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How to Make a Job Sharing Situation Work

Harvard Business Review

“There are a wide variety of reasons to choose a job sharing arrangement — it might be to take care of a dependent, to work another job, or to advance one’s education,” says Stew Friedman, a professor of management at the Wharton School and author of Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life. Case study #2: Put respect first.

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How to Write the Dreaded Self-Appraisal

Harvard Business Review

In his view, since study after study has shown that we are horrible judges of our own performance, any self-evaluation should focus exclusively on positives; people should not be self-critics. Smart employees use self-appraisals to lobby for career development opportunities. Managers: Work to improve the process.

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Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

Harvard Business Review

Of course it was natural for a boss to have mixed feelings about seeing a valued employee move on, but David was more than Mark’s manager: He was his mentor. He’d always pushed Mark to advance in his career, and this was an internal promotion, on a three-year contract, so they’d still be working for the same company.

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How to Turn a Bad Day Around

Harvard Business Review

Case study #1: Focus on opportunities not problems. ” Case study #2: Remember it’s just one day. Darin Freitag, who manages residential and commercial projects at the general contractor RYAN Associates says that he can usually tell early on in a day when things are going wrong.

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