to The Secret to Effective Motivation By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:41 -0500 Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Tory Higgins, authors of "Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World to Power Success and Influence." Full Article
to Why We Need to Redefine Intelligence By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:02:30 -0500 Scott Barry Kaufman, adjunct assistant professor of psychology at New York University and author of "Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined." Full Article
to How to Schedule Time for Meaningful Work By hbr.org Published On :: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:50:15 -0500 Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen, coauthors of the HBR article "Make Time for the Work that Matters." Full Article
to Working Fathers Need Balance, Too By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:37:53 -0500 Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California and coauthor of the forthcoming book, "What Works for Women at Work." Full Article
to Why We Love to Hate Consultants By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:00:00 -0500 Dan McGinn, HBR senior editor. Full Article
to Leading Across Sectors By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:12:49 -0500 William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan, authors of "The Solution Revolution," discuss why "triple-strength" leaders are the best problem solvers. Full Article
to Clay Christensen and Dominic Barton on Consulting’s Disruption By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:53:21 -0500 The HBS sage and McKinsey head discuss how to stay on top in a rapidly changing industry. Full Article
to Editors’ Picks of the Week By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:57:43 -0500 HBR editors read top posts from HBR.org. Full Article
to Getting Excellence to Spread By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:58:18 -0500 Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor, talks about his book, "Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less" (coauthored by Huggy Rao). Full Article
to Our Bizarre Fascination with Stories of Doom By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:32:00 -0500 Andrew O'Connell, HBR editor, explains why we find tales of disaster so compelling. Full Article
to Identify Your Primary Customer By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:54:11 -0500 Robert Simons, Harvard Business School professor, says companies still struggle to choose the right customer. Full Article
to How to Manage Wall Street By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 22 May 2014 19:33:42 -0500 Sam Palmisano, former CEO of IBM, on striking a balance between running a company for the long term and keeping investors happy. Full Article
to The Secret History of White-Collar Offices By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:14:02 -0500 Nikil Saval, editor at n+1, on how gender, politics, and unions have affected the American workplace since the Civil War. Full Article
to When to Go with Your Gut By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:37:24 -0500 Gerd Gigerenzer, director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, on how to know when simple rules and snap decisions will outperform analytical models. Full Article
to Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale on How to Make Money By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:29:01 -0500 The tech luminaries on bundling and unbundling in the digital age. Full Article
to To Do Things Better, Stop Doing So Much By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:17:25 -0500 Greg McKeown, author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," on the importance of being "absurdly selective" in how we use our time. Full Article
to How to Stop Corporate Inversions By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:26:42 -0500 Bill George and Mihir Desai, professors at Harvard Business School, explain why our corporate tax code is driving American business overseas. Full Article
to The Condensed October 2014 Issue By hbr.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:43:04 -0500 Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features. Full Article
to How to Change Someone’s Behavior with Minimal Effort By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:09:33 -0500 Steve J. Martin, coauthor of "The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence," on the little things that persuade. Full Article
to How to Negotiate Better By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:49:38 -0500 Jeff Weiss, author of the "HBR Guide to Negotiating" and partner at Vantage Partners, explains how to prepare to be persuasive. Full Article
to Why We Pretend to Be Workaholics By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2015 12:00:35 -0500 Erin Reid of Boston University on why men (but not women) feign long working hours. Full Article
to Beating Digital Overload with Digital Tools By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:37:53 -0500 Alexandra Samuel, online engagement expert and author of "Work Smarter with Social Media," on the tools you should use--and the ones you could be ignoring. Full Article
to Michael Lynton on Surviving the Biggest Corporate Hack in History By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:00:24 -0500 The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment discusses the crisis with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius. Full Article
to Test-Taking Comes to the Office By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:02:00 -0500 Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of the HBR article "Ace the Assessment," explores the rising practice of using tests in hiring and promotion decisions. Full Article
to The Condensed October 2015 Issue By hbr.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:47:52 -0500 Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features. Full Article
to The Creator of WordPress By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:07:36 -0500 Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic, on growth, leadership, and mindfulness. Full Article
to Your Office’s Hidden Artists and How to Work with Them By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:04:16 -0500 Kimberly Elsbach, author of the HBR article "Collaborating with Creative Peers," on collaborating better with a certain type of colleague. Full Article
to The Man Behind Siri Explains How to Start a Company By hbr.org Published On :: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:04:12 -0500 Norman Winarsky, coauthor of "If You Really Want to Change the World," on ventures that scale. Full Article
to Simple Rules for Creating Great Places to Work By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:13:43 -0500 Gareth Jones, author of "Why Should Anyone Work Here?", explains the things managers know, but struggle to do. Full Article
to Slide Deck Presentations Don’t Have to Be Terrible By hbr.org Published On :: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:34:50 -0500 Evan Loomis and Evan Baehr, coauthors of "Get Backed," on how to win someone over with PowerPoint. Full Article
