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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
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Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
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How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
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The Key to Inclusive Leadership
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5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently
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How Netflix Reinvented HR
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Make the Most of Your One-on-One Meetings
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The New New Product Development Game
Product development Magazine ArticleIn today’s fast-paced, fiercely competitive world of commercial new product development, speed and flexibility are essential. Companies are increasingly realizing that the old, sequential approach to developing new products simply won’t get the job done. Instead, companies in Japan and the United States are using a holistic method—as in rugby, the ball gets passed within […] -
What Makes a Great Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaTomorrow's leaders master three key roles - architect, bridger, and catalyst, or ABCs - to access the talent and tools they need to drive innovation and... -
The Secrets of Great Teamwork
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerOver the years, as teams have grown more diverse, dispersed, digital, and dynamic, collaboration has become more complex. But though teams face new challenges,... -
How Great Leaders Communicate
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8 Ground Rules for Great Meetings
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High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety: Here's How to Create It
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerSix ways to build trust. -
How CEOs Manage Time
Time management SpotlightTime is the scarcest resource leaders have. Where they allocate it matters—a lot. -
How to Solve Problems
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The Value of Belonging at Work
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's good for people - and for the bottom line. -
Why Employees Need Both Recognition and Appreciation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOne is about what people do; the other is about who they are. -
What Great Managers Do
Managing employees Magazine ArticleGreat leaders tap into the needs and fears we all share. Great managers, by contrast, perform their magic by discovering, developing, and celebrating what’s different about each person who works for them. Here’s how they do it. -
How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight
Decision making and problem solving HBR BestsellerThe absence of conflict is not harmony, it’s apathy.
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What Innovators Who Create New Markets Do Differently
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Our Favorite Management Tips About Showing Gratitude at Work
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleCelebrating your team can be powerful and motivating. -
Developing a Successful Business Strategy in China
Leading teams Digital ArticleCompanies are facing a number of difficult decisions, made tougher by difficult geopolitics and a lack of visibility on the ground. -
3 Strategies to Promote Healthy Working Relationships
Employee engagement Digital ArticleOrganizations can — and should — help their employees make personal connections. -
Research: How Creative Collaboration Can Strengthen Relationships
Creativity Digital ArticleIt can reduce rudeness and make people feel more connected — but only under certain conditions. -
Project Managers, Focus on Outcomes — Not Deliverables
Leading teams Digital ArticleShift the focus from what you’re building to why you’re building it. -
4 Phrases That Build a Culture of Curiosity
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleUse them to create deeper connections on your team. -
Reimagine Your Managerial Pipeline
Developing employees Magazine ArticleStart by letting people nominate themselves for consideration. -
Keep Your Team Motivated When a Project Goes Off the Rails
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleSix strategies to help get it back on track. -
How Project Managers Can Better Navigate Setbacks
Project management Digital ArticleStart by understanding how our brains process the experience. -
The Art of Setting Expectations as a Project Manager
Business communication Digital ArticleManaging stakeholder expectations is one of the most challenging parts of the job. Here are five ways to do so successfully. -
Do You Manage Too Many People?
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Managing a Project? Formalize Your Follow-Up Process.
Project management Digital ArticleConsistent follow-up is what makes projects run as smoothly, efficiently, and effectively as possible. -
Is Your Team Overworking But Underperforming?
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3 Project Management Strategies for a Hybrid Workplace
Hybrid work Digital ArticleMake digital tools work for you — not against you. -
The Business Case for Love
Organizational culture Digital ArticleIt’s the most powerful driver of consumer and employee behavior — and yet, businesses don’t study it or have a strategy to harness it. -
Does Your Hybrid Strategy Need to Change?
Virtual teams Digital ArticleIf it doesn’t work for everyone, it’s not working. -
Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects
Leading teams Digital ArticleHow a “dynamic workforce model” puts employees and independent contractors on an equal footing. -
5 Types of Stories Leaders Need to Tell
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HBR: The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 6: Transformation
Management VideoGreat coaching is about developing care and trust with those you lead, but also pushing them--hard--towards greatness. It's a difficult balance, but when...
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New Product Development Imperative
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Introduces students to the best practices for managing new product development projects. Includes concepts and tools related to structuring teams consistent... -
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... -
Innovative Teams (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
Don't leave creativity up to the "creatives" in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create... -
Managing a Task Force
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Describes several principles for improving the effectiveness of internal task forces. Suggests a number of guidelines for starting up a task force, conducting... -
Tracy Edwards and Maiden (C): Sponsorship, Anyone?
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GRIT Fitness
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity... -
Negotiating a New Agreement (E): Marcus Tatum-Owner of the San Antonio Sharks
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The Imagination Machine: How to Spark New Ideas and Create Your Company's Future
35.00View Details A guide for mining the imagination to find powerful new ways to succeed. We need imagination now more than ever--to find new opportunities, rethink our... -
Mindful Leadership: Emotional Intelligence Collection
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Does your organization support creativity--or squash it? If you read nothing else on cultivating creativity at work, read these 10 articles. We've combed... -
Harvard ManageMentor v11: Adjustments
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Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
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Real Madrid Club de Futbol
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Leading a Discussion Group in PGL
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details To be used by Harvard's Program for Global Leadership to provide participants guidance in leading their discussion groups. -
Integrated Project Delivery at Autodesk, Inc. (A)
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Arup: Building the Water Cube
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Arup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... -
Driving Change at Seagate
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details A new CEO, Steve Luczo, together with COO Bill Watkins, have led a turnaround of Seagate, raising productivity dramatically and increasing innovation... -
Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes the efforts of the president of Booz.Allen, a major consulting firm, to understand and improve the way that products, services, and processes... -
Building a Developmental Culture: the Birth of Deloitte University
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Mistry Architects (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up of "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability" (A) (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-086). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu...
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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA guide for employees and managers. -
4 Distractions that Derail Meetings — and How to Handle Them
Meeting management Digital ArticlePoorly run meetings negatively affect team performance, cohesion, and ultimate success. -
Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleEven the largest and most complex teams can work together effectively if the right conditions are in place. -
How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA tool to waste less of your time. -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOvercome unconscious bias using humility and empathy. -
5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerHint: It's not always about the work. -
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... -
Make the Most of Your One-on-One Meetings
Managing yourself Magazine ArticleThey can be a highly effective leadership tool. -
The New New Product Development Game
Product development Magazine ArticleIn today’s fast-paced, fiercely competitive world of commercial new product development, speed and flexibility are essential. Companies are increasingly realizing that the old, sequential approach to developing new products simply won’t get the job done. Instead, companies in Japan and the United States are using a holistic method—as in rugby, the ball gets passed within […] -
What Makes a Great Leader?
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaTomorrow's leaders master three key roles - architect, bridger, and catalyst, or ABCs - to access the talent and tools they need to drive innovation and...