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Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts... -
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
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What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt doesn't have to feel draining. -
How to Strengthen Your Relationship with a Career Sponsor
Mentoring Digital ArticleJunior talent — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — often face challenges making these connections. Here are three strategies that can help. -
Seven Ages of the Leader
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What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew
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Career Sponsorship Is a Two-Way Street
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSix ways to invest in the person who's investing in your career. -
Real Mentorship Starts with Company Culture, Not Formal Programs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTalent development is an informal, day-to-day process. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice
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Making Mentorship a Team Effort
Career coaching Digital ArticleBuild a network of support that adapts to your changing needs. -
Beating the Odds
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAny list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among the leaders of Fortune 500 companies, for example, just 32 are women, three are African-American,... -
My Personal Board of Directors
Where does your personal board of directors come from? How can you use it to help you professionally? -
Invest Your Time in Mentoring
Through proactive mentoring, you can make a big difference for your protégés' professional and personal development. But mentoring requires a regular... -
How Shadow Boards Bridge Generational Divides
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaA shadow board is a group of nonexecutive employees who work with senior executives on strategic initiatives. It is designed to leverage insights from... -
What We Can Learn from Japanese Management
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAn examination of the Japanese style of management regarding decision making, corporate planning, worker productivity, and management training, suggests... -
The Last Act of a Great CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNo one is in a better position to get an incoming CEO up to speed than his or her predecessor, whose insights and accumulated wisdom are uniquely valuable... -
How to Mentor a Narcissist
Career coaching Digital ArticleHelp them see their impact on others. -
Don't Just Mentor Women and People of Color. Sponsor Them.
Organizational Development Digital ArticleUse your influence to amplify, boost, connect, and defend your colleagues. -
Don’t Just Sponsor Women and People of Color — Defend Them
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticlePart of your responsibility is being willing to put your credibility on the line to back them up.
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Be the Mentor and Sponsor Your People Need
Management VideoA great mentor guides, coaches, and ultimately, sets people up for success. A great sponsor makes sure success translates into the visibility needed to... -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Chris Paul
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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive
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How to Strengthen Your Relationship with a Career Sponsor
Mentoring Digital ArticleJunior talent — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — often face challenges making these connections. Here are three strategies that can help. -
Coaching a Direct Report Who Asks for Your Help
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleTen questions to help you help them — without micromanaging. -
Don’t Just Sponsor Women and People of Color — Defend Them
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticlePart of your responsibility is being willing to put your credibility on the line to back them up. -
Career Sponsorship Is a Two-Way Street
Career coaching Digital ArticleSix ways to invest in the person who’s investing in your career. -
What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
Management VideoWhen we're feeling drained, mentoring is one of the tasks that tends to fall by the wayside. But mentors don't have to burn themselves out to be helpful... -
What Great Sponsors Do Differently
Developing employees Digital ArticleThey leverage a vibrant mix of connection and action to advance high performers into leadership. -
How to Do Sponsorship Right
Mentoring Magazine ArticleMentorship isn’t enough. To develop productive career relationships, you’ve got to be authentic. -
4 Ways to Combat Imposter Syndrome on Your Team
Managing people Digital ArticleManagers often fail to recognize the problem until it’s too late. -
How to Help an Employee Figure Out Their Career Goals
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleCareer paths are hard to navigate alone these days. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice
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Why Your Mentoring Program Should Be Mandatory
Mentoring Magazine ArticleWhen given a choice, the employees who most need help are likely to opt out. -
Navigating the Career "RockWall"
How can you help members of your team achieve their development goals? Coach them as they navigate across their career "rock wall." -
Don’t Let Mentoring Burn You Out
Mentoring Digital ArticleHere’s how to spot the signs before you become exhausted. -
Life's Work: An Interview with Misty Copeland
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe ballerina on recognizing and realizing her potential, breaking ground as the first Black principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, and mentoring... -
Help Your Team (Actually) Work Smarter, Not Harder
Managing employees Digital ArticleThree strategies for managers. -
Don’t Just Pay Interns, Help Them Build Networks
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleA paycheck alone won’t jumpstart a career. -
How Women Can Identify Male Allies in the Workplace
Gender Digital ArticleBeware of performative allyship.
