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The Surprising Power of Questions
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAsking questions is a uniquely powerful tool for unlocking value in organizations: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and... -
Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in... -
Why, What, and How of Management Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor organizations like GE, P&G, and Visa, management innovation is the secret to success. But what is management innovation? Why is it so important? And... -
Act Like a Scientist
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThough they've been warned for decades about the dangers of overrelying on gut instinct and personal experience, managers keep failing to critically examine--much... -
Six Basics for General Managers
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSuccessful general managers stress fundamentals. Whatever their leadership style, they invariably focus their efforts on the six tasks that lay the foundation... -
$152,000 for Your Thoughts
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleMaking employees prove their ideas' worth results in better concepts and more motivated workers. Executives must give people the tools to stand behind... -
Negotiating with Emotion
Communication Magazine ArticleSome people are practically phobic about going to the bargaining table. If their minimum needs are met, they'll sign on the dotted line just to end the... -
Silent Language in Overseas Business
Global Business Magazine ArticleVariables in foreign behavior and national customs complicate American companies' efforts to conduct international business. A U.S. executive's ignorance... -
5 Steps to Help Yourself Recover from a Setback
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A Face-to-Face Request Is 34 Times More Successful Than an Email
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Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
Delegating Magazine ArticleThe burdens of subordinates always seem to end up on the manager’s back. Here’s how to get rid of them. -
As Your Team Gets Bigger, Your Leadership Style Has to Adapt
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What Do You Mean I Can't Write?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe ability to communicate and write well is invaluable to a top executive and is a major factor in determining his or her promotability. A checklist... -
What Great Remote Managers Do Differently
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleRemote work brought a subtle but important shift in how employees expect their managers to work with them. -
Why Managers Shouldn't Have the Final Say in Performance Reviews
Leadership & Managing People ResearchA new method to make sure employees are evaluated fairly. -
Hidden Challenge of Cross-Border Negotiations
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleCultural differences can influence business negotiations in unexpected ways, as many a hapless deal maker has learned. But the differences extend well... -
Demand Better Results - and Get Them (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThis article, first published in 1974, answers one of management's most important questions: Why do so few organizations reach their productivity potential?... -
Proof That Good Managers Really Do Make a Difference
Finance & Accounting ResearchTo firms, industries, and even economies. -
Turning Potential into Success: The Missing Link in Leadership-Development
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost leadership development programs aren't working. Only 24% of senior executives at firms that have them consider them to be a success. Companies must... -
How Machine Learning Can Help Identify Cyber Vulnerabilities
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticlePutting the burden on employees isn't the answer.
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Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth
32.00View Details You're trying to help--but is it working? Helping others is a good thing. Often, as a leader, manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it's central to your... -
Decision-Making Exercise (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business... -
Smarter Decision Making: How to Make the Right Choice
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer120.00View Details Why do smart and experienced managers keep believing they have made the right decision, even when negative results are staring them in the face? This... -
Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics)
9.99View Details 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... -
Teaching Smart People How to Learn (Harvard Business Review Classics)
9.99View Details Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure... -
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... -
General Manager's Organizational Challenge: Embedding and Leveraging Capability
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes how general managers can build organizational capability in their firms. -
SCORE! Educational Centers (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
MULTIMODE, INC. - Confidential Instructions for T. Boyd
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-party intra-organization negotiation between a company's financial and human resources officers regarding the amount of a budget increase. T. Boyd,... -
How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart about the Numbers
Finance & Accounting Book35.00View Details Based on a popular class taught by a Harvard Business School professor. If you're not a numbers person, then finance can be intimidating and easy to ignore.... -
Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
30.00View Details Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change. Ginni... -
John Kotter Classics Set (Ebooks)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer63.00View Details Have you been tasked with leading a change initiative in your company? This specially priced 3 volume set can help you do it successfully. It includes:... -
HBR Guide to Remote Work Toolkit
79.95View Details Get your best work done, no matter where you do it. Working remotely gives you more flexibility in how and where you do your job. But being part of a... -
Crucial Conversations
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Todd McKenna, a third-year associate at an investment banking firm, confronts his boss. His boss had told him he would be the top paid associate at the... -
Aman Resorts
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Aman Resorts describes the operating model and philosophy of this high-end set of global properties. Aman relies on employees taking considerable initiative... -
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... -
Management Levels at Staples (E): Senior Vice President
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Measuring Interim Period Performance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Covers interim period accounting objectives, theories, and practices. Special financial analysis concerns related to this topic are discussed. A rewritten... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself and Your Career 6-Volume Collection
125.00View Details 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,... -
Managing Your Boss (Harvard Business Review Classics)
9.99View Details Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy guidebook, the...
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The Surprising Power of Questions
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAsking questions is a uniquely powerful tool for unlocking value in organizations: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and... -
Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth
32.00View Details You're trying to help--but is it working? Helping others is a good thing. Often, as a leader, manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it's central to your... -
Decision-Making Exercise (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Provides questionnaires so students can compare their experiences with different decison-making processes. Students read "Growing Pains," a Harvard Business... -
How to Determine Your Work Style as a New Manager
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Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in... -
How Successful People Reach Their Goals (HBR OnPoint Magazine)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine Issue18.95View Details Goals help us get important work done. The sense of purpose they provide focuses our energy. Consistently setting and hitting objectives takes more than... -
Why, What, and How of Management Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor organizations like GE, P&G, and Visa, management innovation is the secret to success. But what is management innovation? Why is it so important? And... -
Smarter Decision Making: How to Make the Right Choice
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer120.00View Details Why do smart and experienced managers keep believing they have made the right decision, even when negative results are staring them in the face? This... -
Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics)
9.99View Details 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... -
Act Like a Scientist
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThough they've been warned for decades about the dangers of overrelying on gut instinct and personal experience, managers keep failing to critically examine--much...
