Learn to Trust Your Gut 1:22 PM |Ron Ashkenas This post was co-authored with my colleague Holly Newman. Have you ever questioned the guidance of a GPS navigation system? The calm and definitive voice tells you to turn right — but your knowledge of the area makes you want to veer left. Now you have[...]
3 bad habits of fake leaders Friday, January 27, 2012 9:49 AM | Scott Eblin There was an interesting movie that came out last year called “The Adjustment Bureau” starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. In it, Damon plays a rising young congressman named David Norris. He’s headed for a big victory in a[...]
How to Work with Someone You Hate 10:29 AM | Amy Gallo Working with someone you hate can be distracting and draining. Pompous jerk, annoying nudge, or incessant complainer, an insufferable colleague can negatively affect your attitude and performance. Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting[...]
Prepare for an Interview by Thinking Like an Employer 2:39 PM | Bill Barnett People have different natural talents at interviewing for jobs. But even the most talented can fail to get offers if they don’t prepare. This goes beyond arriving on time, dressing professionally, being polite, and preparing to discuss every detail of your[...]
The Real Virtual Reality 1:50 PM | Dan Pallotta I usually go for a walk in the morning and listen to music or a dharma talk. Occasionally I listen to nothing (or so it would appear by the absence of earbuds), but then I find the chatter of my mind so nauseating that I have[...]
Are You Learning as Fast as the World Is Changing? |12:02 PM|Bill Taylor| Tom Kelly, general manager of IDEO, the world-renowned design firm, likes to quote French novelist Marcel Proust, who famously said, “The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but in seeing with new eyes.” What goes for novelists goes[...]
An Introvert’s Guide to Networking | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:17 AM | Lisa Petrilli | I learned the critical importance of networking, and discovered my natural aversion to it, early in my career. I was a new college graduate working in the strategic planning division of a $10 billion company, and our business unit[...]
The Biggest Myth in Time Management | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:22 PM | Peter Bregman | Brad* is as hard a worker as anyone I know. He’s not just busy, he’s keenly focused on getting the right things done. And it pays off — he is the largest single revenue generator at his well-known[...]
HAMMERED LEADERS By Pastor Henry Waweru in LEADERSHIP WELL · Numbers 10:1,2 The LORD said to Moses:“Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. The trumpets that was used to call the people together was to be hammered so that it[...]
To-Do Lists Don’t Work 2:11 PM | Daniel Markovitz Stop making to-do lists. They’re simply setting you up for failure and frustration. Consider the to-do lists you’re currently managing: how many items have been languishing since Michelle Bachman was leading the field for the Republican nomination? How often do you scan your list just so[...]
hbr.org 05/10/2013 | Vijay Govindarajan and Srikanth Srinivas Here is a leadership lesson: Be selfish. Be very selfish. For this message to be an effective leadership tip, we need to understand what selfishness is. Selfishness is typically defined as “concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself.” If someone hears that the CEO is being selfish, the thought that[...]
By Adam Grant | May 10, 2013 Several decades ago, a team of experts built the world’s most expensive mirror. It was for the Hubble Space Telescope, and the mirror was the key to focusing light that predated the stars, capturing images that had never been seen by human eyes. The precision was measured in millionths[...]
By Scott Eblin | May 9, 2013 A couple of months ago, I was talking with an executive leader I’ve known for a few years. One of the things I’ve noticed about him in that time is that his confidence has grown in a very appropriate and admirable way. I mentioned this to him and,[...]
hbr.org 05/09/2013Author: Joan Solotar As a senior professional in financial services — an industry with comparatively few women in the executive ranks — I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about why there aren’t more women at the top-most levels of companies. I’ve read the studies and heard the theories that women don’t network well; don’t have[...]
hbr.org 05/09/2013 Author: Peter Bregman A recent early morning hike in Malibu, California, led me to a beach, where I sat on a rock and watched surfers. I marveled at these courageous men and women who woke before dawn, endured freezing water, paddled through barreling waves, and even risked shark attacks, all for the sake[...]
hbr.org 05/08/2013 Author: Mark Goulston Disclaimer: It’s probably not a good idea to read this before you eat. I still remember how it felt when, as a medical student, I drained my first abscess in a patient. We called the procedure “I & D” which stands for “Incision and Drainage” (I told you not to[...]
Leadership is not only a noble calling, it’s the highest level of calling there is. Both in the church and in the world leadership demands a lot. One becomes a leader if he or she is different and distinguished from the rest. People follow a person if he has something they lack and they are[...]
05/06/2013 hbr.org Each one of us holds a set of beliefs and attitudes — a mindset — that determines how we interpret and respond to situations. That mindset shapes how we interact with others, and therefore it also affects the people we work with — in ways both subtle and profound. A person with a[...]
hbr.org 05/06/2013 Author: Solange Charas Anyone who has served on a board of directors can appreciate that each board has its own characteristic rhythm, social rules and level of effectiveness. I’ve been advising boards and management teams for 25 years as a consultant and C-Suite executive, and have served on several corporate boards, and can[...]
The leadership feeds on the main portal have been revamped. We are now more mobile and iPad-friendly and easier to view on more devices. Stay tuned for more changes and exciting members-only content as we prepare a revamp of the system over the next several weeks …. Related Articles: Be Selfish. Be Very Selfish Why[...]
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