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What to Do When Your Boss Won?t Advocate for You

Harvard Business Review

And perhaps consider getting a coach to help you make the improvements necessary to earn your manager’s advocacy. Office Politics. How to Manage a Toxic Employee. When I first started teaching at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, I met with the dean to find out her expectations.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

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How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats

Harvard Business Review

While “hopeless” probably describes how many Democrats are currently feeling, this article is not about political affiliation. When that day comes, I hope you will find some of these ideas, presented here in the context of politics, to be useful. Pick your battles. “They win” does not equal “you lose.”