Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Is There Someone You Work with and Wish You Didn’t Have to? Harvard Business ReviewIs there someone you work with and wish you didn’t have to? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler,
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Every Leader Needs to Navigate These 7 Tensions Harvard Business Review - Jennifer Jordan and Michael Wade and Elizabeth TeracinoIn decades past, executives were usually taught to practice command-and-control leadership. Today they’re often advised to be more nimble, more adaptive, and less controlling. The truth is that most executives
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesCareer Development Don’t Quit Your Job Before Asking Yourself These Questions Harvard Business Review - Priscilla ClamanIf you’re thinking about quitting your job, first do a quick analysis. Is the organization you work for the source of your concern? Then, you might look for a similar job with another employer. Is the
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Develop a “Probabilistic” Approach to Managing Uncertainty Harvard Business Review - Mike WalshOur new world of sensors, smartphones, and connected devices means more data than ever — but does it also mean that it’s getting easier to make well-informed decisions? Quite the contrary, in fact. What’s
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Why Goldman Sachs’s Push for Diversity Is Unlikely to Drive Real Change Harvard Business Review - Katie MehnertGoldman Sachs received a flurry of media attention after announcing at Davos that it will carry out IPOs only for companies that have at least one woman or non-white board member. As CEO David Solomon
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness When Entrepreneurial Passion Backfires Harvard Business Review - Eva de Mol and Melissa Cardon and Svetlana N. KhapovaPassion is the fuel that entrepreneurs need to keep going. Research shows that passion is a key predictor of entrepreneurs’ creativity, persistence, and venture performance. In other words, the more passionate
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesHarvard Business School Casper and DTC Brands, Plus California’s New Freelancer Law Harvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai debate the fate of DTC brands like Casper mattresses and whether independent
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Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness What to Do If You Think Your Job Is at Risk Harvard Business Review - Susan PeppercornUnwanted job changes are a fact of life, albeit a difficult one. Staying attuned to the warning signs — and planning what-if scenarios in case you’re let go — will enable you to remain more flexible, and
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesInnovation Stop Calling It “Innovation” Harvard Business Review - Nadya ZhexembayevaResearch suggests that people react negatively to the word innovation. Some companies seem to be finding that using other terms helps employees engage more with the process. Let me start with the obvious:
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Don’t Just Put on a Happy Face at Work Harvard Business Review - Allison S. Gabriel and Joel Koopman and Christopher C. Rosen and John D. Arnold and Wayne HochwarterIt’s likely that you experience a variety of negative emotions every day — from waking up on the wrong side of the bed, to feeling frustrated during your commute, to being bothered by the pile of emails
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesData Warehousing Data-Driven Cultures Start at the Top Harvard Business Review - Sheri L. Feinzig and Nigel GuenoleWe’re in the middle of an analytics revolution. The change is being driven by numerous factors, but two are more important than all of the rest. The first is an explosion in the amount of valuable digital
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Defining Radical Candor – and How to Do It Harvard Business ReviewKim Scott, a cofounder of the executive coaching firm Radical Candor, says that too many managers give meaningless positive feedback, while many others are highly critical without showing any understanding.
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesHarvard Business School Global Ocean Trust: Protecting the Blue Planet in New Ways Harvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Following a successful career in finance, Torsten Thiele has devoted himself full-time to the challenging cause of ocean
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesKellogg School Are Your Company’s Leaders and Data Scientists on the Same Page? Harvard Business Review - Joel ShapiroIt’s far too common to have misalignment between expectations at the top of the organization and what data scientists in your organization can realistically deliver. Leaders who learn about the potential
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness How to Overcome Your Obsession with Helping Others Harvard Business Review - Ron CarucciIf you have ever wondered whether your genuine enjoyment of helping others teeters on over-indulgence, there a few things you can to do overcome agency addiction, or avoid it altogether. First, ask yourself
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness The Mystery of the $2,000 Ikea Shopping Bag Harvard Business Review - Silvia Bellezza and Jonah BergerWhy does luxury brand Balenciaga sell a $2,000 purse modeled after a $1 blue Ikea shopping bag?What’s behind the craze for seemingly distressed and worn-out Gucci sneakers? We tend to think of status starting
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness How Sales Teams Can Thrive in a Digital World Harvard Business Review - Andris A. Zoltners and Prabhakant Sinha and Sally E. LorimerThe impact of the digital revolution on sales organizations is not as simple as digital replacing salespeople. While digital is taking over tasks such as information-sharing and order-taking, salespeople
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Don’t Let Negativity Sink Your Organization Harvard Business Review - Bill TaylorEvery so often, you encounter academic research that snaps into place a whole bunch of tensions, issues, and problems that you’ve noticed but haven’t been able to understand. That happened to me when read
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesSingularity Small Data Can Play a Big Role in AI Harvard Business Review - H. James Wilson and Paul R. DaughertyFor every big data set (with one billion columns and rows) fueling an AI or advanced analytics initiative, a typical large organization may have a thousand small data sets that go unused. Examples abound:
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness How to Succeed When You Have Big Shoes to Fill Harvard Business Review - Rebecca ZuckerHaving big shoes to fill is a big opportunity, but also presents challenges. The author offers six strategies to help you succeed: 1) Do your homework before you start. This may involve getting smart the
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness How Do Consumers Feel When Companies Get Political? Harvard Business Review - James R. Bailey and Hillary PhillipsResearchers surveyed 168 managers across industries, as well as advanced MBA students, to find out how business activism affects consumer perceptions. They found that people are less swayed by corporate
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness How to Mend a Work Relationship Harvard Business Review - Brianna Barker Caza and Mara Olekalns and Timothy J. VogusWhen work relationships fracture, even just temporarily, they become major sources of frustration. Left unchecked, even a small conflict can spiral out of control, leading to anger and resentment. That’s
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Why “De-growth” Shouldn’t Scare Businesses Harvard Business Review - Thomas Roulet and Joel BothelloWith today’s the climate crisis, debates around degrowth have been reinvigorated: many major figures such as Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis and Anthony Giddens have expressed support for the idea. Others,
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Present Your Data Like a Pro Harvard Business Review - Joel SchwartzbergWith so many ways to spin and distort information these days, a presentation needs to do more than simply share great ideas — it needs to support those ideas with credible data. That’s true whether you’re
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Why Working Couples Need to Talk More About Power Harvard Business Review - Jennifer PetriglieriThere was plenty to celebrate on our first Valentine’s Day living in France: My husband Gianpiero and I had just received job and PhD offers — and we were engaged! But our mood wasn’t exactly jubilant.
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesLeadership Get Adventurous with Your Leadership Training Harvard Business Review - Christopher G. Myers and Mike DoyleOrganizations spend billions of dollars each year on leadership development. Yet research has shown that many of these programs don’t seem to work — they fail to help individuals develop the sorts of collaborative
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Research: It Pays to Be Yourself Harvard Business Review - Francesca GinoWhether it’s trying to land a new job or a new deal or client, we often focus on making a good initial impression on people, especially when they don’t know us well or the stakes are high. One strategy
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Why Companies Need to Help Ensure Election Integrity Harvard Business Review - Daniel DobrygowskiDecisions about how and when to use technology are made at every step of the electoral process — by voters, by campaigns, and by election administrators. Each of these decision points bring with it significant
Harvard Business Reviewflipped into All StoriesBusiness Research: Why We’re Incentivized by Discounts and Surcharges Harvard Business Review - Alicea Lieberman and Kristen DukeThink about the last time you went to your neighborhood coffee shop. Did they offer you a discount for bringing your own coffee mug? This is what happens at Starbucks, where U.S. locations offer a 10-cent
