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11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
Why Great Leaders Focus on the Details 22 Dec 2025 --- Conventional wisdom says CEOs should focus on big picture strategy questions and not worry about the details of execution. But Scott Cook, cofounder of Intuit, says sometimes CEOs need to sweat the small stuff. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/49a2aG0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 12 minNew
Myth Busting 5 Common Pieces of Advice About Switching Jobs | The Harvard Business Review GuideUploaded 07-08-228 Aug 2022---Should you always be looking for another job, never make a lateral move, or be sure to stay at a job for two years? There's a lot of conflicting advice out there. HBR's Amy Gallo helps you sort the myths from the facts.00:00 So in today’s work world, what should you do when it comes to switching jobs? 00:36 Fact or myth: You should always be looking for your next job.02:20 Fact or myth: You should stay at your job for at least two years.03:42 Fact or myth: You should…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
Struggling to Get Promoted? 16 Nov 2024 --- Do you feel like you’re ready for a promotion, but you’re just not getting it? Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is here with advice and strategies that can help — delivered in one minute or less. Wilkins is the host of HBR’s Coaching Real Leaders, available wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen here: https://s.hbr.org/3YByY6M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 46 minNew
Season 8 Highlights — and a Host Reunion! | Women at Work | PodcastUploaded 07-12-227 Dec 2022---Former co-hosts Sarah, Nicole, and Emily reunite with the Amys to discuss the insights and advice that most resonated with them from this season, from how they gained their team’s trust as a first-time manager to how they’re now thinking about retirement. They also talk about their related personal and professional experiences, and share how they’ve been doing since they left the show and HBR.If you haven’t listened to Season 8 in full, this episode also serves as an overview so you can pick and…
11 Oct 2026 · 6 minNew
The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 2: Talent 12 Jun 2023 --- Recognizing potential where others might not is the key to getting great talent. This is Part 2 of our series exploring what lessons major-league, professional sports coaches have for business leaders seeking to unlock human potential on their teams. New installments coming in June and July. 00:00 There’s a market for talent and everyone has the same information, right? Wrong. 00:52 Sniffing out talent that others might overlook. 02:14 Thinking about how talented individuals fit the team. 02:49 The three levels of talent. 03:41…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
How to Sustain Your Empathy in Difficult Times 24 Dec 2024 --- Since the pandemic, empathic leadership has become the new norm — and typically, this is a good thing. But there can also be a downside. Constantly being empathetic to other people’s needs is, well, kind of exhausting. If you’re a leader, how do you protect your energy and well-being while still being there for your team? Here are three tips. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4gilL9n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 7 minNew
How to Build Your Mental Strength 12 Aug 2020 --- First, realize there’s a difference between acting tough and actually being mentally strong. Developing mental strength takes practice, and involves overcoming our natural anxieties so we can handle difficult situations. Amy Morin, author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do”, says it’s not about making sure you never fail, but telling yourself that you are strong enough to deal with failure when it inevitably happens. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in…
11 Oct 2026 · 7 minNew
Telling Stories with Data in 3 Steps (Quick Study) 30 Oct 2019 --- Setup, conflict, resolution. You know right away when you see an effective chart or graphic. It hits you with an immediate sense of its meaning and impact. But what actually makes it clearer, sharper, and more effective? In this video, Scott Berinato, author of “Good Charts” and “Good Charts Workbook”, walks through the three essential ingredients of any story--including those told with data. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the…
11 Oct 2026 · 4 minNew
How to Boil Your Strategy Down to a Single, Clear Visualization 11 Dec 2025 --- What makes some deal presentations resonate with investors? Research on 654 presentations on acquisitions points to one factor—a compelling strategy visual. Here are the five principles that make those visuals persuasive. Read the full article by João Cotter Salvado and Freek Vermeulen here: https://s.hbr.org/44qIYSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 5 minNew
