Weekly Hotlist: Motivating Employees Is Not About Carrots or Sticks

 

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July 03, 2017 Motivating Employees Is Not About Carrots or Sticks By Lisa Lai Make sure they understand why their work matters.

Cross-cultural management Being the Boss in Brussels, Boston, and Beijing by Erin Meyer If you want to succeed, you'll need to adapt. Workspaces Why Apple's New HQ Is Nothing Like the Rest of Silicon Valley by Jennifer Magnolfi Steve Jobs envisioned a building that would inspire employees to greatness. Venture capital Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get by Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark A. Conley, E. Tory Higgins Research finds a new explanation for the gender gap in venture funding. Data How to Integrate Data and Analytics into Every Part of Your Organization by Carl Carande, Paul Lipinski, Traci Gusher Start with a clear understanding of what you hope to accomplish. Talent management Does Diversity Actually Increase Creativity? by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic A look at the research. Education Liberal Arts in the Data Age by JM Olejarz Why the hard sciences need the humanities Conflict How to De-Escalate an Argument with a Coworker by Liane Davey Five ways to shift the conversation from adversarial to cooperative. Managing yourself 7 Simple Ways Working Parents Can Simultaneously Improve Their Careers, Their Families, and Themselves by Daisy Wademan Dowling Without adding to their to-do lists.

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