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Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts... -
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEstablish ground rules from the start. -
What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt doesn't have to feel draining. -
How to Help an Employee Figure Out Their Career Goals
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCareer paths are hard to navigate alone these days. -
How to Strengthen Your Relationship with a Career Sponsor
Mentoring Digital ArticleJunior talent — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — often face challenges making these connections. Here are three strategies that can help. -
Why Your Mentoring Program Should Be Mandatory
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen given a choice, the employees who most need help are likely to opt out. -
How to Keep A Players Productive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter graduating from Harvard Business School with highest honors, Jane rapidly moved up the corporate ladder at a large advertising firm, racking up... -
Real Mentorship Starts with Company Culture, Not Formal Programs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTalent development is an informal, day-to-day process. -
What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew
Career coaching Digital ArticleA good relationship depends on both people. -
Life's Work: Marina Abramovic
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMarina Abramovic has for decades pushed the boundaries of performance art--hurling herself against walls, cutting herself with razor blades, sitting motionless... -
Life's Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe former professional wide receiver talks about how he got good at football so quickly, how he proved himself with the NFL as a first-round draft pick... -
Making Mentorship a Team Effort
Career coaching Digital ArticleBuild a network of support that adapts to your changing needs. -
Career Sponsorship Is a Two-Way Street
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSix ways to invest in the person who's investing in your career. -
How New Managers Can Establish Credibility
Use your head, heart, and hands to win your team's trust and support. -
The Relationship You Need to Get Right
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEffective sponsors can help catapult junior talent into top management tiers, and good proteges can greatly expand the reach and impact of senior leaders-but... -
Primed for Success
By partnering with your boss on your professional development, you can build new competencies and advance your career. -
How to Do Sponsorship Right
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMentoring programs operate under the promise that matching seasoned executives with up-and-coming professionals will produce all sorts of benefits. Unfortunately,... -
Encourage Exploration
Master the art of asking questions. Pose them to your employees to give them room to grow and explore. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Misty Copeland
Career planning Magazine ArticleThe first Black female principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on the arc of her career
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Be the Mentor and Sponsor Your People Need
Management VideoA great mentor guides, coaches, and ultimately, sets people up for success. A great sponsor makes sure success translates into the visibility needed to... -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Chris Paul
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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
Business and society Digital ArticleWorking–and living–inauthentically can cause stress, mental illness, or worse. -
How to Strengthen Your Relationship with a Career Sponsor
Mentoring Digital ArticleJunior talent — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — often face challenges making these connections. Here are three strategies that can help. -
Coaching a Direct Report Who Asks for Your Help
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleTen questions to help you help them — without micromanaging. -
Don’t Just Sponsor Women and People of Color — Defend Them
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticlePart of your responsibility is being willing to put your credibility on the line to back them up. -
Career Sponsorship Is a Two-Way Street
Career coaching Digital ArticleSix ways to invest in the person who’s investing in your career. -
What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
Management VideoWhen we're feeling drained, mentoring is one of the tasks that tends to fall by the wayside. But mentors don't have to burn themselves out to be helpful... -
What Great Sponsors Do Differently
Developing employees Digital ArticleThey leverage a vibrant mix of connection and action to advance high performers into leadership. -
How to Do Sponsorship Right
Mentoring Magazine ArticleMentorship isn’t enough. To develop productive career relationships, you’ve got to be authentic. -
4 Ways to Combat Imposter Syndrome on Your Team
Managing people Digital ArticleManagers often fail to recognize the problem until it’s too late. -
How to Help an Employee Figure Out Their Career Goals
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleCareer paths are hard to navigate alone these days. -
Why Your Mentoring Program Should Be Mandatory
Mentoring Magazine ArticleWhen given a choice, the employees who most need help are likely to opt out. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice
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Navigating the Career "RockWall"
How can you help members of your team achieve their development goals? Coach them as they navigate across their career "rock wall." -
Don’t Let Mentoring Burn You Out
Mentoring Digital ArticleHere’s how to spot the signs before you become exhausted. -
Life's Work: An Interview with Misty Copeland
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe ballerina on recognizing and realizing her potential, breaking ground as the first Black principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, and mentoring... -
Help Your Team (Actually) Work Smarter, Not Harder
Managing employees Digital ArticleThree strategies for managers. -
Don’t Just Pay Interns, Help Them Build Networks
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleA paycheck alone won’t jumpstart a career. -
How Women Can Identify Male Allies in the Workplace
Gender Digital ArticleBeware of performative allyship.
