Mentoring

The makeup of the global workforce is about to undergo a seismic shift. In four years, Millennials-the people born between 1977 and 1997-will account...

Open-ended mentoring can be intimidatingly time-consuming.

A reflection on passing along the lessons you've learned.

Women know who they are.

Remind them why they belong in the job.

Help them focus on transferable skills instead.

A survey of 1,250 executives reveals two-thirds of the respondents have had a mentor. Mentor relationships have become more common in business during...

It’s time to tell stories of women who lead men.

Talent development is an informal, day-to-day process.

Five strategies to help in-demand mentors manage their time and energy.

It’s not about making people more like you.

Working-and living-inauthentically can cause stress, mental illness, or worse.

Without the mentoring of my high school coach, I (Bill) would have never been able to achieve the success I did. I was cut from the junior varsity basketball...

Takeaways from a leading NBA player’s long career in basketball

Companies can help women overcome common obstacles they face when trying to forge powerful professional ties.

Before the days of the Internet, it was primarily venture capitalists who coached young entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Today, because of the phenomenal...

If you don't love anything about your work, it could destroy you.

The story of Project ECHO.

You’ll learn more from a wider group of people.

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The Developmental Network Questionnaire is an instrument designed to reveal information about the sources of developmental assistance in an individual's...

The key to advancing gender equality? Men. Women are at a disadvantage. At home, they often face an unequal division of household chores and childcare,...

Strategies that successful career changers use--and how to make them work for you. Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling...

Find the right person to help supercharge your career. Whether you're eyeing a specific leadership role, hoping to advance your skills, or simply looking...

Find success in a workplace dominated by men. Sexism. Self-doubt. Invisibility. When you're one of the only women in your workplace, it can be difficult...

Are you investing in the right people? Many people know the benefit of finding a sponsor--someone who goes beyond traditional mentorship to partner with...

Making the leap to management and leadership. In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial--going from individual...

Mathilde Johnsen was a highly motivated environmental systems engineer in the real property branch of Public Services and Procurement Canada. Johnsen...

The "HBR Women at Work" series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout...

Inspiring conversations, advancing together. The HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout...

NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when...

First-year Columbia Business School student Kristen Peters hoped her summer internship with Taylor Reed (TR) would lead to a job offer in private wealth...

EnactusOC is a student-led group that had attracted and retained students successfully for over 15 years. In the late spring of 2020, amid the global...

For most of her career, Lucinda Stewart was a woman working in contexts-investment banking private equity, venture capital-largely dominated by men. Nonetheless,...

Make the connections that will help you succeed--and advance faster. Networking doesn't stop once you've landed the job. Building a high-quality, diverse...

It is August 2014, and the Citibank conference on leadership and development has just concluded. Immediately after, Sara Roberts, Talent Head of Citigroup...

This collection will help you sharpen the key management skills you need to succeed today. We all want to give more persuasive presentations, write more...

Relationships built on trust matter. Deep and meaningful connections, especially with other women, are critical to our careers and to our overall well-being...

Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for "ruffling some feathers"...

The Developmental Network Questionnaire is an instrument designed to reveal information about the sources of developmental assistance in an individual's...

The makeup of the global workforce is about to undergo a seismic shift. In four years, Millennials-the people born between 1977 and 1997-will account...

...and why you need both.

Open-ended mentoring can be intimidatingly time-consuming.

The key to advancing gender equality? Men. Women are at a disadvantage. At home, they often face an unequal division of household chores and childcare,...

Harvard Business Review publishes new and authoritative ideas for improving the practice of management. Written by leading business thinkers and executives,...

Strategies that successful career changers use--and how to make them work for you. Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling...

Find the right person to help supercharge your career. Whether you're eyeing a specific leadership role, hoping to advance your skills, or simply looking...

A reflection on passing along the lessons you've learned.

Find success in a workplace dominated by men. Sexism. Self-doubt. Invisibility. When you're one of the only women in your workplace, it can be difficult...