Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Don’t think you’re going to sit down and hammer it out in an hour. “You have to think carefully about what to say and how to say it so the hiring manager thinks, ‘This person can do what I need done,’” she says. Business Writing Article. Further Reading. How to Write a Cover Letter.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Seeing compensation as the primary or only tool we can use to motivate high performance is like trying to build a house with only a hammer. Managers generally start out with the best of intentions. One problem that gets in the way is a mechanistic, instrumental view of the human beings who sit at our companies’ desks.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

” During the first half of the documentary, we examined the NFL to see how people create happiness in an organization where the average career is 3.3 It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. Insight Center. How to Be a Company That Employees Love. Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

He’s done well in his career, but when he checks Facebook, he sees people he outperformed at school who have now achieved more. Expand your range of skills for reaching insights so that you’re not the person who sees every problem as a nail because their only tool is a hammer. Shana Novak/Getty Images.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 9, 2019

Manage your expectations. If you’re using a hammer when the job requires a screwdriver, you’re going to face troubled times ahead. If you like this article, subscribe to our blog so that you don’t miss a single post. Have faith in others. Learn how to delegate. Just say “no.” Make your priorities a priority. Admit fault.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

.” A highly cited 2015 report on diversity in Silicon Valley by an Asian professional organization found that at five big tech firms (Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, LinkedIn, and Yahoo), Asians and Asian Americans are well represented in lower-level positions but underrepresented at management and executive levels.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Not long ago, I received a call from an HR manager at a large corporation seeking an executive coach for one of their senior leaders. Manage your assumptions and judgements. I’d heard from the company’s HR manager that this executive was especially cruel toward one colleague. Charles Orr/Getty Images. Rebecca Knight.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It’s a sign that our projects aren’t valued and our careers are stalling out. Without a hammer, we’re more likely to think of a shoe as a good tool to get a nail pounded into the wall. In 2010 I spent an afternoon with one of CEO Mike’s highest-performing store managers, a person I will call Ethan.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 14, 2015

We rock and roll along in our career and then – wham! Think about your career trajectory. Remember to: Thank your boss for exhausting considerable energy on this transition and for investing personally in your career growth and development. Change is strange but it’s also an opportunity for career growth and personal rewards.

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