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What Is Psychological Safety?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA culture of trust and belonging doesn't just happen. Here's how you make one. -
An Antidote to Microaggressions? Microvalidations.
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleFive subtle acts of inclusion leaders can start practicing right now. -
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after the meeting. -
Begin with Trust
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTrust is the basis for almost everything we do. It's the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It's the reason we're willing to exchange... -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Organizational Development 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... -
How Netflix Reinvented HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Netflix executives wrote a PowerPoint deck about the organization's talent management strategies, the document went viral--it's been viewed more... -
How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleBe curious and respectful. -
4 Reasons Good Employees Lose Their Motivation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTo fix the problem, you need to understand what's causing it. -
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... -
From Purpose to Impact
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOver the past five years, there's been an explosion of interest in purpose-driven leadership. Academics, business experts, and even doctors make the case... -
Appraisal of What Performance?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticlePresent performance appraisal techniques evaluate behavior by making subjective and impressionistic judgments rather than quantitative judgments and providing... -
How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Their Goals
Employee performance management Digital ArticleBe clear, be specific, and end with a plan to move forward. -
The Making of an Expert
Managing people Magazine ArticleNew research shows that outstanding performance is the product of years of deliberate practice and coaching, not of any innate talent or skill. -
How to Actually Encourage Employee Accountability
Employee performance management Digital ArticleIt’s about dignity, fairness, and restoration — not blame. -
The Very Real Dangers of Executive Coaching
Leadership Magazine ArticleIn some companies, having an executive coach is a badge of honor. But many top managers are finding that the advisers hired to solve their performance problems only make matters worse. -
When You’re Stuck Working with a Slacker
Difficult conversations Best PracticeEight ways to keep their poor performance from dragging you down. -
What Makes a 360-Degree Review Successful?
Employee performance management Digital ArticleIt has to start with buy-in from the top. -
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... -
Facing Your Mid-Career Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleResearch shows that many people--even those with seemingly enviable careers--grow dissatisfied in their jobs in their mid-40s. They may regret past choices...
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Craig Parks (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Craig Parks is a 1992 HBS graduate who, without much deliberation, returns to work for his former employer, Taylor Burton on Wall Street. The choice proves... -
TRP International
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The purpose of the case is to provide an opportunity for students to evaluate the relative performance of portfolios. In the case, students are asked... -
Craig Parks (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal... -
Citibank: Performance Evaluation
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Citibank has introduced a new, comprehensive performance-scorecard system. A regional president struggles with a tough decision: how to evaluate an outstanding... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "The Feedback Fallacy" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)
24.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People... -
WeaveTech: High Performance Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study1.00View Details WeaveTech, formerly Johnson-Ware, is a clothing company that produces jackets, coats, overalls, coveralls, and fire-resistant clothing for the military.... -
Rawayeti Foods: Performance Management in a Family-Owned Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2017, the chief executive officer of Rawayeti Foods, a Pakistani company dedicated to ensuring the purity and quality of its spices and pulses, was... -
Dovernet
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case illustrates the implications of using stringent performance measurement systems to create performance pressure, motivate employee achievement,... -
Harvard ManageMentor v11: Adjustments
99.00View Details Managers face countless challenges every day that require immediate solutions and demand a wide range of skills. Build, broaden and refresh your management... -
Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature
35.00View Details Presenting classic leadership dilemmas in a novel and valuable light, Questions of Character helps leaders and aspiring leaders prepare for the opportunities... -
Evaluate Goals
99.00View Details Reaching a goal is not the end of the process. Learn why evaluating your goals and capturing lessons learned can be just as important as accomplishing... -
Hubtown (A): Designing a Bottom-Up Approach to Performance Management
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Hubtown Limited (Hubtown), an Indian real estate development company, was attempting to implement a process to differentiate between its employees... -
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details A year after Rob Parson's manager decided to postpone Parson's promotion, Parson's new manager Gary Stuart faces the decision of promotion again. Stuart... -
Hamilton Financial Investments: A Franchise Built on Trust
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Provides a vehicle for students to evaluate risk management in the fast-paced mutual funds industry. A new risk manager has been hired to install new... -
Multifactor Models
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Students evaluate the performance of four mutual funds and compute the cost of capital for two companies using fixed benchmarks, the CAPM, and a multifactor... -
Surbana Jurong: Navigating Organisational Challenges in a Mass Termination
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In January 2017, Surbana Jurong Private Limited, a wholly-owned infrastructure consultancy of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, came under the spotlight for... -
Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 1989, the performance measurement systems and compensation policies of Nordstrom Department Stores unexpectedly came under attack by employees, unions,... -
Scott Family Enterprises: Building the Path to Effective Governance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details As founders of First Interstate BancSystem, which held $8.6 billion in assets and had recently become a public company, and Padlock Ranch, which had over... -
Power Is the Great Motivator (Harvard Business Review Classics)
In this provocative exploration into the nature and value of power in organizations, authors David McClelland and David Burnham reveal how the drive for...
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What Is Psychological Safety?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA culture of trust and belonging doesn't just happen. Here's how you make one. -
An Antidote to Microaggressions? Microvalidations.
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleFive subtle acts of inclusion leaders can start practicing right now. -
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat to do before, during, and after the meeting. -
Begin with Trust
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTrust is the basis for almost everything we do. It's the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It's the reason we're willing to exchange... -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Organizational Development 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... -
How Netflix Reinvented HR
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Netflix executives wrote a PowerPoint deck about the organization's talent management strategies, the document went viral--it's been viewed more... -
How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleBe curious and respectful. -
4 Reasons Good Employees Lose Their Motivation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTo fix the problem, you need to understand what's causing it. -
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...