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- January – February 2011
- Article
Stop Holding Yourself Back
By: Anne Morriss, Robin J. Ely and Frances X. Frei
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 potential, many people unintentionally get in their own way. Five barriers... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics
Morriss, Anne, Robin J. Ely, and Frances X. Frei. "Stop Holding Yourself Back." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2011).
- Article
Negotiating with Yourself and Losing: Understanding and Managing Conflicting Internal Preferences
By: M. H. Bazerman, A. E. Tenbrunsel and K. A. Wade-Benzoni
Bazerman, M. H., A. E. Tenbrunsel, and K. A. Wade-Benzoni. "Negotiating with Yourself and Losing: Understanding and Managing Conflicting Internal Preferences." Academy of Management Review 23, no. 2 (April 1998): 225–241.
- March 2012
- Article
New Project? Don't Analyze—Act
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
In a predictable world, getting a new initiative off the ground typically involves analyzing the market, creating a forecast, and writing a business plan. But what about in an unpredictable environment? The authors recommend looking to those who are experts in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Managing Yourself; Project Management; Project Strategy; Risk Management
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "New Project? Don't Analyze—Act." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 154–158.
- March 2024
- Supplement
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive? Managing for Passion in Yourself
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive? Managing for Passion in Yourself." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-710, March 2024.
- February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Working Yourself Out of a Job (E)
By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Working Yourself Out of a Job (E)." Harvard Business School Case 897-147, February 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Working Yourself Out of a Job (C)
By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Working Yourself Out of a Job (C)." Harvard Business School Case 897-044, February 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Working Yourself Out of a Job (A)
By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Working Yourself Out of a Job (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-042, February 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Working Yourself Out of a Job (D)
By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Working Yourself Out of a Job (D)." Harvard Business School Case 897-146, February 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Working Yourself Out of a Job (B)
By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Working Yourself Out of a Job (B)." Harvard Business School Case 897-043, February 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
Today, the most innovative leaders aren’t the conformers. They’re the bold individualists who carve their own paths. So learning to embrace one’s inner “badass” is the new key to success, say Harvard Business School faculty Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 2008
- Book
Managing Your Boss
By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy guidebook, the authors contend that you manage your boss for a very good reason: to do your best on the job—and thereby benefit not... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Information Management; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Tactics; Performance Productivity; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Personal Characteristics
Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. Managing Your Boss. Paperback ed. Harvard Business Review Classics. Harvard Business School Press, 2008.
- May 2007
- Article
Managing Your Boss
By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
The best way to make a major impact in your organization? Forge a strong relationship with your boss. You'll get the support and resources you need to put your great ideas into action. But "managing up" isn't easy. For example, if you're reporting to a new CEO, you... View Details
Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Your Boss." Managing Up, 2nd Edition (HBR Article Collection). Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007).
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
strategy, and develop a hobby—all to face weeks on the road interviewing at far-flung institutions. Rouen teaches in the Accounting and Management Unit, having recently completed his own job hunt, which brought him to Harvard. Although... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
Some events mark a generation. If a marker is a source of deep learning about ourselves, as Malcolm Salter believes it is, then the Enron crisis is exactly that for business people. Political scientists have the Bay of Pigs; engineers have the Challenger disaster. And... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
Most of us would like to impress the people we work with. But new research from Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Alexandra Feldberg finds that, for women managers, this aspiration can undermine performance. Feldberg discovered that women View Details
- 16 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
yourself paying more attention to the prices of everything you buy? You are not alone. Consumers everywhere are more price aware. People who've been indifferent to price increases for years are suddenly amazed at what things now cost. How... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions. Companies should also anonymize resumes, diversify interview panels, and evaluate candidates as a group against a set of defined criteria. Integration. Create opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- May 2019
- Background Note
Developing Yourself as a Leader: A Framework for Millennial High Potentials & Emerging Leaders: How to PACE Your Self-Development
By: Ethan Bernstein and Kirstin Lynde
Millennials are redefining what it means to develop future leaders. In business organizations, leadership development—defined as “the expansion of a person's capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes“—has traditionally been the work of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Management Skills; Management Style
Bernstein, Ethan, and Kirstin Lynde. "Developing Yourself as a Leader: A Framework for Millennial High Potentials & Emerging Leaders: How to PACE Your Self-Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 419-045, May 2019.
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from Tom Wolfe's famous book and the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
don't necessarily conflict with making a profit, business leaders today don't face such formidable challenges to their views. Still, what can managers do to ensure that their industries, their companies, their workplaces, their work,... View Details