How Disruption Really Happens: 5 Big Ideas 16 Sep 2025 --- Disruption isn’t a buzzword—it’s how real change happens. Professor Scott D. Anthony shares five key ideas to help leaders spot and shape big shifts. To explore more insights, check out Scott’s book 'Epic Disruptions': https://s.hbr.org/41UgHmi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 8 minNew
Product Flops and Collapsed Corporations: Business Lessons from the Failure Museum 28 Oct 2024 --- What can failures like Harley-Davidson Cologne or Cheetos Lip Balm teach us about success? Sean Jacobsohn, partner at Norwest Venture Partners and founder of the Failure Museum, takes us on a tour of notable product failures, sharing insights into why they failed and the lessons we can learn from them. Discover the six forces of failure and learn how companies can avoid making the same mistakes. Visit the Failure Museum: https://failure.museum/ 00:00 Harley-Davidson Cologne, Cheetos Lip Balm,…
11 Oct 2026 · 41 minNew
Tsedal Neeley on Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific UsesUploaded 14-01-2214 Jan 2022---HBS professor Tsedal Neeley specializes in how companies can scale, go global, and achieve digital transformation. She thinks the future of work is not going to be a choice between in-person, remote, or hybrid. You need to “be fabulous in all of them and learn how to connect with people and work well with people” in order to achieve your goals, she says.She is the author of "Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere"…
11 Oct 2026 · 10 minNew
How Cubicles, Telecommuting, Personal Computers, and Email Changed the Way We Work 5 Aug 2020 --- Can a brief history of the modern office help us understand changes happening today? Offices, and the ways we use them, are continually evolving. We identified four key moments in the history of modern offices, then asked HBR readers to share their memories of those disruptive transitions and tell us how the changes affected the ways they work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations…
11 Oct 2026 · 43 minNew
Genpact CEO Tiger Tyagarajan: Digital Transformation Isn’t About Technology, It’s About PeopleUploaded 26-01-2326 Jan 2023---Tiger Tyagarajan is CEO of Genpact, a global firm that advises clients on digital transformation. Tyagarajan helped transform a division of General Electric (GE Capital International Services) into Genpact, a company that now has more than 100,000 employees and annual revenue of $4 billion. He says there’s an important difference between simply “digitizing” your company (by, for example, automating tasks) and truly transforming it digitally, which goes beyond…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
3 Books to Kickstart Your New Year's Resolutions 26 Dec 2024 --- Will you make good on your New Year's resolutions? Three new books offer strategies to help: Big Goals by Caroline Adams Miller; Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff; and Reset by Dan Heath. Read the full article by Stefanie Fernández, associate editor at HBR, here: https://s.hbr.org/4gIei2V Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 14 minNew
Beep! Bzzzt. That incessant knockbrush! Work message notifications run nonstop all day, every day, and there doesn’t seem to be signs of stopping. It’s exhausting.Uploaded 02-11-23In today’s global, remote, WiFi-powered workspaces, the majority of async communication is conducted through email, direct message, or system notifications. Responding to this bottomless stream of requests can be time-consuming, not to mention stressful and mentally taxing. I needed some advice. How do I avoid getting burned out by work messages? What are some things I can do to set boundaries? And how do I create…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
Innovation Rarely Starts with a Plan 28 May 2025 --- Innovation isn’t a straight line. It often come from messy, unexpected moments—not master plans. Read the full article by Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson: https://s.hbr.org/3Hfg9zP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
How to Work SmarterUploaded 01-10-242 Oct 2024---Being busy doesn’t equate to doing more important work. Instead of filling your calendar with busywork that will burn you out, there are ways to be more intentional with your time. Here are two ways high-achieving workers can build a smarter schedule.Listen to the podcast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4eLwMi7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 34 minNew
Strategies for Underdogs: How Alibaba’s Taobao Beat eBay in China | Cold Call 21 Jun 2023 --- In 2007, Alibaba’s Taobao became China’s leading consumer e-commerce marketplace, displacing the once dominant eBay. How did underdog Taobao do it? And will it be able to find a way to monetize its marketplace and ensure future success? Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee discusses his case, “Alibaba’s Taobao,” (https://store.hbr.org/product/alibaba-s-taobao-a/709456?sku=709456-PDF-ENG) and related strategy lessons from his new book, Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
