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Find the Right Job Using This "Dinosaur" Diagnostic
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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
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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? […] -
Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer to Leaders: Put Your Phones Away and Listen to Employees
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Fixing the World’s Infrastructure Problems
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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 […] -
Why Business School is a Great Time to Network
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The Upside of Feeling Uncertain About Your Career
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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the May 2013 Issue
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Recent Grads Are Drowning in Uncertainty. Here's How to Stay Afloat.
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Why Can't We Stop Working?
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Expose Your Company’s Blind Spots
Customer experience Digital ArticleIs your company unintentionally keeping your most senior people from getting the feedback they most need? It can easily happen as an unintended consequence of success. Consider these situations: Senior executives at car companies drive only the newest models: For decades, the top executives at America’s leading automobile manufacturers always drove models fresh from the […] -
It’s OK If Going to a Conference Doesn’t Feel Like Real Work
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Live Life as an Experiment
Managing yourself Digital ArticleIt was an experiment. I was returning an item to the store from which I had bought it. The item was well within the return period, but there would be a 20% restocking fee. Could I evade that fee? What would I have to do or say to persuade them not to charge it to […] -
Life's Work: Lorne Michaels
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLorne Michaels, the creator of "Saturday Night Live," has launched the careers of comedians from Eddie Murphy to Kristen Wiig. Here he talks about the... -
Need a Favor? Research Suggests It's Best to Ask In Person.
Communication Digital ArticleA recent study found that people were 67% more likely to agree to in-person requests than those made over audio or video call. -
New Mothers, Let's Talk About Your Professional Identity Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's time to rethink how you define success - and yourself. -
“Actually,” She Said, “He Works for Me.”
Consumer behavior Digital ArticleSurprised by a gender stereotype? React calmly, directly, and move on. -
A Leap Year Lesson on Correcting Leadership Drift
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe all know why leap years exist, right? Our calendars get out of synch with the solar system so we must periodically get our human calendars back on track with the celestial ones. In other words, February 29th is all about correcting drift. Without those corrections, things become more and more out of synch. Not […]
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GACL: Balancing Employee Satisfaction and Productivity
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HP-Cisco Alliance (B)
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Taco Bell--1994
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Work Smarter, Rule Your Email
Communication Book9.99View Details If you're looking for a way to more effectively manage your inbox, your email program's built-in filtering tools can do a lot of the heavy lifting--and... -
Worlds Collide: Work, Life, and Social Media
Communication Case Study11.95View 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... -
Indian Overseas Bank: Triggering Change
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Several experts had drawn attention to a peculiar problem existing in public-sector banks in India. There seemed to be two distinct generations: experienced... -
The World Wrestling Federation (A): Vince McMahon vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
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China Merchants Bank in Transition
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case depicts China Merchants Bank's second strategic transformation. In the 90's, China Merchants bank creatively introduced an all-in-one-card and... -
Erik Peterson (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Describes the outcome of Erik Peterson's one-day meeting with his superior and the events of the subsequent day's meeting with the president and vice... -
The Indonesia Strategy Case: Confidential Instructions for Joanna
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LinkedIn: Transformation Driven From Within
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Fighting Bonded Labor in Rural India: Village Activist Gyarsi Bai Tackles an Entrenched System of Coercion
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Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad
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Differences at Work: Will (A)
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Public Speaking: Tips for Getting Off to a Great Start
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School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
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Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)
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Fenix: Diversified Niche Marketing in the Lifestyle Business
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General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)
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How to Support a Colleague Dealing with Social Anxiety
Organizational Development AdviceSocial anxiety is not the same as being shy. -
Lost Your Job or Internship Unexpectedly? Here's What You Can Do.
Leadership & Managing People AdviceDon't be controlled by the situation. -
Is Consulting the Right Career for You?
Leadership & Managing People AdviceAnd how you can thrive in it. -
Is the Company You're Interviewing with Actually Inclusive?
Leadership & Managing People AdviceSeven questions you can ask to find out. -
Manage Your Personal Finances with These Timeless Strategies
Communication AdviceYour work skills can come handy. -
Find the Right Job Using This "Dinosaur" Diagnostic
Leadership & Managing People AdviceYou'll thank us later. -
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? […] -
Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer to Leaders: Put Your Phones Away and Listen to Employees
Global Business Digital ArticleBrewer says inclusion and equity are about making employees feel seen and heard. -
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.