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What Great Listeners Actually Do
Listening skills Digital ArticleIt’s about more than keeping quiet. -
Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOvercome unconscious bias using humility and empathy. -
The Performance Management Revolution
Employee performance management Magazine ArticleThe focus is shifting from accountability to learning. -
The Power of Small Wins
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries,... -
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Developing employees Digital ArticleYou need to be clear in five areas. -
Managing Oneself
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their... -
The Feedback Fallacy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor years managers have been encouraged to candidly praise and criticize just about everything workers do. But it turns out that feedback does not help... -
Do You Hate Your Boss?
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6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
Mentoring Digital ArticleEstablish ground rules from the start. -
Why Employees Need Both Recognition and Appreciation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOne is about what people do; the other is about who they are. -
How to Actually Encourage Employee Accountability
Employee performance management Digital ArticleIt’s about dignity, fairness, and restoration — not blame. -
The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback
Communication Digital ArticleHow to turn upsetting or surprising information into helpful and productive data. -
How to Play to Your Strengths
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMost feedback accentuates the negative. During formal employee evaluations, discussions invariably focus on "opportunities for improvement," even if the... -
When Someone Asks You for a Reference
Feedback Best PracticeHow to handle the request—and what to actually say (or write) to a recruiter. -
Working with People Who Aren’t Self-Aware
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleThey can cut a team’s chances of success in half. -
How Managers Can Make Feedback a Team Habit
Communication Digital ArticleStrategies to help people share fearlessly - and frequently. -
5 Ways to Become More Self-Aware
Leadership Digital ArticleTo be a good leader, you have to know yourself. -
How to Manage a Toxic Employee
Communication Digital ArticleThere are ways to limit the harm they do. -
Reinventing Performance Management
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLike many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees--and then training them, promoting them, and paying...
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ChatChat (VC Version)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This is a role-play case, intended for use in a leadership development course for MBA students. The case has four roles: two for students playing the... -
Performance Management Systems: How Companies are Rethinking People Development
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Business has become increasingly globalized, interconnected, and disrupted by the unceasing progress of technology. As markets span ever-larger geographical... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "Leadership Is a Conversation" by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind)
Communication BookIs your message getting through? The right communication tactics can motivate your people--and fuel your business. Get more of the ideas you want, from... -
HBR Guide to Coaching Employees
As a manager in today's business world, you can't just tell your direct reports what to do: You need to help them make their own decisions, enable them... -
Developing a Teaching Case (C): Virtualis Systems Case Feedback
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Presents feedback from the supervising faculty member on the draft case. -
Strengthen Team Collaboration
Without effective collaboration, teams can't reach their full potential. Guide your team in building the skills to connect with each other, work well... -
Performance Development at GE: Shaping a Fit-For-Purpose Performance Management System (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In 2013, GE implemented the FastWorks program, an initiative that utilized tools and methods adapted from start-up methodologies to make the company more... -
3DP Incorporated (A): Patrick Guten
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details An effective and highly motivated executive at 3DP Incorporated, a company that specialized in manufacturing objects with three-dimensional printing,... -
HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth
21.95View Details Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. The days of HR-sponsored development plans are over. Managing your career--and the skills you need... -
HBR Guides to Performance Management Collection (4 Books) (HBR Guide Series)
If you manage a team, you need to be able to measure and manage their performance. From establishing a performance review cycle and building toward your... -
Martha Rinaldi: Should She Stay or Should She Go?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Martha Rinaldi has been an assistant product manager at leading beverage company Potomac Waters since graduating from business school. Rinaldi is frustrated... -
HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback
Communication BookTake the stress out of giving feedback. To help your employees meet their goals and fulfill their potential, you need to provide them with regular feedback.... -
HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback (Reading Guide)
Communication BookKey lessons and takeaways to guide your reading of the "HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback." -
Being Your Best Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Manage your energy--and your mood. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of... -
No One Understands You and What to Do About It
Communication BookHave you ever felt you're not getting through to the person you're talking to, or not coming across the way you intend? You're not alone. That's the bad... -
Harvard ManageMentor: Feedback Essentials
25.00View Details Feedback is a key ingredient in fostering learning and high-performance teams. In this course, students will develop the confidence to ask for feedback... -
Innovation Impact Assessment
Management Case Study8.95View Details Imagine the impact on your students' motivation and learning if they could personally assess themselves-and receive peer feedback-on the critical behaviors... -
Next-Level Negotiating: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
Sales & Marketing BookThe "HBR Women at Work" series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Harvard Business Review 20-Minute Manager Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books)
This 16-volume, specially priced boxed set makes a perfect gift for aspiring leaders who are short on time but need advice fast, on topics from creating...
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How to Give and Receive Compliments at Work
Communication AdviceUse this checklist. -
What Great Listeners Actually Do
Listening skills Digital ArticleIt’s about more than keeping quiet. -
Consulting Is More Than Giving Advice
Management Magazine ArticleBy building on a hierarchy of goals, consultants and managers can work toward mutual interests. -
The Key to Inclusive Leadership
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOvercome unconscious bias using humility and empathy. -
The Performance Management Revolution
Employee performance management Magazine ArticleThe focus is shifting from accountability to learning. -
The Power of Small Wins
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries,... -
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Developing employees Digital ArticleYou need to be clear in five areas. -
Managing Oneself
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their... -
The Right Way to Give Negative Feedback to Your Manager
Communication AdviceIt's a tricky conversation, but it can be productive. -
The Feedback Fallacy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor years managers have been encouraged to candidly praise and criticize just about everything workers do. But it turns out that feedback does not help...