to 4 Types of Conflict and How to Manage Them By hbr.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:00:40 -0500 Amy Gallo, author of the "HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work," explains the options. Full Article
to Stop Focusing on Your Strengths By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:30:16 -0500 Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor at University College London and Columbia University and CEO of Hogan Assessments, explains how the fad for strengths-based coaching may actually be weakening us. Full Article
to How to Give Constructive Feedback By hbr.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:05:06 -0500 Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman have administered thousands of 360-degree assessments through their consulting firm, Zenger/Folkman. This has given them a wealth of information about who benefits from criticism, and how to deliver it. Full Article
to Are Leaders Getting Too Emotional? By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:15:46 -0500 There's a lot of crying and shouting both in politics and at the office. Gautam Mukunda of Harvard Business School and Gianpiero Petriglieri of INSEAD help us try to make sense of it all. Full Article
to How to Say No to More Work By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:15:39 -0500 Karen Dillon, author of the "HBR Guide to Office Politics", explains how to gracefully decline excessive projects–and thankless tasks. Full Article
to Smart Managers Don’t Compare People to the “Average” By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:43:55 -0500 Todd Rose, the Director of the Mind, Brain, & Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of "The End of Average: How to Succeed in a World That Values Sameness," explains why we should stop using averages to understand individuals. Full Article
to Greg Louganis on How to Achieve Peak Performance By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:10:46 -0500 The champion diver explains how visualization and ambitious goal-setting helped him achieve double gold medals in back-to-back Olympic Games and why he now serves as a mentor to younger athletes and a spokesman for LGBT causes. Full Article
to A Brief History of 21st Century Economics By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:35:47 -0500 Tim Sullivan, co-author with Ray Fisman of "The Inner Lives of Markets," on how we shape economic theory -- and how it shapes us. Full Article
to Teaching Creativity to Leaders By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:20:00 -0500 Tim Brown, CEO and president of IDEO, on breakthrough problem-solving. Full Article
to Email: Is It Time to Just Ban It? By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:36:07 -0500 David Burkus, author of "Under New Management", explains why some companies are taking extreme measures to limit electronic communication. Burkus is also a professor at Oral Roberts University and host of the podcast Radio Free Leader. Full Article
to Making the Toughest Calls By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:29:24 -0500 Joseph Badaracco, Harvard Business School professor, explains what to do when no decision feels like a good decision. He is the author of "Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work." Full Article
to When Not to Trust the Algorithm By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:03:26 -0500 Cathy O'Neil, author of "Weapons of Math Destruction" on how data can lead us astray–from HR to Wall Street. Full Article
to Power Corrupts, But It Doesn’t Have To By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:40:09 -0500 Authority changes us all. Berkeley's Dacher Keltner, author of the HBR article "Don't Let Power Corrupt You" and the book "The Power Paradox" explains how to avoid succumbing to power's negative effects. Full Article
to A Leadership Historian on the U.S. Presidential Election By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:45:39 -0500 Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn talks about the surprising election of businessman Donald Trump as U.S. president, and what leaders throughout history can tell us about bridging divides and leading in times of uncertainty. Full Article
to The “Jobs to be Done” Theory of Innovation By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:42:41 -0500 Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard Business School, builds upon the theory of disruptive innovation for which he is well-known. He speaks about his new book examining how successful companies know how to grow. Full Article
to The Secret to Better Problem Solving By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:22:54 -0500 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg discusses a nimbler approach to diagnosing problems than existing frameworks: reframing. He’s the author of “Are You Solving the Right Problems?” in the January/February 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review. Full Article
to Restoring Sanity to the Office By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:08:37 -0500 Basecamp CEO Jason Fried says too many people find it difficult to get work done at the workplace. His company enforces quiet offices, fewer meetings, and different collaboration and communication practices. The goal is to give employees bigger blocks of time to be truly productive. Full Article
to Stopping and Starting With Success By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:07:41 -0500 Jerry Seinfeld shares his insights into innovation, self-criticism, and how to know when to quit. The U.S. comedian conquered 1990s television with his sitcom and is now finding a new audience for his online talk show, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." Full Article
to Why You Should Buy a Business (and How to Do It) By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:50:16 -0500 Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, spell out an overlooked career path: buying a business and running it as CEO. Purchasing a small company lets you become your own boss and reap financial rewards without the risks of founding a start-up. Still, there are things you need to know. Ruback and Yudkoff are the authors of the “HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business.” Full Article
to To Reinvent Your Firm, Do Two Things at the Same Time By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:20:11 -0500 Scott D. Anthony, Innosight managing partner, discusses why established corporations should be better at handling disruptive threats. He lays out a practical approach to transform a company’s existing business while creating future business. It hinges on a “capabilities link,” which means using corporate assets—that startups don’t have—to fight unfairly. He also discusses the leadership qualities of executives who effectively navigate their companies’ imminent disruption. Anthony is the coauthor of the new book, “Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business While Creating the Future.” Full Article