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Beyond the Myth of the Perfect Mentor: Building a Network of Developmental Relationships
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Instead of embarking on an odyssey for the perfect mentor, individuals should pursue a strategy of building a network of developmental relationships.... -
HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need
21.95View Details 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... -
Building Your Developmental Network - Exercise B
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This exercise will introduce the concept of developmental networks and overview relational strategies for advancing careers. During the session, participants... -
Public Services Canada (C): The Fall
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W21081. Mathilde Johnsen was a highly motivated environmental systems engineer in the real property branch of Public Services and... -
Building Your Developmental Network - Exercise C
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This exercise will introduce the concept of developmental networks and overview relational strategies for advancing careers. During the session, participants... -
Seek Career Support
99.00View Details Networking can play a crucial role in your professional development. Learn to build relationships with people who can promote your talents and provide... -
Rangoli: Expanding a Preschool Franchise Business after the Pandemic
Management Case Study8.95View Details In March 2023, the co-founder of Rangoli Group of Institutes, Prahar Anjaria, was contemplating expanding his educational venture across the country.... -
Harvey Mudd College: Promoting Women in Computer Science through Inclusive Education
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2005, the faculty of the computer science department at Harvey Mudd College reviewed its statistics on gender matriculation. A long-time goal of the... -
The Mentorship of John Cooper (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details John Cooper had spent the last five years working for Standard Holdings, an early stage business development and private equity arm of the Standard Group... -
Making Real Connections (HBR Women at Work Series)
24.95View Details Relationships built on trust matter. Deep and meaningful connections, especially with other women, are critical to our careers and to our overall well-being... -
HBR Guide to Smarter Networking
21.95View Details 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... -
Making Real Connections: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
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... -
The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: Overcoming the Undertow of Expectations
28.00View Details Do you have an employee whose performance keeps deteriorating--despite your close monitoring? Brace yourself: You may be at fault--by unknowingly triggering... -
Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (A)
Organizational Development Case Study6.95View Details In 1970 Xerox had a very progressive affirmative action program yet, once hired, black employees faced serious problems, due both to overt discrimination... -
Wal-Mart Through An Associate's Eyes: Ria Kumar's In-Store Experience (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Choosing the right summer internship can often mean landing a plum position in the company after graduation. Ria Kumar arrived fully prepped for the summer... -
Haidilao 2018: Demystifying Restaurant Employee Motivation
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Adopting a 100 percent direct operations model, Haidilao (HDL) previously lacked experienced restaurant managers, who were deemed as the company's core... -
HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)
125.00View Details Inspiring conversations, advancing together. The HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career
25.00View Details Who's pulling for you? Who's got your back? Who's putting your hat in the ring? Odds are this person is not a mentor but a sponsor. Mentors can build... -
Mothers Out Front
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details It was April 17, 2020, the night before the vote, and Kelsey Wirth, co-founder and board chair of Mothers Out Front, a non-profit climate justice organization,... -
Navigating Organizational Politics: The Case of Kristen Peters (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details 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...
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Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts... -
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEstablish ground rules from the start. -
What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt doesn't have to feel draining. -
How to Help an Employee Figure Out Their Career Goals
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCareer paths are hard to navigate alone these days. -
Beyond the Myth of the Perfect Mentor: Building a Network of Developmental Relationships
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Instead of embarking on an odyssey for the perfect mentor, individuals should pursue a strategy of building a network of developmental relationships.... -
How to Strengthen Your Relationship with a Career Sponsor
Mentoring Digital ArticleJunior talent — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — often face challenges making these connections. Here are three strategies that can help. -
Why Your Mentoring Program Should Be Mandatory
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen given a choice, the employees who most need help are likely to opt out. -
HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need
21.95View Details 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... -
Forget Mentors - You Should Build a Circle of Advisers
Leadership & Managing People AdviceA personal adviser scorecard can supercharge your professional (and personal) trajectory. -
How to Keep A Players Productive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter graduating from Harvard Business School with highest honors, Jane rapidly moved up the corporate ladder at a large advertising firm, racking up...