Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Women are expected and asked to do thankless tasks — order lunch, handle less-valued clients — more than men, and research shows that doing those tasks slows down our career advancement and makes us unhappy at work. Kolb and Jessica L. Guests: Lise Vesterlund and Ruchika Tulshyan. Could you take notes?

P&L 11

P&L Porter Download Career 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. Technical and functional knowledge are vital to making good judgment calls, being legitimate in the eyes of your people, and making resource allocation decisions. And for many people they're harder to learn.

Execution 15

Execution P&L CFO Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

With 440,000 employees in 170 countries, Palmisano recognized that IBM couldn't be run solely from the top; rather, it needed thousands of leaders operating collaboratively around the globe to fulfill its customers' diverse needs. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

The answer turns out to be far more nuanced than mere wealth accumulation and career advancement. Candidates also look at firm resources likely to help a new executive succeed and deal effectively with clients, notably the brand, the firm’s reputation, and its external relationships. What do good executives look for in new jobs?”

Reputation 13

Reputation Consultative P&L Execution 13

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

With the Boomer generation staying in the workforce longer due to declining retirement savings and increasing cost-of-living expenses, organizations are not only having to deal with three different generations of employees working together, but also the impact of a slowdown in the rate of upward career movement for younger workers.

P&L 243

P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243