Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Whether you’re taking over an existing team or starting a new one, it’s critical to devote time and energy to establishing how you want your team to work, not just what you want them to achieve. To that end, “resist the urge to immediately start talking about the work and the task outcome,” and focus instead on fostering camaraderie.

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Team Case Study Goal Project 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2013

A seminal review showed that we become more prudent, emotionally stable, and assertive with age, while our energy and intellectual curiosity dwindle after adolescence. On the one hand, there is no shortage of famous case studies to illustrate radical transformations in people’s reputation (their public persona).

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Self-aware Reputation PR Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2012

I expect some resistance," Peter replied. Like HBR's traditional case studies, HBR.org's Management Puzzles are based on academic research into business problems. This story was inspired by the Harvard Business School case study " Olympia Machine Company, Inc. ," by Frank V. Cespedes and Benson P. Who's 'we'?". "Me,

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P&L Management Chemicals Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2016

For a case study of how this can work in practice, consider Eileen Fisher, whose 800-person retail company generated $300 million in 2015. Recently, there was a situation where two employees were having a difficult time understanding each other — there was resistance to working together. You tap into this collective drive.

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Handbook Environment Positioning Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Or should you focus your energy on changing your ways? Resist the urge to say someone’s understanding of the situation is mistaken, says Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You and Stand Out. Then pour your energy into building a standing that you think is more reflective of your actual self. What the Experts Say.

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Reputation Real Estate Case Study Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

Focus on forging relationships that give you energy, rather than sapping it. Resist complaining. Case Study #1: Integrate your interests into the job. Case Study #2: Start doing the job you want. If it's not the work you dislike but the people you work with, you may be able to change that too.

Contract Manufacturing 16

Contract Manufacturing Case Study Delegation Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior. Sutton notes that we all have a tendency to look for confirmation of our own opinions, but we should also resist it. Case study #1: Get to know him.

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Goleman How To Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 19

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

If not, can you make a case for future profitability based on similar business models used by others in different sectors or geographies? This leaves some form of stock repurchase by your company. Where will the cash come from?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Business Model Case Study Globalization 8

Your Voice of Encouragement

AUGUST 14, 2012

His enthusiasm and positive energy were contagious. These qualities came through loud and clear in his stories and case studies. Everyone respects persistence in the face of resistance.” He was clearly passionate about the work he was doing to empower businesses to greater success.

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Maturity Case Study Energy Tactics 94

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

When you’re in a work situation that seems “profoundly unfair,” it tends to eat away at “your psychic and emotional energy,” says Dillon. Resist the urge to take your frustration out on your boss’s favorite. Case Study #1: Stay positive and become the source of your own approval.

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Mentor Case Study Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

They might focus on how incumbents cope with the rapid obsolescence of their old capabilities, say, or with internal resistance to inevitable change. electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one. and international electric utilities.

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Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Editor''s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Hilde had initially resisted, worrying that Caliska, with its existing nutraceuticals business, might fancy L-39 more as a dietary supplement than as a pharmaceutical.

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Case Study Pharmaceuticals Bottom-up Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

” Resist rolling your eyes at her clumsy jokes and “try to let it go,” she says. And where does our working energy feel good?’ Case Study #1: Don’t gossip and adopt a positive mindset. Case Study #2: Accept your boss for who he is and be helpful when opportunities arise.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Case Study Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

And even if you’re an introvert who dreads the multi-day extravaganza of breakout talks and cocktail-infused networking sessions, you must resist your impulse to stay home, says Francesca Gino, a professor at Harvard Business School. Case Study #1: Organize small group gatherings and take time to recharge.

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Conference How To Venture Capitalist Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Bring as much energy and enthusiasm to the interview as you can. Resist the temptation to agonize over what's already happened. Case study #1: Connect with your interviewers. Case Study #2: Turn it around when it's going badly. Lees calls the "be yourself" advice "demonstrably untrue."

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Case Study Advice Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

Was this a deliberate attempt to imprison employees and stifle their energy? We can use practices from Doug’s approach to the trust-building competency over his 40-year leadership career as a case study for the behaviors leaders should develop as they work to build and sustain trust.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Commitment Report Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Second, how much time and energy can you give to the project? Case study #1: Learn by trial and error. Case study #2: Experiment with different approaches. "There are certain limits to what you can learn," explains Weintraub. It's not like going to the pharmacy and getting a prescription filled," says Weintraub.

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Skills How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

As its victims know all too well, “death by PowerPoint,” the poor use of the presentation software, sucks the life and energy out of far too many meetings. This sort of disempowerment-by-design may invite employee resistance, perfunctory compliance, and subtle sabotage.

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Software Learning-by-Doing Technology Compliance 8