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Why Your Team Should Practice Collective Mindfulness
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree research-based tips for managers. -
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. -
You Need a Personal Highlight Reel
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCollect positive feedback and return to it when you need a boost. -
Unmasking Manly Men
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLiving alongside the roughnecks and roustabouts on two offshore oil platforms, the authors learned that when the men abandoned their macho behavior, they... -
When Everything Isn't Half Enough (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNorman Spencer, who grew up poor, worked for two decades to make his investment firm successful and his family wealthy. The company he founded, Arrowhead,... -
Life's Work: Oliver Sacks
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe neurologist and best-selling author talks about career crossroads and gaining people's trust through empathy. -
Losing It (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine Article"It's worse than I thought....She's completely lost her mind," says Harry Beecham, the CEO of blue chip management consultancy Pierce and Co. The perplexed... -
Why Repressing Emotions Is Bad for Business
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEmotional investment improves relationships and promotes satisfying, enduring agreements. In a difficult economy, when other kinds of rewards are scarce,... -
From Curious to Competent
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightThe executive search firm Egon Zehnder has found that executives with extraordinary curiosity are usually able, with the right development, to advance... -
5 Ways to Focus at Work, from an Executive Who's Struggled with ADHD
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A New Way to Become More Open-Minded
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStart by admitting you might be wrong. -
Are You Picking the Right Leaders? (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen it comes time to hire or promote, top executives routinely overvalue certain skills and traits while overlooking others. Intuitively, for example,... -
To Persuade Others, Give Them Options
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePeople want to feel both efficient and effective. -
Pioneers, Drivers, Integrators, and Guardians
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightIn "Pioneers, Drivers, Integrators, and Guardians," Suzanne Johnson Vickberg and Kim Christfort of Deloitte discuss strategies for making the most of... -
Perfectionism Will Slow You Down in a Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleInstead, develop the agility to toggle between the big picture and the details. -
When Individuals Don't Matter
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleExecutives overestimate the relevance of individuals to collective behavior. Agent-level changes won't help you meet system-level goals - and they're... -
How to Manage Your Emotions Without Fighting Them
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The Sure Thing That Flopped (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleTibal Fisher made a fortune selling trendy, inexpensive home furnishings to baby boomers. With that generation beginning to enter its sixties, he sees... -
5 Mistakes Companies Make About Growth Mindsets
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleClarifying what the popular concept really means. -
Research: The Best Strategy for Paying Off Credit Card Debt
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticlePay off the smallest debt first.
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Do You Have a Phone Addiction?
Behavioral science Digital ArticleHow to reclaim control over your screen time. -
3 Types of Overthinking — and How to Overcome Them
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleBeware rumination, over-analyzing, and future tripping. -
3 Ways to Build an Organizational Culture That Supports Mental Health
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How Project Managers Can Better Navigate Setbacks
Project management Digital ArticleStart by understanding how our brains process the experience. -
Harvard’s Arthur C. Brooks on the Secrets to Happiness at Work
Business and society Digital Article“If you’re unhappy at work, you’re probably unhappy in life.” -
3 Ways Our Brains Undermine Our Ability to Be a Good Leader
Leadership Digital ArticleUnderstanding the science of what’s going on can help us counteract these self-sabotaging tendencies. -
What Do Your B2B Customers Really Want?
Sales and marketing Digital ArticleResearch shows they prefer interactions that fuel their psychological needs — even if they require more time or cost more money. -
Why Success Doesn’t Lead to Satisfaction
Personal growth and transformation Digital ArticleIt’s time to confront your unhealthy relationship with achievement. -
Are Our Brains Wired to Quiet Quit?
Neuroscience Digital ArticleNeuroscience has found that passive acceptance is a natural response to prolonged stress. -
Don’t Let Anchoring Bias Weigh Down Your Judgment
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleToo often, we overvalue available — but ultimately irrelevant — information. -
A Common Parasite Can Make People More Entrepreneurial
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleToxoplasma gondii, which is estimated to infect 10% to 50% of the population, affects your brain and makes you disinhibited and less risk-averse. It also... -
Don't Focus on the Most Expressive Face in the Audience
Communication Digital ArticleResearch shows we (wrongly) assume the rest of the group feels the same way. -
Building a Better Workplace Starts with Saying "Thanks"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree ways to practice gratitude. -
Overconfidence Is Contagious
Organizational Development Digital ArticleResearch shows that arrogance spreads socially. -
Self-Compassion Will Make You a Better Leader
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's easy to be paralyzed by doubt and fear during tough times. -
How to Brace Yourself for Disappointment
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSometimes focusing on the worst-case scenario helps. Sometimes it doesn't. -
Unartificial Intelligence
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleA new wave of brain science is upending our understanding of the mind. -
Confidence Doesn't Always Boost Performance
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleA team of researchers found that people who were optimistic about their abilities scored no better than people who doubted themselves on a wide range... -
You Need a Personal Highlight Reel
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCollect positive feedback and return to it when you need a boost. -
CEOs, Don't Let Fear and Paranoia Sink Your Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFresh perspectives and honest communication will help keep you grounded.
