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Afraid to Damage the Relationship
Why failing to give feedback does long-term damage. -
Action Items
When a meeting doesn't produce the results you want, the problem may be in your preparation. -
Capture Your Team's Wisdom Through Stories
Encourage your team to share stories of how they persevered through a crisis so you can apply these lessons to the next challenge. -
How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHigh-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that... -
CEO Hits the Road (and Other Sales Tales)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCEOs must spend a certain amount of their time in the trenches, to learn first-hand how the business is going. Time spent on the road with the sales force... -
Managers Can't Do It All
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn recent decades sweeping reengineering, digitization, and agile initiatives--and lately the move to remote work--have dramatically transformed the job... -
Negatives to Positive
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7 Ways to Make Employees Feel Respected, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBased on data collected from more than 4,500 employees. -
Visualize Failure
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis post is part of HBR's special issue on failure. Several hours into the first day of our paddle down the Grand Canyon, we came to our first significant... -
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky: Skills, Not Degrees, Matter Most in Hiring
Global Business Digital ArticleEven if you don't plan to change jobs, your job is going to change on you. -
Research: Cracking a Joke at Work Can Make You Seem More Competent
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAs long as it's not inappropriate. -
Hidden Traps in Decision Making (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDecision researchers John S. Hammond, a management consultant, Ralph L. Keeney, a professor at the University of Southern California, and Howard Raiffa,... -
Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleBusiness schools teach MBA students that you can't compete on the basis of management processes because they're easily copied. Operational effectiveness... -
Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn from Venture Capitalists
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleU.S. foundations and nonprofits work diligently on behalf of society's most needy and yet report that progress is slow and social problems persist. How... -
How to Become a More Empathetic Listener
Listening skills Digital ArticleListening isn’t a solo act; it’s a collaborative one. -
Hold Your Team Accountable with Compassion, Not Fear
Managing people Digital ArticleSet clear expectations and be a willing coach — but don’t micromanage. -
When a Colleague Is Grieving
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleGrief is a universal human experience, yet workplace culture is often inhospitable to people suffering profound loss. Managers come to work prepared to... -
What Leaders Get Wrong About Resilience
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's not a fixed personality trait. It's a state any employee can attain - with enough organizational support. -
Learning Charisma
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMany believe that charisma, the ability to captivate and inspire an audience, is innate. But through research in the laboratory and in the field, the... -
Slow Down and Write Better Emails
Communication Digital ArticleAre you sending the right message?
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Creating Business Plans (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
Strategy & Execution BookCraft winning business plans and get buy in for your ideas. A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success--whether... -
Manage Meeting Problems
Communication Tool99.00View Details Even if you've prepared well for a meeting and it's going smoothly, problems can still arise. Discover powerful practices for managing problems-before... -
The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook Toolkit + Hardcover
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer175.00View Details The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current... -
Harvard ManageMentor v11: Negotiating Module
Strategy & Execution Tool99.00View Details A practical guide to becoming an effective negotiator. Includes steps to guide you through the negotiation process: assessing your interests as well as... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection (5 Books)
Build the workforce of the future. In our volatile and complex era--which boasts a competitive market for top talent--HR's traditional model will fail.... -
Lynn Garcia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The fictitious Lynn Garcia case examines several managerial challenges faced by first-time CEO Lynn Garcia. After graduating from Stanford's GSB, Garcia... -
C3.ai-Driven to Succeed
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details CEO Tom Siebel navigates his artificial intelligence (ai) startup through a series of pivots, market expansions, and even an elephant attack to become... -
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Jim Sharpe, 11 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum... -
Blake Sports: Evolution of the CEO and the Executive Team
Management Case Study11.95View Details Cameron (Cam) Barker, CEO and Founder of Blake Sports Apparel, sat in his office at his company's headquarters in Birmingham, England, feeling stunned... -
FIELD Immersion: Orchestrating a Compelling Presentation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note was written to help you organize and orchestrate your FIELD Immersion final project presentation to your Project Partners. It is designed to... -
Serving Bud Moore (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In only his third year at a Leading Strategy Consulting firm (LSC), Gregory Davis has been assigned to a select group tasked with advising General Motors... -
Winning Legally: Using the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the four components of legal astuteness: the attitudes, proactive approach, judgment, and knowledge necessary to manage the legal aspects of... -
Harvard Business Essentials: Crisis Management: Master the Skills to Prevent Disasters
25.00View Details In today's volatile work environment, avoiding disaster is more important than ever. Crisis Management helps managers identify, manage, and prevent potential... -
Leading Change
27.95View Details The original version of the "Leading Change" Ebook is no longer available. A refreshed and redesigned version is available for sale which includes a new... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (with featured article "Leadership That Gets Results," by Daniel Goleman)
24.95View Details Managing people is fraught with challenges: What really motivates people? How do you deal with problem employees? How can you build a team that is greater... -
Caroline Regis at Excel Systems
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the effects of a proposed change in Excel's manufacturing strategy as seen through the eyes of the company's VP of Manufacturing, Caroline... -
New York City Center for Economic Opportunity: An Evidence-Based Approach to Alleviate Poverty
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In late 2006, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg created the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO). Born out of recommendations made by the Bloomberg... -
Managing Your Career
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Designed to serve as background reading for the "Managing Your Career" module of the second-year MBA elective Power and Influence. Describes the way in... -
Decision-Making Exercise (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business... -
The Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By
35.00View Details What makes a great leader? It's a question that has been tackled by thousands. In fact, there are literally tens of thousands of leadership studies, theories,...
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Afraid to Damage the Relationship
Why failing to give feedback does long-term damage. -
Creating Business Plans (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
Strategy & Execution BookCraft winning business plans and get buy in for your ideas. A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success--whether... -
Jollibee Foods Corp. (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching Note for (9-399-007) and (9-399-113). -
Action Items
When a meeting doesn't produce the results you want, the problem may be in your preparation. -
Manage Meeting Problems
Communication Tool99.00View Details Even if you've prepared well for a meeting and it's going smoothly, problems can still arise. Discover powerful practices for managing problems-before... -
The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook Toolkit + Hardcover
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer175.00View Details The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills. Whether you're a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current... -
Capture Your Team's Wisdom Through Stories
Encourage your team to share stories of how they persevered through a crisis so you can apply these lessons to the next challenge. -
How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleHigh-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that... -
Rule 3: Engage Today's Talent--A Cardinal Rule of Effective Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Book Chapter8.95View Details Leadership can never occur in isolation from followers. Leaders must be talent managers. Talent managers know how to identify, build, and engage talent... -
Rule 4: Build the Next Generation--A Cardinal Rule of Effective Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Book Chapter8.95View Details Today's talent matters, but tomorrow's talent matters just as much. Leaders who invest in tomorrow's talent build for the future, create sustainability,...
