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Balancing Parenting and Work Stress: A Guide

Harvard Business Review

An effective contingency plan lets you consistently deliver at work and at home — and reduces your stress significantly. The baby’s got the flu, the employee hasn’t slept in three days, and the annual department budget is due to the CFO’s office. Think long-term to stay in the game.

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Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers

Strategy Driven

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

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3 Transitions Even the Best Leaders Struggle With

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Gil Amelio was Apple’s CEO for less than a year in 1997, and General Motors’ chief human resources officer decamped in 2018 after just eight months in the job. In time, this uncertainty, combined with job stress, can lead to burnout.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work from Home

Harvard Business Review

.” Even though it’s effective to frame your argument in terms of the benefits to your company, the personal gains derived from working from home, that fact that you’ll be less stressed and therefore happier in your job, are also worth highlighting, Bloom says.