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HBR Articles |
Anne Morriss,
Robin J. Ely,
Frances X. Frei | Jan 01, 2011
After working with hundreds of leaders in a wide variety of organizations and in countries all over the globe, the authors found one very clear pattern: When it comes to meeting their leadership poten...
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HBR Articles |
Nick Wreden,
John Daly,
Isa Engleberg,
John Clayton,
Kirsten D. Sandberg,
Roly Grimshaw,
Nick Morgan | Apr 20, 2010
Are you preparing an important presentation? Does public speaking make your face flush and your heart race? Are you struggling to create a concise, powerful argument? Packed with practical advice on e...
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Book Chapters |
Tamara Erickson | Jan 05, 2010
For you, work probably involves an organization, whether you work within an organization or are an independent contractor who works regularly with other businesses. For the vast majority of Generation...
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Other Articles |
Thomas A. Stewart,
Russ Edelman,
Tim Hiltabiddle,
Jonathan Gosling,
Henry Mintzberg,
Rosabeth Moss Kanter,
John J. Gabarro,
John P. Kotter,
Heike Bruch,
Sumantra Ghoshal,
Nadim F. Matta,
Ronald N. Ashkenas,
Stanley R. Rich,
David E. Gumpert,
Marcus Buckingham,
Robert Morison,
Tamara Erickson,
Ken Dychtwald,
Herminia Ibarra | Nov 14, 2006
Middle managers are the backbone of most organizations--the ones typically charged with executing the plans made by the C-suite. They have to motivate their teams, provide honest feedback to top-level...
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HBR Articles |
K. Anders Ericsson,
Michael J. Prietula,
Edward T. Cokely | Jul 01, 2007
Popular lore tells us that genius is born, not made. Scientific research, on the other hand, reveals that true expertise is mainly the product of years of intense practice and dedicated coaching. Ordi...
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HBR Articles |
Kimberly D Elsbach | Sep 01, 2003
Coming up with creative ideas is easy; selling them to strangers is hard. Entrepreneurs, sales executives, and marketing managers often go to great lengths to demonstrate how their new concepts are pr...
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HBR Articles |
Robin J. Ely,
Martin N. Davidson,
Debra Meyerson | Sep 01, 2006
Legal and cultural changes over the past 40 years ushered unprecedented numbers of women and people of color into companies' professional ranks. Laws now protect these traditionally underrepresented g...
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Blog Posts |
Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Nov 23, 2010
The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many...
The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria... He later spent 12 years with this master, learning a trade, and understanding many aspects of business... As more people depended on him, he spent his working capital, and the business failed...
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Blog Posts |
Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Oct 04, 2010
A few years back, I planned to build a networked digital library where theses from African universities could be stored....
A few years back, I planned to build a networked digital library where theses from African universities could be stored... It was a hobby, not a job, and I took the time to personally craft it to my taste... The project took weeks, then months, and years...
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Blog Posts |
Tammy Erickson | Jul 26, 2010
Here are a few more of the questions that came in during a recent HBR-sponsored webinar — but that we...
Good on-ramps for X'ers should build capital and offer choice... Emotional capital is about feeling committed to the organization — creating touch points that reflect the values that drew the individual to the company in the first place... Intellectual capital is about knowledge — keeping individuals up to date on the expertise they'll need to do the job well once they return...
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