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The Secret to Effective Motivation

Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Tory Higgins, authors of "Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World to Power Success and Influence."




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Why We Need to Redefine Intelligence

Scott Barry Kaufman, adjunct assistant professor of psychology at New York University and author of "Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined."




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How to Schedule Time for Meaningful Work

Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen, coauthors of the HBR article "Make Time for the Work that Matters."




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Working Fathers Need Balance, Too

Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California and coauthor of the forthcoming book, "What Works for Women at Work."




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Why We Love to Hate Consultants

Dan McGinn, HBR senior editor.




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Leading Across Sectors

William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan, authors of "The Solution Revolution," discuss why "triple-strength" leaders are the best problem solvers.




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Clay Christensen and Dominic Barton on Consulting’s Disruption

The HBS sage and McKinsey head discuss how to stay on top in a rapidly changing industry.




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Editors’ Picks of the Week

HBR editors read top posts from HBR.org.




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Getting Excellence to Spread

Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor, talks about his book, "Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less" (coauthored by Huggy Rao).




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Our Bizarre Fascination with Stories of Doom

Andrew O'Connell, HBR editor, explains why we find tales of disaster so compelling.




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Identify Your Primary Customer

Robert Simons, Harvard Business School professor, says companies still struggle to choose the right customer.




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How to Manage Wall Street

Sam Palmisano, former CEO of IBM, on striking a balance between running a company for the long term and keeping investors happy.




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The Secret History of White-Collar Offices

Nikil Saval, editor at n+1, on how gender, politics, and unions have affected the American workplace since the Civil War.




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When to Go with Your Gut

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.




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Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale on How to Make Money

The tech luminaries on bundling and unbundling in the digital age.




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To Do Things Better, Stop Doing So Much

Greg McKeown, author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," on the importance of being "absurdly selective" in how we use our time.




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How to Stop Corporate Inversions

Bill George and Mihir Desai, professors at Harvard Business School, explain why our corporate tax code is driving American business overseas.




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The Condensed October 2014 Issue

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.




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How to Change Someone’s Behavior with Minimal Effort

Steve J. Martin, coauthor of "The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence," on the little things that persuade.




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How to Negotiate Better

Jeff Weiss, author of the "HBR Guide to Negotiating" and partner at Vantage Partners, explains how to prepare to be persuasive.




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Why We Pretend to Be Workaholics

Erin Reid of Boston University on why men (but not women) feign long working hours.




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Beating Digital Overload with Digital Tools

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.




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Michael Lynton on Surviving the Biggest Corporate Hack in History

The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment discusses the crisis with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius.




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Test-Taking Comes to the Office

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of the HBR article "Ace the Assessment," explores the rising practice of using tests in hiring and promotion decisions.




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The Condensed October 2015 Issue

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.




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The Creator of WordPress

Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic, on growth, leadership, and mindfulness.




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Your Office’s Hidden Artists and How to Work with Them

Kimberly Elsbach, author of the HBR article "Collaborating with Creative Peers," on collaborating better with a certain type of colleague.




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The Man Behind Siri Explains How to Start a Company

Norman Winarsky, coauthor of "If You Really Want to Change the World," on ventures that scale.




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Simple Rules for Creating Great Places to Work

Gareth Jones, author of "Why Should Anyone Work Here?", explains the things managers know, but struggle to do.




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Slide Deck Presentations Don’t Have to Be Terrible

Evan Loomis and Evan Baehr, coauthors of "Get Backed," on how to win someone over with PowerPoint.




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4 Types of Conflict and How to Manage Them

Amy Gallo, author of the "HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work," explains the options.




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Stop Focusing on Your Strengths

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.




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How to Give Constructive Feedback

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.




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Are Leaders Getting Too Emotional?

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.




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How to Say No to More Work

Karen Dillon, author of the "HBR Guide to Office Politics", explains how to gracefully decline excessive projects–and thankless tasks.




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Smart Managers Don’t Compare People to the “Average”

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.




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Greg Louganis on How to Achieve Peak Performance

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.




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A Brief History of 21st Century Economics

Tim Sullivan, co-author with Ray Fisman of "The Inner Lives of Markets," on how we shape economic theory -- and how it shapes us.




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Teaching Creativity to Leaders

Tim Brown, CEO and president of IDEO, on breakthrough problem-solving.




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Email: Is It Time to Just Ban It?

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.




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Making the Toughest Calls

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."




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When Not to Trust the Algorithm

Cathy O'Neil, author of "Weapons of Math Destruction" on how data can lead us astray–from HR to Wall Street.




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Power Corrupts, But It Doesn’t Have To

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.




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A Leadership Historian on the U.S. Presidential Election

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.




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The “Jobs to be Done” Theory of Innovation

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.




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The Secret to Better Problem Solving

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.




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Restoring Sanity to the Office

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.




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Stopping and Starting With Success

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."




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Why You Should Buy a Business (and How to Do It)

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.”




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To Reinvent Your Firm, Do Two Things at the Same Time

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.”