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What Great Listeners Actually Do
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Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleOvercome unconscious bias using humility and empathy. -
The Performance Management Revolution
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHated by bosses and subordinates alike, traditional performance appraisals have been abandoned by more than a third of U.S. companies. The annual review's... -
The Power of Small Wins
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries,... -
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Developing employees Digital ArticleYou need to be clear in five areas. -
Managing Oneself
Organizational Development HBR BestsellerThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their... -
The Feedback Fallacy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor years managers have been encouraged to candidly praise and criticize just about everything workers do. But it turns out that feedback does not help... -
Do You Hate Your Boss?
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6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
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Why Employees Need Both Recognition and Appreciation, Chinese Version
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOne is about what people do; the other is about who they are. -
How to Actually Encourage Employee Accountability
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's about dignity, fairness, and restoration - not blame. -
The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback, Arabic Version
Communication Digital ArticleHow to turn upsetting or surprising information into helpful and productive data. -
How to Play to Your Strengths
Careers Magazine ArticleYou may have more to gain by developing your gifts and leveraging your natural skills than by trying to repair your weaknesses. Here is a systematic way to discover who you are at your very best. -
When Someone Asks You for a Reference
Feedback Best PracticeHow to handle the request—and what to actually say (or write) to a recruiter. -
Working with People Who Aren’t Self-Aware
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How Managers Can Make Feedback a Team Habit, Chinese Version
Communication Digital ArticleStrategies to help people share fearlessly - and frequently. -
5 Ways to Become More Self-Aware
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTo be a good leader, you have to know yourself. -
How to Manage a Toxic Employee
Communication Digital ArticleThere are ways to limit the harm they do. -
Reinventing Performance Management
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLike many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees--and then training them, promoting them, and paying...
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Candor at Clever
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Clever, a high-growth EdTech company based in San Francisco, had grown quickly in market share (Exhibit 1-2) and headcount (Exhibit 3). As with many high-growth... -
Hillside Beach Club: Delivering the Ultimate Family Vacation in the Mediterranean
Sales & Marketing Case Study14.00View Details In 2015, Edip Ilkbahar, HBC's founder and CEO, was looking over the plans for a new branch in Cyprus. Since the inception of the company by the Alarko... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Democratizing Transformation" by Marco Iansiti and Satya Nadella)
50.00View Details A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review... -
3DP Incorporated (B): Limor Anouk
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Performance Management Systems: How Companies are Rethinking People Development
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Business has become increasingly globalized, interconnected, and disrupted by the unceasing progress of technology. As markets span ever-larger geographical... -
Receiving Feedback
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Negotiating Better Teamwork
Communication Case Study8.95View Details This workshop on negotiating better teamwork aims to help participants become better team leaders by increasing their awareness of the main challenges... -
Present Data with Impact
Discover strategies for turning data sets into effective visuals that engage your audience and support your presentation's core message. -
HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback Ebook + Tools
Communication BookHelp your employees meet their goals and fulfill their potential by providing them with regular feedback. The prospect of sharing potentially negative... -
How to Be Good at Performance Appraisals: Simple, Effective, Done Right
30.00View Details If you're an executive, manager, or team leader, one of your toughest responsibilities is managing your people's performance. How do you appraise just... -
Performance Appraisal
Communication ToolDiscover how to prepare for, conduct, and follow up on performance evaluations for your employees, so their on-the-job achievements support your own,... -
Being Your Best Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Manage your energy--and your mood. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of... -
Performance Development at GE: Shaping a Fit-For-Purpose Performance Management System (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2013, GE implemented the FastWorks program, an initiative that utilized tools and methods adapted from start-up methodologies to make the company more... -
Delegating Work (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
You know you need to delegate some of your work so that you have time to focus on the things that require your expertise. But it's not easy to do. "Delegating... -
Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study1.00View Details Wolfgang Keller, manager of the Ukrainian subsidiary of a German beer company, faces a managerial dilemma. His subordinate, Dmitri Brodsky, is a talented... -
Helen Ramsay: A Mediation Attempt
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Two reasonable people, a boss and a subordinate, find each other 'impossible to handle'. Through their descriptions of each other's behavior we realize... -
3DP Incorporated (C): The End of the Road
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Evaluate Your Presentation, French Version
Communication ToolA great presentation delivers both style and substance. Here's how to assess these aspects of your talk, both while you're delivering your presentation... -
Martha Rinaldi: Should She Stay or Should She Go?, Portuguese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Martha Rinaldi has been an assistant product manager at leading beverage company Potomac Waters since graduating from business school. Rinaldi is frustrated... -
Feedback Essentials
Communication ToolFeedback fosters learning and leads to stronger relationships and higher performance. Discover how to give and receive meaningful feedback that can help...
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How to Give and Receive Compliments at Work
Communication AdviceUse this checklist. -
What Great Listeners Actually Do
Communication Digital ArticleIt's about more than keeping quiet. -
Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleOvercome unconscious bias using humility and empathy. -
The Performance Management Revolution
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleHated by bosses and subordinates alike, traditional performance appraisals have been abandoned by more than a third of U.S. companies. The annual review's... -
The Power of Small Wins
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries,... -
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Developing employees Digital ArticleYou need to be clear in five areas. -
Managing Oneself
Organizational Development HBR BestsellerThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their... -
The Right Way to Give Negative Feedback to Your Manager
Communication AdviceIt's a tricky conversation, but it can be productive. -
The Feedback Fallacy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor years managers have been encouraged to candidly praise and criticize just about everything workers do. But it turns out that feedback does not help...