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4 Tactics that Backfire When Dealing with a Difficult Colleague
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSuppressing your emotions doesn't work. Neither does starting a flame war. -
Swimming in Data? Three Benefits of Visualization
Analytics and data science Digital Article“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself. Yet due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped around our global economy at an ever increasing rate, the need […] -
How to Nail a Hybrid Presentation
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Connect, Then Lead
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn puzzling over whether it's better to be feared or loved as a leader, Machiavelli famously said that, because it's nigh impossible to do both, leaders... -
How Venture Capitalists Really Assess A Pitch
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHaving worked for two VC firms before entering academia, Lakshmi Balachandra was mystified: Why did a proposal that looked so promising on paper become... -
How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don't Want To
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How to Reverse a Mistake in the Middle of It
Managing yourself Digital ArticleI was moving as fast as I could and not getting anywhere, a feeling I’m well acquainted with. This time, though, it was deliberate: I was on a stationary Spin bicycle. When the towel draped over my handlebars fell to the ground, I tried to stop pedaling and get off. Tried being the operative word. […] -
Power Failure in Management Circuits
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe position, not the person, often determines whether a manager has power. -
Grad School May Not Be the Best Way to Spend $100,000
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Stop Mixing Business with Pleasure
Business communication Digital ArticleIt may come as news to some (young) people, but business and pleasure are not synonymous. With the Millenials’ exodus to social media platforms from good old-fashioned email accounts, the lines between our business and personal lives are increasingly blurred. We live on our smart phones or blackberries and technology has enabled us to multi-task […] -
Quash Your Bad Habits by Knowing What Triggers Them
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Do You Really Want to Be Yourself at Work?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSome people don't. -
The Problem with Saying “My Door Is Always Open”
Leadership Digital ArticleLeaders need to do more to encourage candor. -
If You Multitask During Meetings, Your Team Will, Too
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleConsider the example you're setting. -
How to Rediscover Your Inspiration at Work
Creativity Digital ArticleLook for fresh experiences and new role models. -
How to Budget Your Time Effectively
Managing your time is like managing a budget. Follow these tips to make sure you're not running on a deficit. -
Managers Can Drive Their Subordinates Mad
Managing people Magazine ArticleWe are all familiar with and horrified by the stories that came out of Guyana about the Reverend Jim Jones and the mass suicide that occurred at Jonestown. After the dust had settled, everyone wanted to know how so many people could have believed in one person so completely that they would commit suicide to […] -
Empower Yourself in Times of Change
Discover your default behaviors when faced with uncertainty. -
Be Here Now
How can we manage mind-wandering and distraction in order to give our attention where it's really needed? -
Authenticity Lessons from the American Girl Store
Marketing Digital ArticleI wasn’t thrilled. I’d just learned that the trip to NYC that I was taking with my extended family would center on the American Girl store. When I think New York, I think Central Park, Broadway shows, fancy cocktails, and shopping. I’m not a doll person, not now in my 33rd year, or ever. I […]
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Bright and Dedicated: What More Do You Want?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Susan Reynolds, a successful auditor with a big-six public accounting firm, was hired as controller in the accounting department of a medium-sized, highly... -
3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals
Strategy & Execution Book35.00View Details When discussing being stuck in a "win-win vs. win-lose" debate, most negotiation books focus on face-to-face tactics. Yet, table tactics are only the... -
Sabina: Adapting Proactively to Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case is about Sabina, one of the leaders in the Thai lingerie market, and its proactive adaptation to changes in its business environment over two... -
NerveWire, Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details NerveWire, a management consulting and systems integration provider based in Newton, MA, was closing in on its second anniversary. In the beginning days... -
Dirty Stuff II, Confidential Instructions for the Labor Negotiator
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Confidential Instructions for the Labor Negotiator Six-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among industry, environmental, consumer/community,... -
Unmute! Effective Virtual Communication
Management Case Study11.95View Details Online meetings are now part of our normal daily routines. They are easy to set up, we have hardware to make them happen, multiple software solutions... -
Lyric Dinner Theater (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) Case. Rivka Belzer took a job in her family owned business and worked diligently during the first 6 months to turn the business around.... -
Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details This B case, set in summer 2022, was designed as a companion to "Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility," a case set in 2018. The purpose... -
Transformation at Eli Lilly & Co. (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 817070. -
C3.ai-Driven to Succeed
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details CEO Tom Siebel navigates his artificial intelligence (ai) startup through a series of pivots, market expansions, and even an elephant attack to become... -
Dirty Stuff II, Confidential Instructors for the Facilitator
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Confidential Instructors for the Facilitator Six-person, multi-issue facilitated negotiation among industry, environmental, consumer/community, labor,... -
Skype
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Presents eBay's rationale for its $2.6 billion acquisition in late 2005 of Skype, a fast growing voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) provider. Describes... -
Eric Weston
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Eric Weston is struggling to keep his garden supply business alive. Revenues are up slightly from last year but profits are down in a poor economy as... -
Learning in the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Discusses four levels of learning in the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School. Level 1 covers substantive ideas, analytic frameworks,... -
Satya: Authentic Entrepreneurship and Community
Management Case Study11.95View Details Patrice Mousseau was an Indigenous woman in Canada who founded an organic skin care company, Satya. From Satya's modest beginnings and early challenges,... -
Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love
35.00View Details Innovators today are told to run loose and think lean in order to fail fast and succeed sooner. But in a world obsessed with the new, where cool added... -
Multigenerational Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details Seize the benefits of the five-generation workforce. Generational distrust and ageism are seeping into organizations worldwide. Differences over communication... -
Gabriela Santana Goldstein
Management Case Study11.95View Details Gabriela Santana Goldstein was pursuing her passion, working as the Head of Business for a telehealth startup, when her father went into sudden cardiac... -
Bright Blue Scrubs: Going Back to School
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case tracks a woman named Jodi as she dreams of going back to school in her early 30s to become a nurse. Jodi had put off higher education for 15... -
Celgene: Business Development and Distributed Research
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case looks at the deal-making process between Celgene, a large publicly traded pharmaceutical company, and Agios, an early-stage biotech company....
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4 Tactics that Backfire When Dealing with a Difficult Colleague
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSuppressing your emotions doesn't work. Neither does starting a flame war. -
Quit Overthinking Things
20.18View Details A conversation with psychology professor Ethan Kross about the right and wrong types of self-talk. -
Swimming in Data? Three Benefits of Visualization
Analytics and data science Digital Article“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself. Yet due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped around our global economy at an ever increasing rate, the need […] -
How to Nail a Hybrid Presentation
Communication Digital ArticleSeven tips. -
Connect, Then Lead
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn puzzling over whether it's better to be feared or loved as a leader, Machiavelli famously said that, because it's nigh impossible to do both, leaders... -
How Venture Capitalists Really Assess A Pitch
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHaving worked for two VC firms before entering academia, Lakshmi Balachandra was mystified: Why did a proposal that looked so promising on paper become... -
How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don't Want To
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleGet over your "feelings" and take care of business. -
How to Reverse a Mistake in the Middle of It
Managing yourself Digital ArticleI was moving as fast as I could and not getting anywhere, a feeling I’m well acquainted with. This time, though, it was deliberate: I was on a stationary Spin bicycle. When the towel draped over my handlebars fell to the ground, I tried to stop pedaling and get off. Tried being the operative word. […] -
Bright and Dedicated: What More Do You Want?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Susan Reynolds, a successful auditor with a big-six public accounting firm, was hired as controller in the accounting department of a medium-sized, highly... -
Power Failure in Management Circuits
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe position, not the person, often determines whether a manager has power.