The Year in Management, Told in 20 Charts
One of the great pleasures of my job is thinking about, creating, and publishing charts in partnership with our amazing designers. And you all seem to quite like them, too. So as is required among most all digital editors at the end of each calendar year, I’ve gone through the entirety of 2014’s charts, tables, and other visuals we’ve published for HBR.org – hundreds in all – to highlight 20 that tell particularly interesting stories.
What smart products do people actually want? Do employees like negative feedback? And what’s the strangest educational background for a member of the Fed (this is my favorite)?
Enjoy.
1. Sure, flextime is OK. But high performers would rather just get paid more.
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2. No one wants a smart, connected wine bottle.
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3. Patent trolls really do stifle innovation.
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4. This is what phone calls look like today (though the world still isn’t all that flat).
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5. Men still aren’t into the idea of quotas for boards.
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7. Yes, your employees want negative feedback (even though it’s hard to give).
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8. Companies aren’t exactly prepared for climate change risk (but at least most believe it’s real?).
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9. Respecting your employees can go a long way.
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10. Love math? Love people? Lucky you.
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11. Will your employees embrace data? It depends.
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12. It’s pretty important to have a conscientious spouse.
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13. CEOs get paid too much, according to pretty much everyone.
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14. We’re getting more control over when we take breaks at work, but job sharing and sabbaticals are out the window.
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15. Here’s how old Silicon Valley’s top founders really are.
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16. There’s a big difference in the composition of top management teams when a company has a non-native CEO.
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17. There was once a member of the Fed who had a master’s degree in dairy science.
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18. Men apply for jobs they don’t feel qualified for; women don’t.
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19. Here’s what leaders are made of.
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20. Absolutely no one knows if a robot will take your job.
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