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How to Make a Job Sharing Situation Work

Harvard Business Review

Case study #1: Experiment with the arrangement to find what works. Case study #2: Put respect first. Several years back, Ryan Frischmann decided he wanted to get into software development so he applied for a job as a lead developer at a small start-up in Rochester. Ryan also worked to gain his co-worker’s trust. “I

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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. Case Study #1: Take it seriously and they will too.

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

Harvard Business Review

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. Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers.

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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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