Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Over the past year we have been writing the HBR Leader’s Handbook — a primer for aspiring leaders who want to take their careers to the next level. You’ll be invited to represent the company at major industry conferences. More and more people will want to sign up and work with you.

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McKinsey Handbook Case Interview Leadership 53

Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management by Scott Berkun Making Things Happen is a practical handbook for project managers written in an easy-to-read and witty manner. We’ve focused on those that are easy to read, share actionable insights, and help improve different sides of the project management process. Enjoy the reading!

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Management Handbook Case Study Case Studies 11

NeoAcademic

JANUARY 27, 2021

Although I’m now an industrial-organizational psychologist, that was not always the dream. My obsession with both professordom and Computer Science persisted until college, when a helpful CS professor told me, “the pay is terrible and everyone with any talent just ends up in industry anyway.”

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Construction Research Handbook Study 40

Melissa Agnes

MARCH 6, 2018

Fortunately, there’s a method to this process that can take any organization, of any size, type, and industry, from their current level of crisis readiness, straight through to building an invincible brand—which, as you know, is the ultimate benefit of being crisis ready. Becoming crisis ready is a process.

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Culture Handbook Tools Strategy 68

Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2017

The person may just be unaware of the team, organization, or industry norms around appearance. He recognized that they didn’t have rules about dress “clearly posted on a wall or in a handbook,” so it was his responsibility to explain them to Ross. Prepare for the conversation.

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How To Case Study Case Studies Handbook 41

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Some of them want to switch industries, switch functions, want to serve more of a passion, but trying to do the very same thing I did at Stanford is work with companies to develop these internships – returnships. One of them is going to do values and experimentation, the other one is going to do LinkedIn and interviewing.

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Case Interview Company Interviews Consulting 100

Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Just think, all this was in place centuries before the shop floors of the Industrial Revolution. All the imaginary stuff about Karg and the Court Jesters wasn’t what we (and the editors) needed for a more serious handbook for OD Practitioners. Moses and Jethro: The First Recorded Coaching Consultation for Large-Scale Change.

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Development Organizational Development Consulting Leadership 77

Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2017

An employee handbook update doesn’t usually merit a press release and glossy promotional video — except when there’s a benefits arms race on. Primary-caregiver policies are also counterproductive to employer efforts to recruit and retain women, who leave industries like tech at twice the rate of their male counterparts.

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Policies Fashion Recruiting Recruitment 36

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

The 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday schedule has its “origins in the Industrial Revolution,” says Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford University professor. And what factors will increase your chances of securing a regular work-at-home schedule? What the Experts Say. “But times, they are a-changin’ We live in a different era.”

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How To Case Study Case Studies Productivity 51

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Yes, the leadership development industry is thriving, and yes there are a lot of new and interesting ideas, some of which may prove to be helpful. This tried and true perspective on leadership was reinforced for us during the past year as we researched and wrote the HBR Leader’s Handbook.

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Leadership Healthcare Handbook Emotional Intelligence 49