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Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)
This digital collection, curated by Harvard Business Review, offers seminal ideas by leadership expert and Harvard Business School professor Linda A.... -
HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection (6 Books)
Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. Career paths are far from straightforward. "HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection" offers the... -
UltraTech Cement: A Transition Towards Behaviour-Based Safety
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details UltraTech Cement Limited was a global leading producer of cement that had implemented best-in-class safety practices at all of its units. Despite this,... -
Haidilao 2018: Demystifying Restaurant Employee Motivation
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Adopting a 100 percent direct operations model, Haidilao (HDL) previously lacked experienced restaurant managers, who were deemed as the company's core... -
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,... -
Beyond the Myth of the Perfect Mentor: Building a Network of Developmental Relationships
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Instead of embarking on an odyssey for the perfect mentor, individuals should pursue a strategy of building a network of developmental relationships.... -
Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships (HBR Work Smart Series)
Management Book22.00View Details I'm not here to make work friends. Or am I? Managers, peers, work friends, mentors, frenemies, annoying people, romantic interests, people with awful... -
Worlds Collide: Work, Life, and Social Media
Communication Case Study8.95View Details While some cases may focus on using social media to advance the interests of a business or brand, this case is best positioned as a springboard for exploring... -
Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
The key to advancing gender equality? Men. Women are at a disadvantage. At home, they often face an unequal division of household chores and childcare,... -
Harvard ManageMentor v11: Coaching Module
99.00View Details Learn how to get the best from your direct reports and help them master new skills through coaching. In this module, you'll learn how to use a four-step... -
Coaching Makena Lane
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for "ruffling some feathers"... -
HBR Women at Work Series Collection (3 Books)
Inspiring conversations, advancing together. Women often face unique challenges in the workplace, from navigating the wage gap and facing unfair biases... -
Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership
35.00View Details Making the leap to management and leadership. In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial--going from individual... -
Building Your Developmental Network - Exercise A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This exercise will introduce the concept of developmental networks and overview relational strategies for advancing careers. During the session, participants... -
Making Real Connections: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
The "HBR Women at Work" series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
Strategies that successful career changers use--and how to make them work for you. Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling... -
HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)
Inspiring conversations, advancing together. The HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership
New managers must learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance... -
Harvard ManageMentor: Coaching
25.00View Details In this course, students will learn best practices for listening, inquiry, and reflection - a coach's most powerful tools. They will discover ways to... -
Harvard Business Review on Finding & Keeping the Best People
25.00View Details Is your company's top talent jumping ship as good replacements become harder to get? If you need the best practices and ideas for winning the race for...
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Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? (HBR Classic)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts... -
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
Mentoring Digital ArticleEstablish ground rules from the start. -
What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt doesn't have to feel draining. -
Mentoring and Management: Developing Human Assets
Leadership & Managing People Book Chapter8.95View Details Differentiating between mentoring and coaching is important when trying to understand the function of each. This chapter seeks to define mentoring and... -
Assessment: Find Out If You're a Superboss
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDo you have what it takes to propel your team members? Take this assessment, drawn from years of research into what "superbosses" do differently, to find... -
How to Strengthen Your Relationship with a Career Sponsor
Mentoring Digital ArticleJunior talent — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — often face challenges making these connections. Here are three strategies that can help. -
Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)
This digital collection, curated by Harvard Business Review, offers seminal ideas by leadership expert and Harvard Business School professor Linda A.... -
Seven Ages of the Leader
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeaders go through many transitions in their careers. Each brings new crises and challenges that are predictable. Knowing what to expect can help you... -
Endeavor: Miami Heats Up, Teaching Plan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching Plan for 814043. -
HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection (6 Books)
Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. Career paths are far from straightforward. "HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection" offers the...