Organizational behavior research shows that employee engagement drives company performance. Yet many managers still struggle to build trust, reduce burnout, and create team motivation. Get evidence-based strategies to navigate workplace dynamics and maximize your team’s potential.
Workplace transformation isn’t about where people work — it’s about how they work together to drive outcomes.
Employee ownership drives stronger environmental performance by aligning worker stakes with sustainability goals.
Employees who are anxious about change can regain their footing by being given a measure of control over how they work.
Organizing workers into midsize multiproject pods can increase efficiency by reducing productivity-sapping activities.
In this video, Brian Elliott reveals why a tough-talk leadership style is less effective than one built on trust.
MIT SMR’s fall 2025 issue highlights the organizational costs of hidden problems.
Leaders can strengthen employee commitment by focusing on corporate purpose, worker autonomy, and relationship quality.
Colleagues are better able to resolve disagreements cooperatively when there’s a clear problem-solving process in place.
In our rush to do more, faster, we’re spending less time thinking deeply. The SPACE framework can help change that.
Researcher and author Juliet B. Schor explains how a shorter workweek can benefit employees and employers alike.
Wider options for finding talent, coupled with technology such as AI, are opening up possibilities to reshape work.
In this follow-up video, Brian Elliott shares new data on workplace flexibility’s productivity and financial impacts.
Leaders need to stop obsessing about in-office time and start focusing on the six enablers that change how people work.
The shift to a skills-focused hiring approach requires a cultural transformation and consistent, long-term effort.
In this video, we offer four research-backed strategies to reduce virtual meeting fatigue and keep your remote team energized and engaged.
Success in adapting to a four-day workweek lies in execution. These strategies can help smooth the transition.
Research shows that “Zoom fatigue” is a demonstrable neurological phenomenon. Address it with these practical strategies.
This brief video explores practical approaches for supporting teams and finding opportunities amid unpredictability.
Side conversations during online meetings can be managed in ways that reinforce a healthy culture.
These strategies from MIT SMR columnists can help leaders with challenges like disruption, burnout, and managing teams.
