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What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
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The Case for a Chief of Staff
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The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
Leader's Framework for Decision Making
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSnowden and Boone have formed a new perspective on leadership and decision making that's based on complexity science. The result is the Cynefin framework,... -
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... -
Begin with Trust
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTrust is the basis for almost everything we do. It's the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It's the reason we're willing to exchange... -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
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The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives... -
The Most Important Leadership Competencies, According to Leaders Around the World
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How to Become a Better Listener
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The Elements of Good Judgment
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleJudgment--the ability to combine personal qualities with relevant knowledge and experience to form opinions and make decisions--is "the core of exemplary... -
Quiz Yourself: Do You Lead with Emotional Intelligence?
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What Sets Successful CEOs Apart
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAt the top of the ladder, the stakes are high and the demands intense. Too many CEOs falter in the job; about a quarter of the Fortune 500 chiefs who... -
How Diversity Can Drive Innovation
Leadership qualities Magazine ArticleMost managers accept that employers benefit from a diverse workforce, but the notion can be hard to prove or quantify, especially when it comes to measuring how diversity affects a firm’s ability to innovate. But new research provides compelling evidence that diversity unlocks innovation and drives market growth—a finding that should intensify efforts to ensure […] -
Cross-Silo Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleToday the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies... -
From Purpose to Impact
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOver the past five years, there's been an explosion of interest in purpose-driven leadership. Academics, business experts, and even doctors make the case... -
How CEOs Manage Time
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightChief executives have tremendous resources at their disposal, but they face an acute scarcity in one critical area: time. This package examines the unique... -
Number One in Formula One
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleToto Wolff, the team principal for Mercedes-AMG Petronas--arguably the most impressive team in F1 racing history--has led his organization to unparalleled... -
Good Leadership Is About Asking Good Questions
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The 3 Elements of Trust
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd which one is most important for leaders.
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Leading in the Flow of Work
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The New Rules of Executive Presence
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The Leadership Mindset
Management Digital ArticleExemplary leadership involves more than mastering a repertoire of skills and high-level tasks. The secret to it is tapping into the right intentions,... -
8 Essential Qualities of Successful Leaders
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When Charismatic CEOs Are an Asset — and When They’re a Liability
Leadership Digital ArticleFor start-ups or companies in desperate need of a refresh, a larger-than-life leader may be worth the risk. -
The Leap from Project Manager to CEO Is Hard — But Not Impossible
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Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
What Today’s Rainmakers Do Differently
Sales and marketing Magazine ArticleBusiness development at professional services firms is outdated. Here’s what works now. -
Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleThree practices can help. -
How to Navigate Feelings of Confidence and Self-Doubt After a Promotion
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleMost new leaders err too far in one direction or the other. -
How to Be a Better Leader Amid Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity
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What Makes an Inclusive Leader?
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleFive key behaviors that set them apart. -
What It Means to Be a Moral Leader
Business and society Digital ArticleLeading your team to do things right is only half the job. You also need to do the right things. -
How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader Without Burning Out
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleServant leadership was a crucial stepping-stone to a more humane world of work, but “noble-purpose leadership” is better suited for today’s chaotic environment. -
3 Ways Our Brains Undermine Our Ability to Be a Good Leader
Leadership Digital ArticleUnderstanding the science of what’s going on can help us counteract these self-sabotaging tendencies. -
The Leap to Leader
Leadership and managing people Magazine ArticleTo succeed as a senior executive, you need more than just special skills and competencies. You need a new mindset. -
How New CEOs Establish Legitimacy
Leadership qualities Digital ArticleSeven behaviors that help leaders gain the influence that doesn’t come with the job title. -
Where Women’s Leadership Development Programs Fall Short
Gender Digital ArticleWithout broader commitments to advancing women, these programs can signal that women are deficient and need fixing. -
You Need Two Leadership Gears
Leadership Magazine ArticleKnow when to take charge and when to get out of the way. -
U.S. Soccer’s Gregg Berhalter on Rebuilding Trust in the Wake of Controversy
Business and society Digital ArticleBerhalter says he’s saddened that his public life has affected his family as he addresses an accusation of violence from 30 years ago.
