Energy Gilbert Goal Management 
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 6, 2013
In some cases, particularly in junior roles early in our careers, this tendency can be exploited by a dysfunctional culture or an uncaring manager, and at those times we need to protect ourselves to avoid burnout. Coaching Managing yourself' Here’s one way to think about protecting yourself. You can read my first post here.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
A big goal requires a “thick we” network — a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs. At Best Buy in the early 2000s, Julie Gilbert was in charge of an internal network aimed at developing female leaders.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 6, 2012
For most of my life, I prided myself on relentless perseverance in the face of obstacles, and a refusal to give up on any goal or client I was pursuing. At the most practical level, pushing continuously against resistance burns down our available reservoir of energy, and makes us less capable of doing anything well.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? But just because you know that a network is important to your success, it doesn’t mean you are devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong. In fact, few of us do.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 16, 2014
Bursting with nervous energy, he told me about his business travails — work so busy he was staying regularly until 10 at night, and a billionaire client sapping his energy and causing him grief. Managing yourself Time management Work life balance' But the project with the billionaire would soon be over, he declared.
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