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When the Best Leadership Skill Is Just Being Present
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To Drive Innovation, Create the Conditions for Serendipity
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Research: Are You Penalizing Your Best Employees for Unplugging?
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Are You Really a Good Listener?
Managing yourself Magazine ArticleMost managers aren’t. Here’s how to improve. -
Research: When Leaders Express Positivity Early On, Employees Perform Better
Developing employees Digital ArticleA study found that the timing and emotional tenor of a leader’s communication can significantly affect their team members’ performance. -
4 Questions to Ask Before You Invest In a Workplace Wellness App
Wellness Digital ArticleAn app shouldn’t be the primary means of addressing mental health at work — but it can help as part of a larger strategy. -
Employees See Middle Managers as an Organization’s Moral Compass
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When Your Coworker Loses a Home
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The 10 Most Popular HBR Articles of 2024
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Build a Corporate Culture That Works
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Reinventing the Core Value Statement
Brand management Digital ArticleWhy companies are shifting towards more resonant expressions of their animating principles. -
5 Traps to Avoid as You Gain Power as a Leader
Power and influence Digital ArticlePower will change you — and your relationships. How you wield it can make or break your success. -
5 Signs Your One-on-Ones Aren’t Working
Meeting management Digital ArticleAnd how to make the most of your face time with direct reports. -
You’re Back from Your Leadership Development Program. Now What?
Developing employees Digital ArticleHow to take what you’ve learned and apply it on the job. -
When Someone You Manage Isn’t Following the Return-to-Office Policy
Managing people Digital ArticleHow to strike a balance between enforcing company mandates and supporting the needs of your team. -
How Leaders Miscommunicate When Tensions Are High
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleFive common mistakes to avoid. -
HBR’s Picks on Managing Social and Political Issues at Work
Business and society Big IdeaArticles and podcast episodes on speaking up, employee activism, and politics. -
A Leader’s Guide to Navigating Employee Activism
Business and society Big IdeaHow companies can choose when — and whether — to act on employees’ concerns. -
When Business and Politics Collide
Management Digital ArticleToday's employees, particularly young ones, expect their employers to speak out about the social, political, and environmental issues they care about.... -
Using Prompt Engineering to Better Communicate with People
Business communication Digital ArticleChoose your words as carefully with people as you do with generative AI.
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Choking at the First Signs of Crisis
Management Case Study11.95View Details Many crisis-based cases feature exceptionally dramatic warning signals and circumstances. This case regards what initially appears to be a relatively... -
Think Before You Speak
Management Case Study8.95View Details The expression "think before you speak" brings up a question that this technical note answers: What should someone think about before communicating as... -
Toward Purity in Indian Jewelry Markets: Hallmarking Initiatives by BIS
Management Case Study11.95View Details Set in 2021, the case presents the challenges faced by the Bureau of Indian Standards (henceforth BIS) in its journey of hallmarking gold in India - from... -
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to cases IMB951 and IMB953. Transcript from the interview of IIMB Case Writer Ms. Jacqueline Gomes in conversation with Ms. Seema Arora, Deputy... -
Net Zero to Net Hero - Can We Gross It? Part 2
Management Case Study5.00View Details NET ZERO TO NET HERO - CAN WE GROSS IT? is a two-part case that highlights the pressing need for businesses to move towards sustainable practices. This... -
Net Zero to Net Hero - Can We Gross It? Part 1
Management Case Study11.95View Details NET ZERO TO NET HERO - CAN WE GROSS IT? is a two-part case that highlights the pressing need for businesses to move towards sustainable practices. This... -
Alibaba Group Holding Limited: Why and How Does Leadership Matter to a Company's Growth, Success and Future Prospects?
Management Case Study11.95View Details Alibaba Group Holding Limited is an operator of online mobile marketplaces in retail and wholesale trade. They are a multinational technology conglomerate... -
Li Fen: The Plight of an HR Manager
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the plight of Li Fen, a human resources (HR) manager. In 2008, Li began working as a management trainee at Company A, a smartphone... -
Managing in Corporate Aviation: Averting a Hard Landing
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This field-based case follows the fictionalized Elisa Stallings, the manager of CandyCo's Aviation Dispatch group (Dispatch) which manages the aviation... -
Pep Talks: Tapping Into Collective Emotions
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Pep Guardiola is often hailed as one of the most successful football managers in the world. He frequently appeals to players' individual emotions to motivate... -
Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials
30.00View Details Classic Advice for Today's Management Challenges. Peter F. Drucker's timeless thinking on management--distilled in this series of concise essays--examines... -
Harvest City: The Intelligent Procurement System Project
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Harvest City case describes the implementation of a cloud- and IoT-based intelligent procurement system at a new convention complex in the U.S. Midwest.... -
Leadership Voice and Style
Communication Case Study8.95View Details This technical note is used in management communications or strategic communication courses in MBA or executive education programs where students are... -
The Canons of Rhetoric
Communication Case Study8.95View Details This technical note is employed in MBA, executive education, and undergraduate courses that cover the art of persuasion. It is used in the core Management... -
Wells Fargo Circles the Wagons: Communicating during a Crisis
Communication Case Study11.95View Details In October 2016, Timothy Sloan, the newly appointed CEO of American banking giant Wells Fargo, faced a massive public-relations crisis. A few weeks earlier,... -
Effective Business Case Collection
Communication Special Offer165.00View Details Sharpen the key management skills you need to build a persuasive business case. This four-volume digital collection offers concise, practical tips from... -
The Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs: Mike Silva
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Mike Silva, the NY Fed's senior supervisory officer for Goldman Sachs, is having trouble with Carmen Segarra, a recently hired bank examiner who reports... -
The Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs: Carmen Segarra
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Carmen Segarra, a recently hired bank examiner in the NY Fed's supervisory office for Goldman Sachs, strongly disagrees with her supervisor, Mike Silva,... -
Performance Reviews (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
12.95View Details Master the art of growing your employees through effective performance reviews. Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations... -
FIELD Global Capstone: Orchestrating a Compelling Presentation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note was written to help you organize and orchestrate your FIELD Immersion final project presentation to your Project Partners. It is designed to...
