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Research: When Extra Effort Makes You Worse at Your Job
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleA new study shows that being proactive comes at a cost. -
Research: Hiring a Superstar Can Backfire
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleWhy they often find it challenging to reproduce their success in a new environment. -
How Is Your Team Spending the Time Saved by Gen AI?
Personal productivity Magazine ArticleBe sure you put those newfound hours to good use. -
Why Feedback Can Make Work More Meaningful
Managing employees Digital ArticleEffective feedback can help imbue even the most mundane tasks with a deeper sense of purpose. -
Learning Emerging Skills Doesn’t Always Pay Off
Developing employees Magazine ArticleEmployees who focus on core skills perform far better. -
6 Questions to Find Out How Your Employees Are Really Doing
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleGoing deeper than superficial chit-chat requires asking the right questions. -
Research: Performance Reviews That Actually Motivate Employees
Feedback Digital ArticleA study of 1,600 U.S. workers examined their preference for narrative or numerical feedback — or a combination of the two. -
When a Performance Improvement Plan Could Help Your Employee
Employee performance management Digital ArticleThe dos and don’ts of PIPs. -
High Performers Need Feedback, Too
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleResearch shows they thrive on feedback but often get less of it. Here’s how to fix that. -
One Company A/B Tested Hybrid Work. Here’s What They Found.
Hybrid work Digital ArticleThe six-month experiment reversed managers’ opinions on hybrid work — and offers three important lessons. -
Research: Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Have to Stress Workers Out
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleSurveys of nearly 900 workers show that perceptions of supervisors have a significant impact on whether these programs succeed. -
Stop Ignoring Your High Performers
Teams Digital ArticleLack of support and feedback can create feelings of isolation and neglect. -
Research: When Bonuses Backfire
Motivating people Digital ArticleHow to rethink your incentive strategy and reward employees in ways that actually motivate them. -
Teamwork at the Top
Collaboration and teams SpotlightIt’s not just who’s in the room—it’s how they behave together. -
Tom Brady on the Art of Leading Teammates
Collaboration and teams SpotlightThe NFL great explains how he motivated himself and fellow players. -
New Rules for Teamwork
Collaboration and teams SpotlightCollaboration is more complex than ever—and more difficult to get right. Here’s how organizations can build better teams. -
Build Better Teams
Management Digital ArticleThis issue's Spotlight consists of four articles on leading teams. The first, "New Rules for Teamwork," by McKinsey's Angus Dawson and Katy George, introduces... -
When Resentment Is Building on Your Team
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleExpert advice to help you diffuse tension and refocus on shared goals. -
Overcome Your Fear of Giving Feedback
Giving feedback Digital ArticleThree ways managers make the process harder than it needs to be. -
Creating Stability Is Just as Important as Managing Change
Change management Digital ArticleTo do their best work, employees need to feel a sense of consistency — not constant upheaval.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Employee Engagement (featuring "The Power of Hidden Teams" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)
Management Book26.95View Details Engage your employees and transform your organization. If you read nothing else on employee engagement, read this book. We've combed through hundreds... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Employee Engagement (Paperback + Ebook)
Management Special Offer34.95View Details Engage your employees and transform your organization. If you read nothing else on employee engagement, read this book. We've combed through hundreds... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Winning Teams (Paperback + Ebook)
Management Special Offer34.95View Details Elevate your team's performance. If you read nothing else on leading winning teams, read this book. We've combed through hundreds of "Harvard Business... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Winning Teams (featuring "Tom Brady on the Art of Leading Teammates" by Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria)
Management Book26.95View Details Elevate your team's performance. If you read nothing else on leading winning teams, read this book. We've combed through hundreds of "Harvard Business... -
HBR Guide to Better Recruiting and Hiring Toolkit
Management Book79.95View Details Discover and hire great talent. An open position on your team presents both a challenge and an opportunity. You need to understand what skills and capabilities... -
The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance
Management Book30.00View Details Your people have a fundamental need to be seen, heard, and valued. Increasingly, people report feeling overlooked, ignored, and underappreciated at work.... -
The Latest Research: Hiring and Retention
Management Tool49.95View Details Hiring and retaining top talent are more critical than ever. The past few years have been marked by economic and political volatility, which has led to... -
B-Quik In The Fast Lane: Building A Customer Service Brand In Thailand's Automobile Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details Students will gain practical insights into building a customer-service brand and differentiating it in a fragmented market. They will apply frameworks... -
Control Techniques: Change Management for Company Growth
Management Case Study11.95View Details Established in 1973, Control Techniques (CT) manufactured drives, devices that controlled the speed and direction of motors. In 2017, it was acquired... -
HBR Guide to Better Recruiting and Hiring
Management Book21.95View Details Discover and hire great talent. An open position on your team presents both a challenge and an opportunity. You need to understand what skills and capabilities... -
Leader as Coach (A): Restoring Employee Motivation and Performance (Illustrated)
Management Case Study11.95View Details Kiera, a young, enthusiastic sales rep, was recently promoted to manager of a sales team of five. In her first year on the job, she tackled a major revamp... -
FieldAssist: Enabling Sales Performance and Incentive Design for Strategic Alignment of Frontline Salesforce in FMCG
Management Case Study11.95View Details Effective goal setting in performance management and appropriate incentive design are critical for ensuring the compliance of frontline sales employees... -
People, Performance, and Succeeding as a Manager (HBR Work Smart Series)
Management Book22.00View Details Be the boss people want to work for. Being a manager is no easy task. You must measure and track your team members' performance toward goals and objectives... -
New Beginnings Architecture: Avoiding the "Problem Employee" Trap
Management Case Study11.95View Details In late 2023, Sylvia Mackay, founder of New Beginnings Architecture, found herself facing a challenging dilemma. Isabelle Goodwin, a junior associate... -
The Inbox Exercise: Performance Evaluation at ConsultSinga (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In this Inbox Exercise, students are to assume the role of Kiran Kamdar, a new analyst at a hypothetical consultancy company called ConsultSinga, and... -
The Inbox Exercise: Performance Evaluation at ConsultSinga (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details In this Inbox Exercise, students are to assume the role of Kiran Kamdar, a new analyst at a hypothetical consultancy company called ConsultSinga, and... -
LinkedIn Corporation, 2024
Management Case Study11.95View Details By 2024, the LinkedIn profile was well established as the professional identity of record on the Internet. Following a multi-year effort to expand the... -
Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic
Management Case Study11.95View Details In December 2022, Dr. Tomislav ("Tom") Mihaljevic, CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic, was reflecting on the last few years at the hospital, marked... -
Moderna: Pioneering a People Platform to Accelerate Science Innovation
Management Case Study11.95View Details Moderna was founded in 2010 to explore how messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) could be used to create breakthrough medicines by encoding instructions for... -
Chime Solutions
Management Case Study11.95View Details Just two years after launching its 10k by 2020 initiative to hire 10,000 employees by 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Chief Executive Officer Mark...
