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If You're Not Collecting Productivity Data, You'll Never Succeed at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's central to self-improvement. -
How to Navigate Feelings of Confidence and Self-Doubt After a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost new leaders err too far in one direction or the other. -
How to Improve at Work When You're Not Getting Feedback
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA list of the skills that most strongly influence performance reviews. -
Why We Follow Narcissistic Leaders
Leadership & Managing People ResearchWhile it can have some advantages, it also comes with a lot of downsides. -
Successful Leaders Are Great Coaches
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePeople want to work for leaders who help them realize their full potential. -
Leadership in Literature: A Conversation with Business Ethicist Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr.
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBusiness students nowadays are not, for the most part, poets. A growing proportion come to business school with a background in investment banking or... -
What Makes an Effective Executive
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn effective executive does not need to be a leader in the typical sense of the word. Peter Drucker, the author of more than two dozen HBR articles, says... -
Leadership That Gets Results
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerA leader's singular job is to get results. But even with all the leadership training programs and "expert" advice available, effective leadership still... -
The Art of Asking Smarter Questions
Communication Magazine ArticleWith organizations of all sorts facing increased urgency and unpredictability, being able to ask smart questions has become key. But unlike lawyers, doctors,... -
When Should a Leader Apologize--and When Not?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen corporate leaders or the organizations they represent mess up, they face the difficult decision of whether to apologize publicly. A public apology... -
Three Ways to Lead Learning
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleToday the development of new skills, knowledge, and mindsets is critical to most businesses' key strategic efforts. This has given rise to a new breed... -
5 Tips for New Team Leaders
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOvercommunicate, for a start. -
The Leadership Odyssey
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA paradox of business is that while leaders often employ a hands-on, directive style to rise to the top, once they arrive, they're supposed to empower... -
3 Ways Humility Can Undermine Your Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYou can preserve your commitment to highlighting others without hindering your effectiveness. -
How to Pick a Good Fight
Organizational Development Magazine ArticlePeace and harmony are overrated. Though conflict-free teamwork is often held up as the be-all and end-all of organizational life, it actually can be the... -
How to Motivate Someone You Don't Like
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by finding at least one redeeming trait. -
Leading Like Nelson Mandela
Linda Hill, Harvard Business School professor, shares her memories of meeting the leaders of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, and what she learned... -
The Problem with High Expectations
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAt 5 am I was lying in bed, awake, thinking. Actually, thinking is too generous a word for what I was doing. I was perseverating. I was about to buy a... -
Research: How Leadership Experience Affects Students
Leadership & Managing People ResearchAn experiment in a Chinese secondary school. -
Three Reasons Why Bruce is the Best Boss
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBruce Springsteen - great leader? You might be skeptical, but bear with me as I describe a few practical ideas we can pull from Springsteen's repertoire...
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HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss
21.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz, sought to reduce obesity and improve health... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers (with bonus article "Managers Can't Do It All" by Diane Gherson and Lynda Gratton)
24.95View Details Collaborator. Communicator. Connector. Coach. As a mid-level manager, you're being tasked with more than ever before. You're expected to lead innovation,... -
Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of... -
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... -
ABB Deutschland (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Addresses the results and the lessons from the German restructuring effort by focusing in detail on the relationship with the works council and the actions... -
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for... -
Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its... -
Uber at a Crossroads (2017)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the history of Uber, its business model-including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry-and its competition... -
Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia's exposure... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership 2-Volume Collection
45.00View Details If you read nothing else on leadership, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Leadership skills are not innate--they can be acquired... -
Brown Bag Films (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Brown Bag Films produced programming for Disney, Amazon, BBC, and Nickelodeon, reaching an audience of more than 100 million pre-school children around... -
Shut It Down?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Meredith, the head of a major division of a financial firm, must confront an unexpected response and challenge from a senior colleague when she proposes... -
Alain St-Pierre: The Man Who Fought More Than Fire - Part C
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case tells the story of Alain St-Pierre, fire captain and the most decorated firefighter in Montréal's history, from childhood through retirement.... -
Moral Voice: Talking About Ethics at Work
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This note identifies the importance of employee/moral voice in organizational functioning. Yet despite the many benefits of employee/moral voice for effective... -
The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders
30.00View Details Are you ready to lead? Will you pass the test? Despite all the effort through the years to understand what it takes to be an effective leader, the challenges... -
Gender Differences in Managerial Behavior: The Ongoing Debate
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Do men and women have distinct leadership styles? Do they approach management differently? This note summarizes the two perspectives that have dominated... -
Franco Bernabe at ENI (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization. You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and... -
Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World
Global Business Book32.00View Details What does it take to lead a global business? What makes being a global business leader today such a complex task? It's more than mastering your knowledge...
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HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss
21.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
If You're Not Collecting Productivity Data, You'll Never Succeed at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's central to self-improvement. -
Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz, sought to reduce obesity and improve health... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers (with bonus article "Managers Can't Do It All" by Diane Gherson and Lynda Gratton)
24.95View Details Collaborator. Communicator. Connector. Coach. As a mid-level manager, you're being tasked with more than ever before. You're expected to lead innovation,... -
Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of... -
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... -
How to Navigate Feelings of Confidence and Self-Doubt After a Promotion
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMost new leaders err too far in one direction or the other. -
ABB Deutschland (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Addresses the results and the lessons from the German restructuring effort by focusing in detail on the relationship with the works council and the actions... -
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for... -
How to Improve at Work When You're Not Getting Feedback
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA list of the skills that most strongly influence performance reviews.