Employee Engagement

MIT SMR’s spring 2025 issue offers advice for leaders on managing amid uncertainty and balancing oversight with autonomy.

Learn from six leaders whose records on building a values-driven culture stand out compared with their peers’.

Having someone take on a critical reviewer role can enhance a meeting’s effectiveness and lead to better decisions.

Why is building a data-driven culture incredibly hard? It calls for a behavioral change across the organization.

Which repeated small but disrespectful behaviors damage relationships and culture? Three areas beg for improvement.

Loren Shuster of the Lego Group shares tips on rethinking leadership behaviors at a large, global organization.

This issue of MIT SMR focuses on improving work design, implementing AI, increasing employee engagement, and more.

Schedules can impose a high cost on workers and organizations. Leaders need to rethink what a schedule can be.

A simplified model for work design helps managers make changes that can reduce burnout.

Green Mountain Coffee’s founder and former CEO, Bob Stiller, discusses the Appreciate Inquiry framework in this Q&A.

Get advice on crafting successful onsite team time, in this brief video with Brian Elliott.

Bain’s core culture has stayed healthy over time and across geographies. See what you can learn from its approach.

Leaders can use these techniques to encourage employees to constructively challenge managers’ ideas.

Consider these three takeaways for leaders on how to avoid pitfalls while using generative AI tools in decision-making.

Vigorous debate is critical for any organization. The exec shares advice on eliciting candid feedback from all employees.

Leaders can build connection with virtual team members by applying different strategies than they’d use in person.

At industrial giant Cummins, strategy and culture are two sides of the same coin. Here’s how its leaders make it happen.

A study uncovers how taking a strategic approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion can boost financial performance.

The culture isn’t just healthy at HubSpot: Employees exemplify the core cultural dimensions that leaders emphasize.

Watch this short video for tips on boosting organizational innovation through a strengths-based team approach.