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Strategies for the Shorthanded
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So Your Boss Is Always Canceling Meetings Last Minute
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From Zimbabwe to the C-Suite: Our Responsibilities for Addressing Bad Leadership
Leadership Digital ArticleDuring the last week the tut-tutting morphed into screaming and yelling. But it was too little too late. Despite all the recent hand-wringing and blame-gaming by many of the world’s most powerful and prominent leaders, Zimbabwe’s longtime despot, Robert Mugabe, received 85.5 % of the vote in Friday’s sham election. So without further ado he […] -
Another “Follower” Takes a Leadership Stand (Against the Supreme Court)
Leadership Digital ArticleThose of you who occasionally read my blog, or who in some other way are familiar with my work, will not be surprised to learn that every time there’s a story about the powerless intruding on the powerful, I get interested. For in the last couple of years I have become convinced that those who […] -
Research: Executives Who Flatter Their CEOs Are More Likely to Criticize Them to the Press
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Surviving Your New CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAlmost 50% of the largest American firms will have a new CEO within the next four years; your company could very well be next. Senior executives know... -
Why Being a Middle Manager Is So Exhausting
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Don’t Hide When Your Boss Is Mad at You
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Developing First-Level Leaders
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleOil and energy corporation BP was well aware of the importance of its work group managers on the front lines. Their decisions, in aggregate, make an enormous... -
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 […] -
How to Deal with a Boss Who Stresses You Out
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Neutralize Your Toxic Boss
Managing up Digital ArticleToxic bosses. We’ve all seen them. They’re screamers, stressed-out micromanagers, volatile, untrustworthy, insecure nightmares to work with. They’re everywhere, and they do tremendous harm to the people around them and to their organizations. And it seems that bad behavior is on the rise. Why? Because people are freaking out about the economy. Our economic systems […] -
How to Win Over a Boss Who Just Doesn't Seem to Like You
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Remote Leadership: Meeting the Challenge of Working for a Virtual Boss
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMore and more leaders are finding themselves in virtual boss/direct report relationships. Separated in space and often in time (zones), they struggle... -
Don't Let Your Stressed-Out Boss Stress You Out
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCoping mechanisms that work. -
Neutralize Your Toxic Boss
Managing up Digital ArticleToxic bosses. We’ve all seen them. They’re screamers, stressed-out micromanagers, volatile, untrustworthy, insecure nightmares to work with. They’re everywhere, and they do tremendous harm to the people around them and to their organizations. And it seems that bad behavior is on the rise. Why? Because people are freaking out about the economy. Our economic systems […] -
Meetings That Work: Plans Bosses Can Approve
Business communication Magazine ArticleWith his business under severe pressure, a group vice president went into his annual strategic-plan meeting with top management carrying nothing more than a large, pencil-draft spread sheet. He brought along no plan document, no overhead slides, and none of his operating staff. But using that simple spread sheet, he identified the difficult options facing […] -
The Problem with Executive Isolation
Business communication Digital ArticleThe executive entourage may have its uses, but can keep leaders out of the loop. -
The Right Way to Bring a Problem to Your Boss
Communication Digital ArticleSometimes, delivering bad news builds trust. -
Dealing with a Hands-Off Boss
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYou need the right strategy and state of mind.
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Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (C)
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Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (A)
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John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do
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HBR 20-Minute Manager Boxed Set (10 Books) (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
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Joline Godfrey, Update--1992-2002
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Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work
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Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (B)
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Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Describes how Joline Godfrey, an intrapreneur at the Polaroid Corp., introduced and developed a project that could help Polaroid move to a more service-... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for Mid-Level Managers (with bonus article "Managers Can't Do It All" by Diane Gherson and Lynda Gratton)
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Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Describes how Dan manages the situation. -
Caroline Regis at Excel Systems
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Ethics at Work: Harvard ManageMentor
49.95View Details The online course will teach you to apply a framework for resolving right-versus-right ethical dilemmas, build a culture of integrity at work, and make... -
Communicate Better with Everyone (HBR Working Parents Series)
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Mat MacGregor (B)
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Thomas Green: Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the dilemma of a marketing manager, Thomas Green, who, after being rapidly promoted, is harshly criticized by his boss, Frank Davis.... -
HBR Guides Collection (8 Ebooks)
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Harvard Business Review 20-Minute Manager Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books)
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Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (A).
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Strategies for the Shorthanded
Time management Digital ArticleHow to approach your responsibilities—and your career—in an understaffed unit by Paul Michelman -
So Your Boss Is Always Canceling Meetings Last Minute
Managing up Digital ArticleHere’s how to address the problem in a productive way. -
From Zimbabwe to the C-Suite: Our Responsibilities for Addressing Bad Leadership
Leadership Digital ArticleDuring the last week the tut-tutting morphed into screaming and yelling. But it was too little too late. Despite all the recent hand-wringing and blame-gaming by many of the world’s most powerful and prominent leaders, Zimbabwe’s longtime despot, Robert Mugabe, received 85.5 % of the vote in Friday’s sham election. So without further ado he […] -
Finding the Right Mentor: Our Favorite Reads
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Another “Follower” Takes a Leadership Stand (Against the Supreme Court)
Leadership Digital ArticleThose of you who occasionally read my blog, or who in some other way are familiar with my work, will not be surprised to learn that every time there’s a story about the powerless intruding on the powerful, I get interested. For in the last couple of years I have become convinced that those who […] -
How to Work for a Perfectionist Boss
Communication AscendIt depends on what kind of perfectionist you're dealing with. -
Research: Executives Who Flatter Their CEOs Are More Likely to Criticize Them to the Press
Managing up Digital ArticleEspecially if the CEO is a woman or person of color. -
Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Dubinsky and her boss' boss reflect on what was learned through this difficult chapter in Apple's history. May be used with Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer,... -
Surviving Your New CEO
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAlmost 50% of the largest American firms will have a new CEO within the next four years; your company could very well be next. Senior executives know... -
Why Being a Middle Manager Is So Exhausting
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey have to switch between the roles of "follower" and "leader" all day long.