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GACL: Balancing Employee Satisfaction and Productivity
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Gujarat Automotive Corporation Limited (GACL) was an Indian manufacturing company that made bus bodies. The firm was a subsidiary of Tata Motors Limited,... -
Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Part 1
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details For the past quarter-century, the field of social cognition has documented a number of ways in which individuals and groups are prone to make characteristic... -
Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Cityside Financial Services, a disguised consumer bank, serves both a largely African-American urban community and a more affluent, predominantly white... -
Strategic Use of Music in Marketing: A Selective Review
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Summarizes selected research on music and its impact on mood and shopping behavior, and its impact on the communication of ideas. -
Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating
26.95View Details Michael D. Watkins' best-selling book The First 90 Days has become the business bible for accelerating leadership transitions. Now, Watkins zeroes in... -
Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Part 2
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details For the past quarter-century, the field of social cognition has documented a number of ways in which individuals and groups are prone to make characteristic... -
Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Reviews Josie Esquivel's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, and organizational practices she has developed... -
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
19.99View Details Become a Better Leader by Improving Your Emotional Intelligence. Bestselling author DANIEL GOLEMAN first brought the concept of emotional intelligence... -
Nuclear Tube Assembly Room (A) (Condensed)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Supervisory practices and social structure in an electronics company assembly room. To be used with the (B) case. Based on American Radiatronics Corp.... -
iCare Benefits: Assisting Low Income Retail Consumers in Vietnam (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Case A is set in 2016. Trung Dung is the founder of iCare Benefits (iCare), a social enterprise established to aid low-income workers. His background... -
Consumers' Mental Accounting
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details When a consumer purchases an item, the presumption is that the benefit obtained from it exceeds the price paid-we can think of this difference as the... -
Ethical Analysis: Situation versus Character
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we often rely on explanations based on character. We think that good decisions and... -
Learning to Negotiate
Communication Case Study8.95View Details This brief note introduces to the student the challenges and rewards of learning to be a more skilled negotiator. Negotiation requires the integration... -
Changing Minds: The Art And Science of Changing Our Own And Other People's Minds
28.00View Details Minds are exceedingly hard to change. Ask any advertiser who has tried to convince consumers to switch brands, any CEO who has tried to change a company's... -
Alain St-Pierre: The Man Who Fought More Than Fire - Part B
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case tells the story of Alain St-Pierre, fire captain and the most decorated firefighter in Montréal's history, from childhood through retirement.... -
Who's Responsible for the Drawbridge Drama?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The "Drawbridge" is the short story of a baroness who, despite orders by her husband not to leave the castle, pays a servant so that she can leave the... -
Negotiation Advice: A Synopsis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Distills the negotiation advice of more than a dozen general books on negotiation. Compares and contrasts specific prescriptions and organizes the books... -
Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Taking charge: Jürgen Klinsmann and the German national soccer team
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details During the two years in which coach Jürgen Klinsmann prepared the national soccer team for the World Cup, Germany experienced a soccer revolution. Klinsmann... -
The Geography of Poverty: Exploring the Role of Neighborhoods in the Lives of Urban, Adolescent Poor
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In the American canon of anti-poverty programs, Moving to Opportunity (MTO)-a housing experiment conducted in the 1990s-stood out for its ambitious yet...
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Why Your Team Should Practice Collective Mindfulness
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree research-based tips for managers. -
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. -
GACL: Balancing Employee Satisfaction and Productivity
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Gujarat Automotive Corporation Limited (GACL) was an Indian manufacturing company that made bus bodies. The firm was a subsidiary of Tata Motors Limited,... -
You Need a Personal Highlight Reel
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCollect positive feedback and return to it when you need a boost. -
Unmasking Manly Men
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleLiving alongside the roughnecks and roustabouts on two offshore oil platforms, the authors learned that when the men abandoned their macho behavior, they... -
When Everything Isn't Half Enough (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNorman Spencer, who grew up poor, worked for two decades to make his investment firm successful and his family wealthy. The company he founded, Arrowhead,... -
Life's Work: Oliver Sacks
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe neurologist and best-selling author talks about career crossroads and gaining people's trust through empathy. -
A Better Way to Forecast
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEvery business decision depends on making a forecast of the consequences of the decision. Although most organizations do forecasting, most do so badly.... -
Losing It (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine Article"It's worse than I thought....She's completely lost her mind," says Harry Beecham, the CEO of blue chip management consultancy Pierce and Co. The perplexed... -
Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Part 1
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details For the past quarter-century, the field of social cognition has documented a number of ways in which individuals and groups are prone to make characteristic...