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Build trust-and create more value.
Whether you're negotiating a salary, a deal with a supplier, or your workload, thoughtful preparation increases your confidence, resilience-and results. But it's not just numbers and strategies. Advocating for yourself, your team, and your business can feel personal, so you also need to manage the emotions that arise during the process.
Next-Level Negotiating provides the research, advice, and practical tips you...
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Make yourself heard.
When women we admire such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg advised, "Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes" and Vice President Kamala Harris has to remind a room full of men, "I'm speaking," it can feel as though having our own voices heard at work is a lost cause. Whether we're confronting a colleague about an inappropriate comment or trying to avoid being talked over (again!) by a male colleague, we can find ways to have our voices...
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Balance being a leader with being an individual contributor.
Collaborator. Communicator. Creator. Coach. Conduit. The pandemic, and the resultant ever-evolving landscape of hybrid work, highlighted that we're asking more of our mid-level managers than ever. You balance leading your team with maintaining your high-level individual performance. You provide feedback and coaching, support your people through tough times, field requests large and small,...
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Seize this moment to advance racial justice at your organization.
In the wake of widespread anti-racism demonstrations across the world, many companies have spoken out forcefully. They've made unprecedented commitments to equity and launched ad campaigns and task forces to counter racism, especially anti-Black racism. But now comes the real test-harnessing the energy of this moment to further and sustain change for the better.
Racial Justice: The...
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Join forces with others inside and outside your organization to solve your toughest problems.
If you read (or listen) to nothing else on collaborating effectively, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you work more productively with people on your team, in other departments, and in other organizations.
Leading experts such as Daniel...
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You have to talk with a colleague about a fraught situation, but you're worried that they'll yell, or blame you, or shut down. You fear your emotions could block you from a resolution. But you can communicate in a way that's constructive-not combative. Difficult Conversations walks you through:
- Uncovering the root cause of friction
- Maintaining a positive mindset
- Untangling the problem together
- Agreeing on a way forward
Don't have much...
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From crackly conference lines to pixelated video, virtual meetings can be problematic. But you can host a productive conversation in which everyone participates. Running Virtual Meetings takes you through the basics of:
• Selecting the right virtual venue
• Giving participants the information and support they need to connect and contribute
• Establishing and enforcing a common meeting etiquette
• Following up from afar
Don't have much time?...
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Are you suffering from work-related stress?
Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and short-tempered at work-and at home? Then you may have too much stress in your life. Stress is a serious problem that impacts not only your mental and physical health, but also your loved ones and your organization. So what can you do to address it?
The HBR Guide to Managing Stress at Work will help you find a sustainable solution. It will help you reach the goal of getting...
9) HBR's 10 Must Reads 2015: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
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A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've combed through ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the freshest, most relevant thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton Christensen to Roger Martin and company examples from Netflix to Unilever, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.
This...
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Conducting performance reviews can be stressful. But these conversations are critical to your employees' development, allowing you to formally communicate with them about their accomplishments relative to their goals. Performance Reviews guides you through the basics. You'll learn to:
• Gather and analyze the right information
• Document your assessment
• Address performance problems
• Set challenging goals
Don't have much time? Get up...
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Become a mindful listener at work.
Listening is a critical skill that leaders and managers often take for granted. By learning to listen mindfully, you can keep your employees more engaged, foster the discovery of new ideas, and hear what you need to hear in a discussion rather than what you expect to hear.
Mindful Listening will teach you what great listeners do, how to stay fully present in challenging conversations, and how empathic listening...
12) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (With Featured Article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by
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Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership will inspire you to: motivate others to excel, build your team's self-confidence in others, provoke positive change, set direction, encourage smart risk-taking, manage with tough...
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Stay on top of your leadership game.
Leadership isn't something you're born with or gifted as a reward for an abundance of charisma; true leadership stems from core skills that can be learned.
Get more of the leadership ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and...
14) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Including Featured Article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Por
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Is your company spending too much time on strategy development-with too little to show for it?
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on strategy, listen to these ten articles (featuring "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire...
15) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (Including Featured Article "Leading Change," by John P
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Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to.
If you read (or listen to) nothing else on change management, listen to these ten articles (featuring "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management will inspire you to: lead change through eight critical...
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Learn how to deal with difficult colleagues and clients.
At the heart of dealing with difficult people is handling their-and your own-emotions. How do you stay calm in a tough conversation? How do you stay unruffled in the face of passive-aggressive comments? And how do you know if you're difficult to work with?
This book explains the research behind our emotional response to awful colleagues and shows how to build the empathy and resilience to...
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Are Your Working Relationships Working Against You?
To achieve your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and your ideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or when you have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you're juggling others' needs at the expense of your own?
By managing up, down, and across the organization. Your success depends on it, whether you're a young professional or an experienced leader.
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Build resilience in your company to weather the greatest crises.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the ten most important ones to help your company prepare for and overcome disruption, social upheaval, and disaster.
This book will inspire you to: reposition your core business while launching a separate, disruptive business; build the ability to continually anticipate and adjust to emerging trends; prepare...
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Working remotely gives you flexibility and independence. But it can pose challenges when you need to team up with colleagues or coworkers. Virtual Collaboration covers the basics of working productively-and collaboratively-from anywhere. You'll learn to:
• Communicate clearly over a variety of media
• Bond with colleagues across the wires
• Keep others-and yourself-accountable
• Avoid and mitigate tech glitches
Don't have much time? Get...
20) HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Revie
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A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking from our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or...
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