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May 8, 2019 What to Do When Work Is Slow By Elizabeth Grace Saunders Make a to-do list, learn something new…or take a vacation.

Sales 4 Mistakes Companies Make When Hiring Sales Leaders by Andris A. Zoltners, Prabhakant Sinha, Sally E. Lorimer Any of them can lead to the person's failure. Developing employees Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining Joseph Fuller, professor at Harvard Business School, says that the story we hear about workers being afraid for the future of their jobs might not be right. In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 managers across 11 countries, Fuller discovered that, contrary to what bosses believe, many employees are excited about new technologies and willing to be trained in new skills. But they don't always know what they need to learn or how to access and pay for it. Organizations can do a better job of identifying the skills gaps they have or will soon face and using their existing workforces to fill them. Fuller's project is a joint venture between the HBS Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Boston Consulting Group's Henderson Institute. He's a co-author of the HBR article "Your Workforce is More Adaptable Than You Think." Behavioral economics Improving Health Care by Gamifying It by Mitesh S. Patel, Stacey Chang, Kevin G. Volpp Prompts and rewards can help patients stick to their treatments. Leadership & Managing people Managers: Are You Prepared to Handle Religion in the Workplace? Challenges related to managing religion in the workplace are on the rise, as are religious discrimination claims and monetary settlements in the U.S. and around the world. Harvard Business School professor Derek van Bever discusses two examples in his case, "Managing Religion in the Workplace: Abercrombie & Fitch and Masterpiece Cakeshop." Technology Why Tech Giants Are So Desperate to Provide Your Voice Assistant by Bret Kinsella They all want theirs to be the standard.

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