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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. While interviewing a candidate, we might ask her where she went to school or to share her experiences.

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

Is It Time to Quit Your Job? How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. This sort of information may be better understood by an internal candidate, of course, but an avid, promising outside candidate will have researched these elements of the job, or at least will know the right questions to ask in the interview process.

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Prioritize Your Opportunities with This Checklist

Harvard Business

Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. Will this opportunity utilize your unique talents and abilities? Let’s say an interview or speech to 100 doctors or real estate experts would require preparation in an area you’ve never fully studied before. You and Your Team Series.

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Case Study: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?

Harvard Business

Exit interviews were usually handled by junior managers on the HR team, but Amrita felt that given the high rate of attrition among doctors at Krisna over the past year, it was her responsibility as head of HR to talk to Dr. Vishnu Patel, a respected cardiologist who’d just given his notice. Ben Edwards/Getty Images.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

The first step in the process is to solicit feedback from all the people in your organization who interviewed the candidate, according to Claman. Claman recommends referring to information gleaned from the candidate during the interview process. Here are some tips to make the most of reference checks. Seek input. ” she says.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.