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What Covid-19 Has Done to Our Well-Being, in 12 Charts
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaHow has Covid-19 and the related shift to WFH affected workers? A group of researchers surveyed HBR readers and others in the fall of 2020 and found that... -
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 […] -
Working Parents, It's Time to Let Go of These Pandemic-Era Habits
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAsk yourself: What isn't serving me anymore? -
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? […] -
I Tried 4 Tactics to Get a Better Night's Sleep
Here's what worked and what didn't. -
How Taking a Vacation Improves Your Well-Being
Time off Digital ArticleResearch reveals the benefits of logging off. -
Let’s Redefine “Productivity” for the Hybrid Era
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleIt’s time to expand the definition to include well-being, social connection, and collaboration -
Want to Be a Better Leader? Stop Thinking About Work After Hours.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearch found surprising benefits of turning your attention away from your job at the end of the workday. -
Ambition and High-Octane Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOver the last two months, at women's leadership events in London (American Express), Los Angeles (Warner Bros.), and Basel (Novartis), I've been tangling... -
Don't Take Work Stress Home with You
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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 […] -
Should Leaders Go on Vacation?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhen former auto executive Lee Iaccoca titled a book, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" he was decrying the sorry state of leadership, not asking about... -
Tech’s Best Feature: The Off Switch
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleYes, you can make time slow down. -
If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
Work-life balance Digital ArticleCompanies recruit overachievers, then exploit their insecurity. -
Dealing with the Unique Work-Life Challenges of Family Businesses
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleSetting boundaries is especially tricky. -
Are You Spending Your Parenting Time and Energy Wisely?
Work-life balance Digital ArticleA matrix to help guide your decision-making. -
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, […] -
On-Ramping Comes of Age
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMelissa is well aware of how lucky she was to have found Encore, Lehman Brothers' signature On-Ramping program. After an impressive ten-year career in... -
The Mostly Unplugged Vacation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI'm going on vacation with my family in a few weeks, and I'm anxious. Anyone who knows me knows how much I adore my family and the time we spend together.... -
Making Caregiving Compatible with Work
Gender Digital ArticleChanging demographics will change the demands on your workers.
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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... -
Cyrus 3.0: Turning a Traditional Business Model on Its Head (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details The objective of improved work-life balance is achieved. However, it prompts a discussion of whether management should take on special events during what... -
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,... -
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"... -
Managing Your Anxiety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
19.99View Details What's the worst that can happen? Anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. But rumination, worry, and catastrophizing don't have to hold... -
HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss
21.95View Details Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees... -
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... -
Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
Management Book22.00View Details Say no to a culture of constant work. We often equate our productivity with the number of hours we spend working. But do we really need to work endlessly,... -
Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems
30.00View Details An insightful and inspiring book on using "both/and" thinking to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions in a world of competing demands.... -
Both/And Thinking Toolkit: How to Transform Challenges into Opportunities
499.00View Details Teach your team how to generate creative solutions to their toughest problems by embracing paradoxes. When you are faced with a seemingly unsolvable problem,... -
HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection (6 Books)
110.00View Details Don't wait for someone else to manage your career. Career paths are far from straightforward. "HBR Guides to Managing Your Career Collection" offers the... -
Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being
30.00View Details A plan for conquering collaborative overload to drive performance and innovation, reduce burnout, and enhance well-being. Most organizations have created... -
Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business--and How to Fix It
32.00View Details The always-on, hustle culture creates an unhealthy, counterproductive relationship with work. Many workers believe that to compete with other top talent,... -
Being Your Best Collection (6 Books) (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
110.00View Details Manage your energy--and your mood. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of... -
Shelly Sun at BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leader
Management Case Study11.95View Details Shelly Sun had founded BrightStar Care, a home health care and medical staffing agency, 20 years earlier and had grown the business to over 300 franchised... -
Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details As founders of the software company Basecamp, Jason Fried and David H. Hansson were used to being the subjects of social media attention. Both maintained... -
MassEnvelopePlus
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Describes the challenges Steve Grossman, a fourth-generation owner of a small commercial printing company, must face amid industry consolidation, technological... -
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... -
HBR Guide to Designing Your Retirement
21.95View Details Set yourself up for a successful transition. Retirement is perhaps the greatest and most deeply personal career transition you'll ever make. Will you... -
Maryam Hassan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Maryam and Sameer, brother and sister, were searching for an apartment in Hitech City, Hyderabad. Recent college graduates who were now starting jobs...
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What Covid-19 Has Done to Our Well-Being, in 12 Charts
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaHow has Covid-19 and the related shift to WFH affected workers? A group of researchers surveyed HBR readers and others in the fall of 2020 and found that... -
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 […] -
Working Parents, It's Time to Let Go of These Pandemic-Era Habits
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAsk yourself: What isn't serving me anymore? -
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? […] -
I Tried 4 Tactics to Get a Better Night's Sleep
Here's what worked and what didn't. -
How Taking a Vacation Improves Your Well-Being
Time off Digital ArticleResearch reveals the benefits of logging off. -
Managing the Productivity Paradox
Managing yourself AudioTony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project and author of “The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working.” -
Let’s Redefine “Productivity” for the Hybrid Era
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleIt’s time to expand the definition to include well-being, social connection, and collaboration -
Want to Be a Better Leader? Stop Thinking About Work After Hours.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleResearch found surprising benefits of turning your attention away from your job at the end of the workday. -
Ambition and High-Octane Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOver the last two months, at women's leadership events in London (American Express), Los Angeles (Warner Bros.), and Basel (Novartis), I've been tangling...