, banks could enjoy bigger spreads – the difference between what they charge borrowers […]
Confronting Ethical and Moral Dilemmas: Don’t Go It Alone
Businessam StaffSeptember 27, 2021
Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the engagement and productivity of the people you lead. Contributor: G. Richard Shell, […]
All the Feels: How Companies Can Benefit from Employees’ Emotions
Businessam StaffSeptember 20, 2021
“There’s no crying in baseball!” shouts a red-faced Tom Hanks at a tearful outfielder in one of the most memorable scenes from the 1992 movie A League of Their Own. It’s a moment that often plays out in the office, where employees are expected to button up their emotions and tamp down their feelings to […]
Protecting Your Mental Health at Work
Businessam StaffSeptember 20, 2021
Unhappy employees often describe their workplace as a toxic environment rife with distrust, low morale, negativity, and burnout. But organizational and behavioral health experts have a different word for workplaces that are harmful enough to affect mental and physical health — traumatic. As many Americans head back into the office this fall, businesses can help […]
Recognizing Deception: How to Spot a Lie
Businessam StaffSeptember 13, 2021
Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the engagement and productivity of the […]
How to Design Debt Relief for Maximum Effect
Businessam StaffSeptember 13, 2021
Government interventions in private debt negotiations could be more effective in preventing default waves if they accounted for the connections between lenders and borrowers across the “debt chain,” according to a new research paper by Wharton finance professor Vincent Glode and Christian Opp, associate professor of finance at the University of Rochester Simon Business School. […]
Disrupting Health Care from the Inside: How Incumbents Can Lead Change
Businessam StaffSeptember 6, 2021
The following opinion piece was written by Scott Snyder, a senior fellow at Wharton’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management, chief digital officer at EVERSANA, and co-author of Goliath’s Revenge: How Established Companies Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors. Outsider attempts to reinvent health care have done little to move the needle despite billions invested in […]
How Contractors Can Successfully Manage from the Outside
Businessam StaffSeptember 6, 2021
Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli ran into a former student who shared an intriguing story about A-Connect, a management consulting services and solutions firm. The alumnus, who worked at A-Connect, noticed an increasing number of managers being hired on contract. These weren’t consultants or people angling for full-time work, but contractors who were being handed […]
Why New Managers Need More Help
Businessam StaffAugust 30, 2021
First-time managers looking for a little guidance can find it in a new book by Wharton management lecturer Rachel Pacheco, who has written a veritable instruction manual for fledgling leaders who want to learn to fly. Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers is based on research and the real-world experience Pacheco has collected from […]