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How to Discuss the Undiscussables on Your Team
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How to Raise Sensitive Issues During a Virtual Meeting
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So Your Boss Is Always Canceling Meetings Last Minute
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When to Give Verbal Feedback — and When to Do It in Writing
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How Leaders Can Get the Feedback They Need to Grow
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How to Overcome Red Flags on Your Resume
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Find the Coaching in Criticism
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A Simple Way to Be More Assertive (Without Being Pushy)
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How to Set Boundaries with a Chatty Colleague
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSix tips to reclaim your time (without alienating your coworkers). -
How to Give Negative Feedback When Your Organization Is "Nice"
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Defusing an Emotionally Charged Conversation with a Colleague
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Becoming More Conscientious
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How Design Thinking Is Improving Patient-Caregiver Conversations
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Office Politics Isn’t Something You Can Sit Out
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Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat to do when you notice a colleague - or yourself - saying something harmful. -
A Beginner’s Guide to Raising Ethical Issues at Work
Business ethics Digital ArticleResponding to intense pressure for short-term results, people working for corporations often cut corners that they shouldn’t. We use all kinds of rationalizations to excuse these behaviors — everything from “everyone does it” to “nobody’s getting hurt by this” to “I’d get fired if I complained.” Most of us want to behave ethically, and we […] -
Whiteboard Session: Clashing with a Coworker? Here's What to Do
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How to Respond When Your Employee Asks for a Raise
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Leaders Can’t Shy Away from Sensitive Topics, Even When It’s Awkward
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Surviving the Boss from Hell
Organizational restructuring Magazine ArticleThere was a gust from the overhead duct, and my project manager certification floated onto my keyboard—no amount of Fun-Tak and tape could keep it attached to the walls of my cubicle. At the same moment, a meeting invite appeared on my screen, accompanied by Outlook’s distinctive doink—another “emergency” department meeting. As the pop-up slowly […]
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Stop Playing Favorites
Managing people Magazine ArticleAll managers have in-groups and out-groups. Here’s how to manage those dynamics more effectively. -
When Your New Boss Is a Micromanager
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWhy they might be hovering — and what you can do about it. -
How to Get Your Team to Actually Speak Up
Leadership Digital ArticleTactics to help managers create a culture of psychological safety, transparency, and trust. -
The Importance of Setting Boundaries with Your Mentor
Mentoring Digital ArticleWhen communicated thoughtfully, clear limits lead to a positive and mutually respectful relationship. -
How to Work for an Overly Critical Boss
Managing up Digital ArticleFive strategies to consider when every task, no matter how small, seems to invite scrutiny. -
How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Expectations
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleIt’s an opportunity to address the gap between the work they’re delivering and the company’s goals. -
When Someone You Manage Isn’t Following the Return-to-Office Policy
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How to Gracefully Decline a Promotion
Career transitions Best PracticeThere’s no need to give an exhaustive explanation for your decision. But you should frame it strategically. -
5 Ways Executives Can Manage Conflict with the Board
Boards Digital ArticleFoster a healthy dialogue by taking these steps early and often. -
What to Do When Your Team Blames You
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleFair or not, you need to work through the experience while keeping important relationships intact. -
How to Discuss the Undiscussables on Your Team
Leading teams Digital ArticleStrategies for addressing common workplace woes before they damage morale. -
How to Protect Your Boundaries When Your Company Is Struggling
Work-life balance Digital ArticleWorking longer hours may feel heroic, but you’ll be better off focusing your energy where it will have the biggest impact. -
Getting Along: My New Manager Didn’t Give Me the Promotion I Was Promised
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How to Succeed When You’re Not the Boss’s Favorite
Managing yourself Digital ArticleStrategies to try when you’re feeling unvalued and overlooked. -
Preparing Your Team for a Year of Intense Political Polarization
Leadership Digital ArticleHow to encourage people to productively disagree while maintaining mutual respect. -
How to Deal with a Condescending Colleague
Giving feedback Digital ArticleIt can be particularly roiling when your know-it-all coworker is actually right. -
HBR’s Picks on Managing Social and Political Issues at Work
Business and society Big IdeaArticles and podcast episodes on speaking up, employee activism, and politics. -
A Leader’s Guide to Navigating Employee Activism
Business and society Big IdeaHow companies can choose when — and whether — to act on employees’ concerns. -
When Business and Politics Collide
Management Digital ArticleToday's employees, particularly young ones, expect their employers to speak out about the social, political, and environmental issues they care about.... -
How to Talk to Your Team About a Decision You Disagree With
Managing people Digital ArticleUpper management sometimes makes choices you don’t like. How can you navigate your disappointment with grace and resilience?
