Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. He led the finance team. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty. It was true: Brad wasn’t her boss.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Workplace demographics paint a startling picture: Almost 40 percent of the U.S. workforce is between 45 and 64. Petersburg, Florida.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Firms with the most ethnically diverse executive teams were 33% more likely to outperform their peers on profitability, and those with executive-level gender diversity worldwide had a 21% likelihood of outperforming their industry competitors. Others wanted power in order to bring out the best in their teams and foster an inclusive culture.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Others are better qualified than I to comment on Andy Grove’s many contributions as a member of the founding team of Intel Corporation, as the company’s CEO and chairman , or as a U.S. In winter quarter of 1989, Andy taught that new case in one of my courses. His 1996 book, Only the Paranoid Survive , became a best-seller.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I have discovered throughout my career that one’s character is rarely tested by making the right choice but more by what you do when someone points out that you’ve made the wrong choice and everyone is watching. When achieved, it is often what catapults teams from merely competent to high performing teams and advanced organizational culture.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

Should you align yourself with the person who has the most influence over your job and career? “It’s like when you were a kid and your parents would fight,” says Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

“Try instead to find the things about your job that make you eager and engaged,” whether it’s brainstorming with a small team, or interacting one-on-one with clients. Case Study #1: The power of enthusiastic peers. ” Case Study #2: Taking on new tasks. …And what you’re good at.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

This can be a powerful win-win that provides customers with verification, a learning tool, and a basis for building best practices, while providing a case study or success story for you. It's great career development for them.". To Build a Great Sales Team, You Need a Great Manager. MORE ON SMARTER SALES.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

An important part of your job as a manager is making sure everyone on your team has the right amount of work. How do you make sure that work on your team is evenly distributed? Delegating work to your team may sound like a straightforward task of management, but, in fact, it’s complicated. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

No one wants to come across as lazy, uncommitted, or not a team player. ” But doing so is dangerous for your career, says Liane Davey, cofounder of 3COze Inc. and author of You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff Done. Case Study #1: Offer solutions and be open to advice.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career. The biggest mistake people make when trying to change careers is delaying the first step until they have settled on a destination. Case study #1: Create financial flexibility for yourself and commit to an end date. ” Further Reading. Professional Transitions Article.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

As with any career transition, it’s important to seek advice from those with more experience and expertise than you. Case Study #1: A vague plan is better than no plan. Four years ago, Allie Rogovin was managing a new team designed to promote diversity at Teach for America. Do you have the right temperament?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

And how do you make sure that the rest of your team isn’t overburdened when she leaves? “This helps people on your team understand that this is temporary,” she says. Lechner also recommends reconsidering your team configuration. Once you get over the shock, how should you respond? What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The ability to get new initiatives off the ground is also critical to your career. “You need to be seen as credible” when you’re talking about the financial implications of your initiative to the finance group, for instance. Case Study #1: Gather feedback and, if necessary, adjust your message.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

My experience with Target should bolster anyone's case that you can be a committed A-player executive, a good parent, an attentive spouse, a healthy person with time for hobbies — yes, hobbies! Our company is also benefiting because of the effects on my team. I'm developing better team leaders around me.".

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Home-based businesses are a great way for busy people to take more control of their careers , but starting your own business can be intimidating. Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. As a startup, your finances will likely be very thin as is.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. I wonder if there’s a good survey out there I could use to get feedback from my team. People with bad attitudes have a 50% higher divorce rate.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Often, judgment must be exercised jointly by multiple parties who may not even recognize themselves as being on the same team or part of the same enterprise. Often, judgment must be exercised jointly by multiple parties who may not even recognize themselves as being on the same team or part of the same enterprise.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

The young Israeli was perennially positive and refused to indulge the team’s sadness for long. Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Michael Shrock, the team’s finance expert, shook his head. “It

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. What more proof does one need?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2014

” If your team is excelling in some performance targets, but bombing in others, ask what level of performance might be considered a success and for insight into how to achieve it. Many, many successful people have failed at various points in their career, and most of them later looked back on it as a real opportunity,” says Heen. “So

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

You’re thinking about making a career change (or perhaps getting your first real job out of grad school), and you’re looking at different types of organizations. ” Get to know the team. ” Talk to the team to get a handle on the various personalities. “Do a founders’ audit,” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Weintraub suggests you also make sure the skill is relevant to your career, your organization, or both. So share what you learn with your team, your manager, or your co-workers. Case study #1: Learn by trial and error. Case study #2: Experiment with different approaches. Make sure it's needed.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

For instance, that piece of operations data that you remember clearly, since you prepped and presented it to your team, has a flatter downward curve (you'll remember longer) than that the now hazy sales figure a colleague mentioned during the same team meeting. Focus instead on a single development opportunity integral to your career.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

One such example was a young man who was on my team with a Ph. When I asked him to do research for me on case studies that proved our concepts in a practical manner, he brought me a textbook and asked me to "define" what I meant by practical, as he was looking up terms I was using and couldn't find them.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

For a while, the team tried to save its peanut butter brand, Squirrel, and its jam product line, says Bell, but after a few years, they too were cut, with the peanut butter business sold to Canada Packers in 1981. In 1977, the year the two executives joined, Nabob decided to sell and dissolve eight of its 12 product lines.

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