Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Specifically, the neocortex and the limbic system — the seats of rational thought and emotions — affect both spontaneous and deliberate creativity. According to Dietrich, thoughts and emotions work together when we are having that “Eureka” moment, or experience artistic inspiration. Andrew Nguyen/HBR STAFF.

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Creativity How To Stress Goleman 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

But while we may experience an array of emotions at work, there’s a general consensus that we shouldn’t see anyone reduced to tears, hopelessness, or defeat on the job. If you as a manager have caused an employee to cry, your primary objective is not to let it happen again. What, specifically, caused the crying?

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Consensus Objective Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

When I met Jill (not her real name), she was struggling to make sense of her career setback. Jill should have spent much more time managing up. She should have better managed decision makers, her boss, her image, and her own career. Managing a career in these ways is critical, but surprisingly few people do it.

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Politics Cialdini Open-book Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

Others have a manager who gives us unofficial time off. Grief can be isolating because people don’t know how to connect with you when you come back to work, or when you experience setbacks from time to time. The death of a loved one can be devastating. Even so, many of us must go back to work well before we’re ready.

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Stress Class Energy Tips 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2015

He concludes that even as we have developed more advanced techniques for measuring emotions and predicting behaviors, we have also adopted increasingly simplified notions of what it means to be human, let alone what it means to pursue happiness. Recently, we found ourselves in motivational seminars at our respective places of employment.

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Film Seminar EVA Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I asked whether he'd received any integration support or training given his promotion from individual performer to manager of a large and complex diocese. But this is a side issue. A few years ago I was having dinner with a high school friend who had just been ordained as a bishop in the Catholic Church. Of course, the answer was no.

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How To Delegation Collins Commitment 11

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Earning stacks of money, starting a family, and going on expensive vacations are goals that we can all probably relate to but they are not the right answer when asked about career goal examples. It is very easy to combine your personal goals with professional ones as it can feel like success in one area must equate to success in another.

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Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Coaching is far from an exact science, and all leaders have to develop their own style, but we can break down the process into practices that any manager will need to explore and understand. As a manager you may well want to set some limits to the conversation (“I’m not prepared to talk about the budget today.”)

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Schein Process Open-book Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

And as a management professor (Scott speaking here) this inevitably has led me to wonder how team dynamics will play out on the mountain — as my life may depend on it. There will always be unexpected events and setbacks, and fear keeps hidden the information your team needs to be resilient. I am about to climb Mount Everest.

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Team Uncertainty Stress Commitment 8

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Don’t Dive In Head First – Before you jump into the New Year, full speed ahead, don’t forget to pause and reflect on the year you just experienced – savor the victories, and learn from the setbacks. Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. THEN , dive in.

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Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Feeling stressed? Of course you are. You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, people are counting on you, and to top it all off, you still have holiday shopping to do. You are under a lot of pressure — so much that at times, you suspect the quality of your work suffers for it. This is life in the modern workplace.

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Stress Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 10