When Gratitude Gets in the Way of Growth 16 Jul 2025 --- Feeling grateful shouldn’t mean staying silent. Build a culture of empowered gratitude on your team. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4nRJkdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 10 minNew
How to Follow Up After a Job Interview 31 Jan 2024 --- You got your foot in the door. You nailed the interview. Now what? Waiting to hear back from a company you’ve interviewed with is the worst. The anticipation, the worry, the dead silence — you can’t help but think that you did something wrong. Should you have sent a hand-written note to your interviewers? Why did you answer that question like that? Is it okay to follow up again? It can be challenging to get through this period of uncertainty, but there are things you can do to pass the time and even boost your chances of getting the job…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
How to Deal with a Job Loss or Demotion 23 May 2025 --- Think a layoff might be coming? CEO Whitney Johnson explains why feeling your emotions is the first step forward. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/3H5Yn1S Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 7 minNew
What Does It Take to Start a Union? 31 Oct 2023 --- What if the company you worked for couldn't make decisions without your input? In 2021, the workers at Pavement Coffeehouse in Boston found themselves wondering how they could have a bigger say in their working conditions. Not long after, they became the first unionized coffee shop in Massachusetts. Emma Delaney, a former supervisor at Pavement and now a full-time organizer at NEJB Unite Here, was one of the many employees that led the union's organization efforts. She shared with us what it was like to start a union at Pavement, what it…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
6 Ways to Bring Strategy into Your Work Every Day 26 Jul 2024 --- We all know strategy is important, but how do you actually put it into practice? C-suite coach David Lancefield has six ways to incorporate strategy into your daily work. — Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4bVXYcl #strategy #business #leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 39 minNew
How Do I Set the Right Boundaries at Work? | S1E1 | New Here 25 Oct 2023 --- So, you’re in a new job. Do you know how to set healthy boundaries? This week on New Here, we learn why it’s important to set your boundaries at work from day one – and how to do it. Host Elainy Mata talks with her own therapist about how boundaries come into play at work, how to define them for yourself, and how to handle the discomfort you feel when a colleague crosses your boundaries. Then Elainy and her work friends Dustin Brady, Jhymon Moodie, and Cheyenne Paterson discuss her therapist’s advice and share what…
11 Oct 2026 · 31 minNew
#HBRLive: Where Do Women Stand Today as Leaders? 4 Sep 2013 --- #HBRLive: Where Do Women Stand Today as Leaders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Oct 2026 · 35 minNew
How Non-Profits Navigate Uncertainty: Lessons from Save the Children U.S. 5 Aug 2025 --- As humanitarian crises continue to unfold around the world, we look back on our interview from May 2025 with Save the Children U.S. CEO Janti Soeripto, who explains how the non-profit is responding to drastic government funding cutbacks, reorganizing for continued positive impact, and pursuing long-term reform. Read more in the September-October issue of Harvard Business Review. Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/…
11 Oct 2026 · 27 minNew
CEO Series: Mary Barra of General Motors on Committing to an Eco-Friendly Future | HBR IdeaCastUploaded 01-03-231 Mar 2023---Mary Barra, chair and CEO of General Motors, says that electric vehicles are the future for the company and the automobile industry. GM has said it will phase out vehicles using internal combustion engines by 2035 and go carbon neutral at all of its facilities. Barra describes how she’s executing on that plan as well as offering broader leadership lessons in an interview with HBR editor Amy Bernstein.This episode originally aired on HBR IdeaCast on May 6, 2021.Listen…
11 Oct 2026 · 27 minNew
Applying Porter’s Five Forces to Fix U.S. Politics | HBR IdeaCastUploaded 01-02-232 Feb 2023---Katherine Gehl, a former CEO and the founder of the Institute for Political Innovation, and Michael Porter, a professor at Harvard Business School, apply his Five Forces framework to explain why U.S. politics are dysfunctional. They argue that the Republican and Democratic parties make up an industry duopoly with high barriers to entry and low consumer power, and that the resulting lack of competition incentivizes these two dominant players to avoid compromises with majority support. Gehl and…
11 Oct 2026 · 3 minNew
Why In-Person Work Still Matters 20 Jun 2025 --- Everyone needs to be back in the office because…” Can you fill in the blank? Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at The Wharton School, shares why in-person matters—especially for new hires. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4nd5mHa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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