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Understanding Leadership
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What Makes a Leader?
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The Science of Strong Business Writing
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How Our Brains Decide When to Trust
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The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
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Beware a Culture of Busyness
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The Real Reason People Won't Change
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7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them
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How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Mistakes
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How to Refuel When You're Feeling Emotionally Drained
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Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User’s Guide to Humor at Work
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Making of a Corporate Athlete
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How to Measure Burnout Accurately and Ethically
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Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (Even If You Hate Doing It)
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The Very Real Dangers of Executive Coaching
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What Makes a Good Salesman
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3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions
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I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Trust (Paperback + Ebook)
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HBR Guide to Beating Burnout
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Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business--and How to Fix It
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The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower
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Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power
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How to Write a Meaningful Thank You Note
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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
Leadership & Managing People ResearchIt's not just about introspection. -
What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
Understanding Leadership
Leadership Magazine ArticleEffective leaders take a personal interest in the long-term development of their employees, and they use tact and other social skills to encourage employees to achieve their best. It isn’t about being “nice” or “understanding”—it’s about tapping into individual motivations in the interest of furthering an organizationwide goal. -
Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
Emotional intelligence Digital ArticleIt’s far more than just being nice. -
What Makes a Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision--the qualities traditionally... -
The Science of Strong Business Writing
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleBrain scans are showing us in new detail exactly what entices readers. Scientists can see a group of midbrain neurons--the "reward circuit"--light up... -
How Our Brains Decide When to Trust
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaInsights from neuroscience -
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Innovation Magazine ArticleSix months after Jobs’s death, the author of his best-selling biography identifies the practices that every CEO can try to emulate. -
Beware a Culture of Busyness
Time management Magazine ArticleOrganizations must stop conflating activity with achievement.