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How to Get Noticed by Your Boss's Boss
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How to Turn an Interim Role into a Permanent Job
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Difficult People: What to Do When All Else Fails
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When Nothing Works
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How Successful People Reach Their Goals
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Bob's Meltdown (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAnnette Innella is just coming into the lunchroom at Concord Machines when Bob Dunn starts screaming at her. After throwing his lunch tray against the... -
Telling Tales
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA carefully chosen story can help the leader of an organization translate an abstract concept into a meaningful mandate for employees. The key is to know... -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Sarah Cooper
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Build Your Reputation the Rachael Ray Way
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How to Identify and Tell Your Most Powerful Stories
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How to Demonstrate Your Strategic Thinking Skills
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't be shy about bringing your ideas to the table. -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and... -
Research: Career Hot Streaks Can Happen at Any Age
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How to Develop Your Leadership Style
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerBosses often sense that something is missing in an employee's tool kit but can't put a finger on what it is. They say something like "You need certain... -
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHarvard Business School's Christensen teaches aspiring MBAs how to apply management and innovation theories to build stronger companies. But he also believes... -
Salespeople, Stop Worrying About Being Liked
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When Followers Become Toxic
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeaders are vulnerable, too. That is, they can be led astray just as their followers can--actually, by their followers. Sometimes, good leaders end up... -
How to Manage a Perfectionist
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeDo you have a perfectionist on your team? The good news is that your direct report has high standards and a fine attention for detail. The bad news is... -
Bob's Meltdown (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAnnette Innella is just coming into the lunchroom at Concord Machines when Bob Dunn starts screaming at her. After throwing his lunch tray against the... -
When a New Manager Takes Charge (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen some managers take over a new job, they hit the ground running. They learn the ropes, get along with their bosses and subordinates, gain credibility,...
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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
Management Book22.00View Details Say no to a culture of constant work. We often equate our productivity with the number of hours we spend working. But do we really need to work endlessly,... -
Malcolm Frank
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Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company in January 1999, but discovers on his first... -
Blurring the Lines Between Business and Government: Salesforce and CEO Activism
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case features CRM technology firm Salesforce, and its CEO, Marc Benioff. In 2015, the state of Indiana's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)... -
General Electric: Strategic Position--1981
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the introduction and evolution of General Electric's strategic planning system from the 1960s to Jack Welch's tenure. Allows discussion of the... -
Anne F. Baird
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Presents profiles written by six members of the HBS Class of 1976 from the 10th and 20th reunions. The six alumni represent a cross section of the class... -
Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Opportunity...For You
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This note provides an analytical framework for assessing potential opportunities in the context of an entrepreneur's life. The framework has two parts... -
Adapt Your Leadership Strategy to the Situation
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NerveWire, Inc.
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Power and Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organizations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Power is the potential to mobilize energy. This rather neutral definition does not address the issues of how to exercise power or to what ends. The answers... -
Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Kent Thiry, CEO of dialysis provider DaVita, is considering how to integrate employees from recently acquired Gambro Healthcare without damaging DaVita's... -
Heidi Roizen
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New Manager's Collection
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Ambiculture: Seeking the Multicultural Middle
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Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership
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The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self--Every Day
28.00View Details You can be the leader you want to be--today and every day. Do you find yourself wishing you had more hours in the day? Do you want to do more, yet feel... -
Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics)
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where... -
Managing Oneself: The Key to Success
Peter Drucker is widely regarded as the father of modern management, offering penetrating insights into business that still resonate today. But Drucker... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself and Your Career 6-Volume Collection
If you read nothing else on managing yourself and your career, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. As we live and work longer,... -
Dr. Laura Esserman (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.
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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
Management Book22.00View Details Say no to a culture of constant work. We often equate our productivity with the number of hours we spend working. But do we really need to work endlessly,... -
Malcolm Frank
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements NerveWire, Inc. -
Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company in January 1999, but discovers on his first... -
Blurring the Lines Between Business and Government: Salesforce and CEO Activism
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case features CRM technology firm Salesforce, and its CEO, Marc Benioff. In 2015, the state of Indiana's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)... -
General Electric: Strategic Position--1981
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Strategy is Destiny: A Perspective on Strategic Leadership
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Courage to Rise Above: Don't Be Afraid to Stand Out
Leadership & Managing People Book Chapter8.95View Details This chapter offers some effective strategies for advancing your career and getting into a position of power. -
How to Get Noticed by Your Boss's Boss
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Blurring the Lines Between Business and Government: Salesforce and CEO Activism, Teaching Note
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How to Turn an Interim Role into a Permanent Job
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's going to be a marathon, not a sprint.