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Don’t Leave Your Personal Life at Home
Work-life balance Digital ArticleYou’re not paying attention to your family, your community, your private self? All you have time for is your career? You’re making a big mistake. How things are going at home, in your community, and in your interior life all influence whether you perform well at work. Over 20 years of research and practice on […] -
Manage Your Time Like Jim Collins
Work-life balance Digital ArticleJim Collins is all about discipline. The man who described Level 5 Leadership not only understands the inner fortitude of the best-performing companies and leaders; he’s famously disciplined and enormously productive, as you can tell from his website (jimcollins.com). A runner and mountain-climber, he is the picture of fitness. How does he manage his time? […] -
The Pandemic Is Changing Employee Benefits
Human resource management Digital ArticleA new report found that 98% of leaders plan to expand some benefits in the wake of Covid-19 — but they’ll also be cutting others. -
How the Sharing Economy Can Improve Your Next Business Trip
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOn-demand services to try. -
If You Want to Be Happy at Work, Have a Life Outside of It
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHaving the time and money to afford leisure affects your job satisfaction. -
How to Prepare for the Deluge of Year-End Requests
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive strategies for managing the urgent (and not-so-urgent) demands. -
When Your Job Is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's one risk of conflating your role with your self-worth. -
How to Turn a Bad Day Around
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTips for changing your mood. -
What Does “Work” Mean to You?
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleLately I’ve been listening closely to how people use the word “work.” I’ve noticed something . . .and formed a hypothesis that I’d like to test with you. The dictionary provides a number of alternate definitions and meanings for the word. Here are some of them: work [wurk] 1. exertion or effort directed to produce […] -
Burning Out? Give Yourself Permission to Dial It Back.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFour strategies to help you convince yourself. -
5 Super Awkward WFH Moments You’ve Probably Experienced
Work-life balance ListicleThese things happen to everyone, right? Right? -
Tech’s Best Feature: The Off Switch
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleYes, you can make time slow down. -
If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
Work-life balance Digital ArticleCompanies recruit overachievers, then exploit their insecurity. -
4 Tips to Manage Childcare When You Go Back to the Office
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDon’t ditch your pandemic pod. -
For Real Productivity, Less is Truly More
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWhen I wrote a post on this site about The Myth of Productivity recently, a number of commentators argued productivity has gone up not because employees are running scared, but rather because companies have finally laid off the slackers who were dragging productivity down. There are surely plenty of low performers who got the ax, […] -
Creative Strategies from Single Parents on Juggling Work and Family
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFour tips that can be useful for any family. -
What PwC Learned from Its Policy of Flexible Work for Everyone
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWorking parents aren't the only ones who need flex time. -
Is It Time to Shake Up Your WFH Routine?
Personal productivity Digital ArticleSmall tweaks can make a big impact.
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Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being
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We Can Work It Out: Managing a Dual-Career Family
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Ivan and Lana Kuznetsov are a dual-career couple and parents to four young children. Having immigrated to Canada from Russia in 2012, they are both in... -
James Bryant Conant: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case traces the rise of James Conant from a working-class neighborhood in Boston to president of Harvard University. The case describes how Conant,... -
Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems
30.00View Details An insightful and inspiring book on using "both/and" thinking to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions in a world of competing demands.... -
Leonard Bernstein: Changing the World
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HBR Women at Work Boxed Set (6 Books)
125.00View Details Inspiring conversations, advancing together. The HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose
21.95View Details Stop searching for purpose. Build it. We're living through a crisis of purpose. Surveys indicate that people are feeling less connected to the meaning... -
Two-Career Families (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details Build your careers, your family, and your life--together. When you're part of a two-career family, you manage the competing demands of your careers, child-rearing,... -
HBR Guide to Better Mental Health at Work
21.95View Details Build a mentally healthy workplace. Mental health is just as important as physical health. Yet being honest about depression, anxiety, and other psychological... -
Overcoming Overwork: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
Management Book99.95View Details The "HBR Women at Work" series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
The HBR Work Smart Collection (4 Books)
Management Book79.99View Details Rise faster with quick reads, real-life stories, and expert advice. It's not easy to navigate the world of work when you're exploring who you are and... -
Bill Wilson: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom... -
Shirley Dong at Schneider Electric: A Female Technical Leader's Career at a Crossroads
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case depicts the critical decisions Xingli Dong (Shirley) made during her career transition from a female Ph. D. in engineering to Energy Automation... -
Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Managing Teams in the Hybrid Age: The HBR Guides Collection (8 Books)
Management Book160.00View Details Lead your hybrid team to success. The strictly nine-to-five office routine no longer exists, and you may be managing a team that works in several different... -
Twenty Years Later: Memoirs of Life and Work two Decades after an MBA
Management Case Study11.95View Details "Ten Years Later" is a series of one-page narratives that provide a glimpse of "what happened next" in the lives of a group of members of the INSEAD MBA... -
HBR Guide to Managing Flexible Work Toolkit
79.95View Details Find a way to work that works for you. The 9-to-5 office routine no longer exists. Many employees have the option to work anywhere, any time. But how... -
HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection (6 Books)
110.00View Details Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. Career paths are far from straightforward. "HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection" offers the... -
Being Your Best Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
110.00View Details Manage your energy--and your mood. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of... -
The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It
30.00View Details How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it. There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of--and it threatens...
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Don’t Leave Your Personal Life at Home
Work-life balance Digital ArticleYou’re not paying attention to your family, your community, your private self? All you have time for is your career? You’re making a big mistake. How things are going at home, in your community, and in your interior life all influence whether you perform well at work. Over 20 years of research and practice on […] -
Manage Your Time Like Jim Collins
Work-life balance Digital ArticleJim Collins is all about discipline. The man who described Level 5 Leadership not only understands the inner fortitude of the best-performing companies and leaders; he’s famously disciplined and enormously productive, as you can tell from his website (jimcollins.com). A runner and mountain-climber, he is the picture of fitness. How does he manage his time? […] -
The Pandemic Is Changing Employee Benefits
Human resource management Digital ArticleA new report found that 98% of leaders plan to expand some benefits in the wake of Covid-19 — but they’ll also be cutting others. -
How the Sharing Economy Can Improve Your Next Business Trip
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOn-demand services to try. -
If You Want to Be Happy at Work, Have a Life Outside of It
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHaving the time and money to afford leisure affects your job satisfaction. -
Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being
30.00View Details A plan for conquering collaborative overload to drive performance and innovation, reduce burnout, and enhance well-being. Most organizations have created... -
We Can Work It Out: Managing a Dual-Career Family
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Ivan and Lana Kuznetsov are a dual-career couple and parents to four young children. Having immigrated to Canada from Russia in 2012, they are both in... -
How to Prepare for the Deluge of Year-End Requests
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFive strategies for managing the urgent (and not-so-urgent) demands.