Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Over the past year we have been writing the HBR Leader’s Handbook — a primer for aspiring leaders who want to take their careers to the next level. .” Obviously, this is good advice if you want to become a world-class performer — but it’s also good advice if you want to become a top-notch leader.

Skills 14

Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Recently the Chief HR Officer for a healthcare firm asked us to identify the best new framework for leadership that she could use to train and develop a cadre of high potentials. This tried and true perspective on leadership was reinforced for us during the past year as we researched and wrote the HBR Leader’s Handbook.

Leadership 10

Leadership Insurance Learning-by-Doing Emotional Intelligence 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

This means that the equivalent of the entire sales organization must be hired and trained every four years or so, and that’s expensive. Moreover, these figures don’t reflect the lost sales while a replacement is found and trained. Consider these stats. Here are four places to start: Hire for the task. Focus on behaviors.

Cost 8

Cost Handbook Marketing Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

Manufacturers spend millions on safety training to get people to wear hard hats, but spend very little to make sure their safety critical work instructions are written clearly. If my marketer misses a typo while writing about a product, I want my packaging staff to catch it before the design gets sent to print. That''s not good enough.

Company 10

Company Handbook Core Competence Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

” He told me he regularly said no — to more staff, to bigger marketing budgets, to additional equipment. Without a larger marketing budget, sales will drop. I asked the CEO, whom I’ll call Mike, about the secret of his company’s rapid growth. His answer blew me away. “Say no!”

Creativity 8

Creativity Budgeting IPO Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

We don’t have any management, and nobody ‘reports to’ anybody else,” says Valve’s handbook for new employees. planning, budgeting, recruiting, and training) could be reengineered. They’ve been boss-free since 1996. “We Newbies aren’t told where to work. Instead, they are expected to decide on their own where they can contribute most.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

If nothing more, an outside job offer builds your confidence and gives you more information about your market worth. For example, she described how she revised the company’s internal handbook by using skills she honed as a consultant and crowd-sourcing HR ideas from the team she already managed.

How To 8

How To Handbook Metrics Learning-by-Doing 8