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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
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Manage Your Time Like Jim Collins
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Fixing the World’s Infrastructure Problems
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How Much Truth Should You Share?
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Giving a High Performer Productive Feedback
Managing people Best PracticeGiving feedback, particularly constructive feedback, is often a stressful task. As counterintuitive as it may seem, giving feedback to a top performer can be even tougher. Top performers may not have obvious development needs and in identifying those needs, you can sometimes feel like you’re being nitpicky or over-demanding. In addition, top performers may not […] -
How Different Personality Types Cope with an Always-On Culture
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It’s OK If Going to a Conference Doesn’t Feel Like Real Work
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The New Science of Team Chemistry
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Demand Better Results - and Get Them (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the May 2013 Issue
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Lessons from a Working Mom on "Doing It All"
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Expose Your Company’s Blind Spots
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Making Time to Job Hunt While Working Full Time
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Ask These 5 Questions to Decide Your Next Career Move
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The Better You Know Yourself, the More Resilient You’ll Be
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Live Life as an Experiment
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Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work
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Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
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Tackling Fraud and Corruption in the United Nations
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Peter Wendell
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Lyft Vehicle Services: Building Trust and Repairing a Value Proposition
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Kiana Nelson
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The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition: A Student's Guide
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Moral Complexity in Leadership: Empathy / "A Small, Good Thing," by Raymond Carver
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Balance-Statement Reporting at Premium Capital Funds (A)
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Everything or Nothing: Martti Ahtisaari and the Aceh Negotiations (B)
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Sloan & Harrison: The Associate Challenge
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Richard Jenkins
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GroupM India: The Human Dimension of Digital Transformation (A)
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The Walt Disney Studios
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Digital Extremes Ltd.
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JOHN JANNSSEN AND THE COMPANY - Confidential Instructions for Dana Finberg, District Manager
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Gucci Group: Freedom within the Framework
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The Ethos Institute (B): Promises and Risks of Working with the Government
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Note on Human Behavior: Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge
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Balance-Statement Reporting at Premium Capital Funds (B)
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How to Nail a Job Interview - Remotely
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStep 1: Take it easy on yourself. -
The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Manage Your Time Like Jim Collins
Work-life balance Digital ArticleJim Collins is all about discipline. The man who described Level 5 Leadership not only understands the inner fortitude of the best-performing companies and leaders; he’s famously disciplined and enormously productive, as you can tell from his website (jimcollins.com). A runner and mountain-climber, he is the picture of fitness. How does he manage his time? […] -
Fixing the World’s Infrastructure Problems
International business Digital ArticleAn analysis of 400 case studies uncovers several ways to solve the world’s infrastructure challenges more efficiently. -
How Much Truth Should You Share?
Business ethics Digital ArticleComments for this Make Your Case installment are now closed. Thanks to all who participated. This week’s guest commentator, Marshall Goldsmith, has posted his response to your comments and shared some thoughts of his own below. The opening to your cube is darkened by the familiar figure of a longtime colleague. Though you’re his immediate […] -
Giving a High Performer Productive Feedback
Managing people Best PracticeGiving feedback, particularly constructive feedback, is often a stressful task. As counterintuitive as it may seem, giving feedback to a top performer can be even tougher. Top performers may not have obvious development needs and in identifying those needs, you can sometimes feel like you’re being nitpicky or over-demanding. In addition, top performers may not […] -
Christine vs. Work: How to Ask for a Raise
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How Different Personality Types Cope with an Always-On Culture
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearch from the Myers-Briggs Company. -
Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Private equity firm XAF Partners, created out of the 2003 merger of Shanghai-based Xuan Partners and AF Group, a spin out of the Shanghai-based, emerging... -
Stop Softening Tough Feedback
Communication Digital ArticleSandwiching criticism between compliments is confusing and counterproductive.