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How to Recover Your Core Rhythm
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI spent much of last week on the road. Eager to get back home when my work was done, I took the red-eye flight from San Francisco to New York at 10 pm.... -
Productivity Skills to Help You Gain Time Back
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTime is your most valuable resource. Spend it carefully. -
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? […] -
How Dads Can Build a Network of Parenting Allies at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSeek out the support you need to fulfill your responsibilities both at home and on the job. -
How Couples Can Find Balance While Working from Home
Work-life balance Digital ArticleStrategies for maintaining domestic harmony. -
Working Parents, Make Friendships a Part of Your Routine
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEven on a tight schedule, you can connect through shared experiences. -
What I Did on My Summer "Vacation"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow did I spend my summer vacation? Forgive me for this self-indulgent topic, but I have a feeling that you might resonate with it-and isn't blogging... -
Tech’s Best Feature: The Off Switch
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleYes, you can make time slow down. -
Dealing with the Unique Work-Life Challenges of Family Businesses
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSetting boundaries is especially tricky. -
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, […] -
A Career Detour Doesn’t Have to Compromise Your Long-Term Goals
Burnout Digital ArticleFour strategies to stay focused on the future when you have to prioritize the present. -
Do You Have a Life Outside of Work?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree ways to rediscover your purpose. -
Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
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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 […] -
Embrace Work-Life Imbalance
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe problem is not your inability to switch off, but to switch on. -
What Working Parents Need from Their Managers
Balancing work and family Big IdeaA balance of predictability and flexibility. -
Off-Ramp—or Dead End?
Career planning Magazine ArticleAnother 60-hour workweek, another school play missed—and now, another delay in a long-awaited promotion. Is it time to chuck it all? -
How Working Parents Can Create a New Normal for Their Family
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleAn exercise to help you uncover what you learned during the pandemic and what you want to take with you going forward. -
How the Sharing Economy Can Improve Your Next Business Trip
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOn-demand services to try.
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Overcoming Overwork (HBR Women at Work Series)
Management Book24.95View Details Overworked? Overwhelmed? Protect yourself from burnout. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for... -
People Skills for a Virtual World Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
110.00View Details How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages 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... -
HBR Guide to Managing Flexible Work
21.95View 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... -
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,... -
The Strategize Your Life Collection: Design a Life of Purpose
Management Special Offer60.00View Details Use strategy to achieve your goals--at work and in life. You think strategically about your work, but are you as planful and deliberate about your personal... -
Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships (HBR Work Smart Series)
Management Book22.00View Details I'm not here to make work friends. Or am I? Managers, peers, work friends, mentors, frenemies, annoying people, romantic interests, your boss's boss,... -
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... -
Mary Elizabeth Carter (MBA 2017)
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Cyrus: Turning a Traditional Business Model On Its Head (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details The loss of the lease at their Michelin-starred Cyrus 1.0 in Sonoma County, California gives the partners an opportunity to shut down and rework a "broken"... -
HBR Working Parents Starter Set (5 Books)
115.00View Details All the advice you need to succeed as a first-time working parent. The year after having your first baby can be one of the most challenging and disorienting... -
Angel Torres Sequel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,... -
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... -
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... -
Values-based entrepreneurship: Opaline's bubbles (Abridged)
Management Case Study11.95View Details Orsières (Valais, Switzerland) April 2020. Opaline, an original juice production company with high social and environmental standards had begun in 2010.... -
Energy + Motivation (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
19.99View Details Push through when procrastination calls. Some days you're on fire at work; other days you're burned out and easily distracted. How can you maintain your... -
Work from Anywhere: The HBR Guides Collection (5 Books)
Management Book95.00View Details Everything you need to get your best work done, no matter where you do it. For many, working remotely is a dream come true. For others it comes with stress,... -
Chris Ernst: Purpose, People, Progress
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Executive Chris Ernst uses a unique personal strategy to define his six life roles (spiritual explorer, natural being, development pioneer, global/local... -
Marie Curie: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the rise of Marie Curie from a poor family in Poland to the pinnacle of scientific fame. The case describes how Curie, as a young... -
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade.
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How to Recover Your Core Rhythm
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI spent much of last week on the road. Eager to get back home when my work was done, I took the red-eye flight from San Francisco to New York at 10 pm.... -
Productivity Skills to Help You Gain Time Back
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTime is your most valuable resource. Spend it carefully. -
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? […] -
Overcoming Overwork (HBR Women at Work Series)
Management Book24.95View Details Overworked? Overwhelmed? Protect yourself from burnout. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for... -
Family Management: Looking to a Post-Pandemic Future
Managing yourself AudioTwo parents describe how they’re leading their family into something approaching normality. -
How Dads Can Build a Network of Parenting Allies at Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSeek out the support you need to fulfill your responsibilities both at home and on the job. -
How Couples Can Find Balance While Working from Home
Work-life balance Digital ArticleStrategies for maintaining domestic harmony. -
Working Parents, Make Friendships a Part of Your Routine
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEven on a tight schedule, you can connect through shared experiences. -
What I Did on My Summer "Vacation"
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow did I spend my summer vacation? Forgive me for this self-indulgent topic, but I have a feeling that you might resonate with it-and isn't blogging...