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GE South Africa: Londvolota's Contextual Leadership for Creating Shared Value
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In January 2019, one of the founding members and current board members of Londvolota, a South African trust formed by General Electric South Africa (GESA)... -
Roustam Tariko, Russian Entrepreneur: An Iconoclast in a Maelstrom
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case looks at entrepreneurial leadership and business development on several levels. It addresses issues that typically arise in new ventures and... -
Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life
"For nearly thirty years, my life's work has been to help people like you find ways to bring the often warring aspects of life into greater harmony."--Stew... -
Set Your Team Up for Success
Teams are the building blocks of organizations. Learn how to gather the right mix of people around a compelling goal. -
Ethics Without the Sermon (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Corporate values and corporate operations have always been dynamically intertwined, but today more than ever the trend toward focusing on the social impact... -
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Collection + HBR IdeaCast Audio Interviews (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
How to be human at work. In this enhanced ebook collection, readers get audio interviews along with articles on the topics of emotional intelligence from... -
Longfor: A Non-Traditional Company in China - When in Rome, Do Not Do What the Romans Do
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Longfor, a real estate company in China, treats every customer as an individual with distinctive tastes, preferences and needs; the homes it designs emphasize... -
EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Well-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants... -
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: (And How to Fix It)
Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denying that most of these leaders are men. In this timely... -
An Australian Ballot for California?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In early 1891, California lawmakers were considering a plan to reform the state's elections through the introduction of an "Australian" ballot. Under... -
NeoPets, Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details NeoPets.com, a rapidly growing Internet start-up headed by Chairman and CEO Doug Dohring, faces decisions about its international expansion strategy--whether... -
The High Potential's Advantage: Get Noticed, Impress Your Bosses, and Become a Top Leader
Do You Know What It Takes to Be a High Potential in Your Organization? Being seen as a high-potential leader is essential to getting promoted and reaching... -
The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self--Every Day
You can be the leader you want to be--today and every day. Do you find yourself wishing you had more hours in the day? Do you want to do more, yet feel... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers (Paperback + Ebook)
Management Special Offer34.95View Details Collaborator. Communicator. Connector. Coach. As a mid-level manager, you're being tasked with more than ever before. You're expected to lead innovation,... -
J. Wong: Meizu's Hero or Enemy?
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case presents the development trajectory of Meizu, a well-known smartphone brand in China, including its inception, rapid rise, and gradual decline,... -
Activate Persuasion Triggers
Communication Tool99.00View Details People often resort to persuasion "triggers"-mental shortcuts-when deciding how to respond to a proposal. Understand these triggers, and you can activate... -
Fred Henderson
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on the management style of Fred Henderson in the context of a relatively stable business environment within Xerox Corporation. To be contrasted... -
The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking
35.00View Details If you want to be as successful as Jack Welch, Larry Bossidy, or Michael Dell, read their autobiographical advice books, right? Wrong, says Roger Martin... -
Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations
30.00View Details Ron Shaich, founder and former CEO of Panera Bread, shares the lessons he learned from a lifetime of asking what really matters and then making the transformations... -
Moral Complexity in Leadership: Hubris and Humility "Dead Men's Path," by Chinua Achebe
Management Case Study8.95View Details The "Moral Complexity in Leadership" series of cases and teaching notes help business instructors harness the power of fiction to prepare students for...
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What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDebunking three common misconceptions. -
The Case for a Chief of Staff
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNew CEOs are typically focused on creating and implementing a strategy, building a top team, and driving culture change. Optimizing administrative workflow... -
The Leader as Coach
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the face of rapid, disruptive change, companies are realizing that managers can't be expected to have all the answers and that command-and-control... -
Leader's Framework for Decision Making
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleSnowden and Boone have formed a new perspective on leadership and decision making that's based on complexity science. The result is the Cynefin framework,... -
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... -
Begin with Trust
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTrust is the basis for almost everything we do. It's the foundation on which our laws and contracts are built. It's the reason we're willing to exchange... -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOvercome unconscious bias using humility and empathy. -
How to Make Great Decisions, Quickly
It’s a skill that will set you apart. -
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives... -
The Most Important Leadership Competencies, According to Leaders Around the World
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey're all hard to improve because they run counter to our instincts.