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Failure to Communicate: How Conversations Go Wrong and What You Can Do to Right Them
Strategy & Execution Book20.00View Details Your stomach's churning; you're hyperventilating -- you're in a badly deteriorating conversation at work. Such exchanges, which run the gamut from firing... -
Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down
Strategy & Execution Book25.00View Details You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group, but get confounding... -
Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto: A Case Vignette on Feedback - Paolo Canto's Perspective
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto, two HBS students, have decided to give each other feedback on their class participation. While Paolo believes that he has... -
Next-Level Negotiating (HBR Women at Work Series)
Communication Book24.95View Details Build trust--and create more value. Whether you're negotiating a salary, a deal with a supplier, or your workload, thoughtful preparation increases your... -
Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
19.99View Details Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds. Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority... -
Shenzhen Filtroil: Finding Balance
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Jeremy Leahman, president of Filtroil, Inc., and Albert Randolph, founder of the firm, had partnered with a supplier in China to ramp up the manufacture... -
ChatChat (Co-Founders Version)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View 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... -
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook Toolkit
150.00View Details Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Angel Torres Sequel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,... -
Moral Complexity in Leadership: Hubris and Humility / Antigone, by Sophocles
Management Case Study11.95View Details The "Moral Complexity in Leadership" series of cases and teaching notes help business instructors harness the power of fiction to prepare students for... -
Grit (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
19.99View Details In the face of hardship, you need perseverance and determination. You need grit. But how do you build it? This book explores how you can persist in difficult... -
Managing Your Mentor
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details A young, female investment banker has just been unexpectedly promoted to managing director of her group-but she'll be taking her mentor's job while he... -
Preparing to Lead: The CEO's Initial Speech
Management Case Study11.95View Details In this vignette, students play the role of a newly appointed CEO joining a successful private company with 100 employees. The CEO will plan to hold two... -
Mary Griffin at Derby Foods
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Mary Griffin, Vice President of Consumer Products, must provide feedback to one of her direct reports, Simon York. York is a strong performer, but he... -
HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss
21.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise
29.99View Details Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Convenient MD
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The ConvenientMD case highlights the role of emotion and ambiguity in business interactions. ConvenientMD, led by co-CEOs Gareth Dickens and Max Puyanic,... -
Retail Services & Technologies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the tumultuous experience Eduardo Ruiz had as CEO of Retail Services & Technologies. Ruiz had acquired Arizona-based RST at the end... -
Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work
30.00View Details An inspirational, practical, and research-based guide for standing up and speaking out skillfully at work. Have you ever wanted to disagree with your... -
HBR Guide to Negotiating Toolkit
Communication Book79.95View Details Negotiating may seem scary or unpleasant: you may worry that you do not have the right skills to go head-to-head in a negotiation and get what you deserve,...
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Failure to Communicate: How Conversations Go Wrong and What You Can Do to Right Them
Strategy & Execution Book20.00View Details Your stomach's churning; you're hyperventilating -- you're in a badly deteriorating conversation at work. Such exchanges, which run the gamut from firing... -
How to Discuss the Undiscussables on Your Team
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStrategies for addressing common workplace woes before they damage morale. -
How to Raise Sensitive Issues During a Virtual Meeting
Managing conflicts Digital ArticleCreate safety so people can open up. -
So Your Boss Is Always Canceling Meetings Last Minute
Managing up Digital ArticleHere’s how to address the problem in a productive way. -
When to Give Verbal Feedback — and When to Do It in Writing
Giving feedback Digital ArticleDon’t default to your comfort zone. Deliver your message in the way that works best for the situation. -
Ask an Expert: My Team Members Keep Leaving Me Out
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How Leaders Can Get the Feedback They Need to Grow
Receiving feedback Digital ArticleSix tips for soliciting radical candor. -
How to Overcome Red Flags on Your Resume
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleTake control of your narrative. -
Find the Coaching in Criticism
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFeedback is crucial--but almost everyone, from new hires to C-suite executives, struggles with receiving it. The authors, who have spent 20 years working... -
A Simple Way to Be More Assertive (Without Being Pushy)
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTry this three-step approach.