Health and behavioral science

Don't let the weight of your job squash your sense of self.

How physical space can reduce pain, lower costs, and save lives.

Twelve lessons on analyzing data, communicating information, and protecting your employees.

It’s hard to focus on your work when your child is hallucinating. One of the least discussed yet quite salient issues for American business in this year of health care reform is an important yet hidden cost associated with mental illness: the drain on productive work endured by family members struggling to support loved ones […]

Four ways to get the most out of the time you've accrued during the pandemic.

The primitive, emotional parts of our brains have a powerful influence on the choices we make. Now, neuroscientists are mapping the risk and reward systems in the brain that drive our best—and worst—decision making.

A study reveals the risks of helping your employees deal with personal problems.

Tips for staying calm through a stressful stretch.

Decisions about drug formularies need to be made in broad daylight.

Four tips to improve your follow through.

When companies cause emotional pain through nasty bosses, layoffs, and change, a certain breed of “healing” manager steps in to keep the gears moving. They are toxic handlers—unsung corporate heroes who save the day, but often pay a high price.

Lessons from a health care system in Texas.

Why some teams are more successful at meeting deadlines, hitting targets, and growing revenues.

Five signs to look out for.

A new survey finds that 77% of workers have experienced burnout.

For the last decade, the Gallup Organization has surveyed the people of China, as both consumers of goods and employees of the companies that produce those goods. The data provide a unique picture of changing consumer attitudes, market opportunities, and management challenges.

A three-part framework.

Is it hurting your health, career prospects, or relationships?

New survey data sheds light on three key reasons.

In Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, Kurt Eichenwald relates how Enron’s leaders engaged in massive book-cooking with little interference from the dozens of managers, lawyers, and advisers who had a pretty good idea of what was going on. Similarly, at Parmalat, employees not involved in the Italian dairy giant’s fraud apparently were aware of […]