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Beating Burnout
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Work-Life Balance Is a Cycle, Not an Achievement
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How to Help Your Spouse Cope with Work Stress
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeWhatever you do, never compare their stressful day to yours. -
How to Return to Work After Taking Parental Leave
Career planning Best PracticeMake your first day back a Wednesday. -
How to Refuel When You're Feeling Emotionally Drained
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Thinking of Skipping Vacation? Don’t!
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When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
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How to Recover from Work Stress, According to Science
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive research-backed strategies that actually work. -
How to Ask Your Boss for an Unpaid Leave to Travel, Study, or Spend Time with Family
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What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't let the weight of your job squash your sense of self. -
How to Focus on What's Important, Not Just What's Urgent
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIf something is really important, block out a whole day. -
Don’t Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team
Burnout Digital ArticleManagers should focus on helping employees maintain their passion over time — not just stoking it in the moment. -
The Future of Flexibility at Work
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Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Gender Magazine ArticleA disturbing new study reveals that, 30 years into the women’s movement, female executives still don’t have what they want—and probably never will. -
To Get People Back in the Office, Make It Social
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNew research from Microsoft confirms that for most workers, the people are the point. -
How to Minimize Stress Before, During, and After Your Vacation
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Working Parents, It’s Time to Let Go of These Pandemic-Era Habits
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How to Stop Thinking About Work at 3am
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Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek
Work-life balance Magazine ArticleCertain industries breed a type of professional for whom get-a-life dedication is a badge of honor. The phenomenon is on the rise, but is it sustainable? -
How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
Business communication SpotlightSuccessful partnerships sidestep predictable traps and master three challenging transitions.
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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... -
The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It
30.00View Details How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it. There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of--and it threatens... -
Both/And Thinking Toolkit: How to Transform Challenges into Opportunities
In their book "Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems," Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis show the importance of... -
Philip McCrea: Once an Entrepreneur... (A)
Organizational Development Case Study6.95View Details In the spring of 2005, an exhausted Philip McCrea, president and CEO of software development company VitesseLearning, reflects on the demands of his successful... -
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... -
Managing Your Anxiety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
40.00View Details What's the worst that can happen? Anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. But rumination, worry, and catastrophizing don't have to hold... -
Century Bank: Closing Time?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family's bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional... -
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... -
George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the... -
Steve Jobs: Changing the World
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the life of Steve Jobs who throughout his career flaunted convention and chose an unusual path to success. The case describes how Jobs,... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Career Resilience (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Building a successful career starts with you. It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day demands of your current job and lose sight of the big picture,... -
Mary Elizabeth Carter (MBA 2017)
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Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life
28.00View Details World-renowned researcher and "New York Times" bestselling author Marcus Buckingham helps us discover where we're at our best--both at work and in life.... -
Salma Qarnain: Spaceships to Broadway
Management Case Study8.95View Details Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years... -
Shelly Sun at BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leader
Management Case Study8.95View Details Shelly Sun had founded BrightStar Care, a home health care and medical staffing agency, 20 years earlier and had grown the business to over 300 franchised... -
HBR Guide to Beating Burnout
Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes. The always-on workplace and increasing pressures are leading to a high rate of burnout.... -
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... -
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade. -
Maryam Hassan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Maryam and Sameer, brother and sister, were searching for an apartment in Hitech City, Hyderabad. Recent college graduates who were now starting jobs...
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Beating Burnout
Health and behavioral science Magazine ArticleHow to tell if you have it and what to do about it. -
Work-Life Balance Is a Cycle, Not an Achievement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA five-step approach to identify and overcome unhealthy work habits. -
How to Help Your Spouse Cope with Work Stress
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeWhatever you do, never compare their stressful day to yours. -
6 Super Fun Activities for Your Next Virtual Meeting
Leadership & Managing People AdviceBring a little laughter into your workplace. -
How to Return to Work After Taking Parental Leave
Career planning Best PracticeMake your first day back a Wednesday. -
How to Refuel When You're Feeling Emotionally Drained
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTips for protecting, conserving, and replenishing your energy. -
Thinking of Skipping Vacation? Don’t!
Personal productivity Digital ArticleEveryone needs a break. -
When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnd how to get back into the swing of things afterward. -
How to Recover from Work Stress, According to Science
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive research-backed strategies that actually work. -
How to Ask Your Boss for an Unpaid Leave to Travel, Study, or Spend Time with Family
Difficult conversations Best PracticeExplain how you’ll minimize the impact on coworkers and clients.