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Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
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The Right Way to Fire Someone
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7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them, German Version
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The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
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How to Tell Your Boss You Have Too Much Work
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Firing Someone
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Preparing to Tell Your Boss "I Quit"
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How to Say No to Taking on More Work
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How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don't Like Conflict
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Do You Hate Your Boss?
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How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Their Goals
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When and How to Respond to Microaggressions, Spanish Version
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How to Talk to Your Boss When You're Underperforming
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How to Respond When an Employee Quits, Chinese Version
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How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation
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4 Types of Employee Complaints — and How to Respond
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Dealing with Your Incompetent Boss
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The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback, Arabic Version
Communication Digital ArticleHow to turn upsetting or surprising information into helpful and productive data.
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Better Ways to Support a Colleague with Breast Cancer
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Navigating a Career Turning Point
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When a Coworker Undermines You in a Meeting
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10 Questions to Ask Before Entering a Business Partnership
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What to Do When You Don’t Trust Your Employee
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Getting Along: My Coworker Is Sabotaging Me — and My Boss Won’t Help
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When Should You Take a Problem to HR?
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Overcoming Your Fear of Giving Tough Feedback
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Can You Defuse an Emotional Response to Feedback?
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Guess What? People Want Feedback
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Work Through Challenging Feedback
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How Will You Give Tough Feedback?
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Modeling Feedback on Your Team
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The Simple Power of Communicating with Kindness
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How to Proactively Defuse Tension on Your Team
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When Your Boss Gives You Bad Feedback, Badly
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4 Types of Employee Complaints — and How to Respond
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How Managers Can Make Feedback a Team Habit
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How to Communicate a Tough Decision to Your Team
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What “Succession” Can Teach Us About Regret
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe’ve all made choices we wish we could take back. These three research-backed strategies can help us process and move forward.
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HBR Guide to Negotiating Ebook + Tools + Video
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Hiring and Firing
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Personnel Problems
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Dr. Curley's Perfect Storm
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Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Michael Lester at Lachlan Consulting, Japanese Version
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership, Vol. 2 (Paperback + Ebook)
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Danielle Marcoux at AdNet2Win Technologies
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Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)
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Healthy Buildings
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Communicating for Results: A Harvard ManageMentor Curated Collection
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Running a Tight Ship (A): Save the World Foundation Budget Negotiation - Maria Masa - Confidential Instructions
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Getting Along Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Dealing with Difficult People at Work
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The HBR Working Parents Series Collection (3 Books) (HBR Working Parents Series)
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Difficult Conversations (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
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A Brief Note on Difficult Discussions Between Doctors and Patients
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Whom Should We Promote?
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Is It Worth It?
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My Pronouns Are She/They. What Are Yours?
Communication First PersonGender pronouns are not a trend - they are a best practice. -
Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat to do when you notice a colleague - or yourself - saying something harmful. -
The Right Way to Fire Someone
Dismissing employees Digital ArticleBe simple and to-the-point. -
7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them, German Version
Communication Digital ArticleFrom when someone takes credit for an idea to when you have to deliver bad news. -
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Developing employees Digital ArticleYou need to be clear in five areas. -
How to Tell Your Boss You Have Too Much Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't suffer in silence. -
How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Work
Communication Best PracticeStart by changing your mindset. -
A Step-by-Step Guide to Firing Someone
Dismissing employees Digital ArticleThink about it like a no-fault divorce. -
The Right Way to Give Negative Feedback to Your Manager
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7 Things to Say When a Conversation Turns Negative
Interpersonal skills Digital ArticleA helpful list of replies and comebacks.