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How to Find the Time to Connect with Colleagues When You're Very, Very Busy
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Joy at Work: It’s Your Right
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The Countries with the Boldest Business Leaders
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The Focused Leader
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To Change the World, Fear Means Go
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Why You Should Treat Laughter as a Metric
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3 Ways to Nail Your Presentation to the Board
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Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms
Creativity Magazine ArticleIf you need help transforming your organization’s wildest dreams into reality, introduce a new managerial device that’s as simple as it is effective. -
Summer Reading Picks from Dan Pink, Seth Godin, Eliot Spitzer, and More
Creativity Digital ArticleLast week, there was a wonderful essay in The New York Times about a leadership program created by the old Bell System back in 1952. The all-powerful telephone company worried that its executives needed a broader perspective, not just on business but also on society, even life itself. “A well-trained man knows how to answer […] -
Don't Let Anxiety Sabotage Your Next Presentation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStop focusing on yourself and start focusing on your audience. -
Complying with Family-Friendly Leave Policies Is Not Enough
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhy smart companies do more than the minimum. -
Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe company and you have parted ways- now what? In an uncertain economy, one of the things you can predict is that there will be people who lose their corporate affiliation – either through downsizing, or because they elect to take early retirement, or for some other reason – and decide explore the self-employment instead […] -
Want to Use Business to Make a Difference? Get Experience (But Not Too Much)
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Make Sure Your Employees Have Enough Interesting Work to Do
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Becoming a More Patient Leader
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSlow down to get ahead. -
28 Questions to Ask Your Boss in Your One-on-Ones
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Ditch Performance Reviews? How About Learn to do Them Well?
Giving feedback Digital ArticleFew activities in a workplace polarize like performance reviews. Some see them as subjective and ungrounded, one-sided and boss-dominated and something we should do away with entirely, an opinion put forth most recently in a Wall Street Journal article. Others find them an invaluable tool to develop employees and move the company forward. Our view? […] -
Don’t Live Your Life, Lead It
Managing yourself Digital ArticleThe difference between living life and leading life is more than just semantics. -
What Everyone Should Know About Running Virtual Meetings
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBad meetings are the biggest barrier to flexible work. -
How to Make Unlimited Vacation Time Work at Your Company
Personnel policies Digital ArticleNetflix showed that it just takes trust.
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Odebrecht's "Transformation Journey" (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case describes how Odebrecht's board of directors handled the issues raised in the (A) case and continues the story of the Group's efforts to restore... -
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Erik Peterson (D)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Implicitly raises the question of what Peterson should do to extricate himself from his difficulties. Should he consider resignation, go directly to the... -
Management Development Plan in a Family Business
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BRAC: Shasthya Shebikas' Role in Delivering Health Care Service to Rural Markets
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details BRAC was the largest non-governmental organization in the world, reaching out to 138 million people. It made a significant contribution to reducing poverty... -
Differences at Work: Will (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In Differences at Work: Will (A), HBS Case No. 9-408-013 is set in London. Will, a gay man, must decide how to react to a senior colleague's question... -
Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems
35.00View Details In the face of ever more complex societal challenges, this book provides an essential new model for transforming the public sector and getting things... -
Negotiation Advice: A Synopsis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Distills the negotiation advice of more than a dozen general books on negotiation. Compares and contrasts specific prescriptions and organizes the books... -
a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details a-connect was started in 2002 by three former McKinsey partners who wanted to develop an alternative business model consulting firm which they have positioned... -
Carrie Wagner: Climbing the Corporate Ladder (C) - Cut the Cord?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This three-part case traces Carrie Wagner's career in a single, large international package delivery company over a 30-year period during which she rose... -
Pagani Automobili S.p.A: Motoring Becomes Electric
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In early 2018, Modena, Italy's Pagani Automobili S.p.A (Pagani Automobili), a boutique designer and manufacturer of high-performance internal combustion... -
Gotham Giants
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The owner of a professional baseball team is trying to figure out if promotions are having an effect on ticket sales, and if televising games is hurting... -
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details A year after Rob Parson's manager decided to postpone Parson's promotion, Parson's new manager Gary Stuart faces the decision of promotion again. Stuart... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Use design thinking for competitive advantage. If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard... -
Real-Estate Investment Trusts
Communication Case Study11.95View Details This technical note provides a thorough overview of real-estate investment trusts (REITs). Created to promote and facilitate widespread public ownership... -
Career Dilemma of a Next-Gen Family Member - The Case of Lavanya Nalli
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The case, set in 2016, follows Lavanya Nalli, a fifth-generation member of the Nalli family business, as she contemplates a critical decision about her... -
Longfor: A Non-Traditional Company in China - When in Rome, Do Not Do What the Romans Do
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Longfor, a real estate company in China, treats every customer as an individual with distinctive tastes, preferences and needs; the homes it designs emphasize... -
Differences at Work: Will (B)
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Hearts on Fire--Brand Development Manager
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Hearts On Fire, a successful branded diamond producer, established the position of Brand Development Manager (BDM) to build the company's presence, sales,...
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How to Find the Time to Connect with Colleagues When You're Very, Very Busy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStrategies for overscheduled, under-connected employees. -
Joy at Work: It’s Your Right
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe can’t always control what assignments we accept at work, but how we approach our work is up to us. -
The Countries with the Boldest Business Leaders
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFortune does favor the bold, but boldness isn't all you need. -
The Focused Leader
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAttention is the basis of the most essential of leadership skills--emotional, organizational, and strategic intelligence. And never has it been under... -
What the Hack? A Growth Hacking Taxonomy and Practical Applications for Firms
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAs companies become increasingly digital, growth hacking emerged as a new way of scaling businesses. While the term is fashionable in business, many executives... -
To Change the World, Fear Means Go
Career planning Digital ArticleYou can’t move away from what scares you. -
Why You Should Treat Laughter as a Metric
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt will keep you more focused. -
3 Ways to Nail Your Presentation to the Board
Communication Digital ArticleNo one wants a bored board. -
Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms
Creativity Magazine ArticleIf you need help transforming your organization’s wildest dreams into reality, introduce a new managerial device that’s as simple as it is effective. -
Summer Reading Picks from Dan Pink, Seth Godin, Eliot Spitzer, and More
Creativity Digital ArticleLast week, there was a wonderful essay in The New York Times about a leadership program created by the old Bell System back in 1952. The all-powerful telephone company worried that its executives needed a broader perspective, not just on business but also on society, even life itself. “A well-trained man knows how to answer […]
