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It’s OK If Going to a Conference Doesn’t Feel Like Real Work
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Ten Ways to Diversify an Inbred Network
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleNetworks are essential for collaboration, innovation, and career development. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don’t have enough diversity to be effective. For the past fifteen years, I have asked the executives I teach to list the people with whom they have discussed important work matters over the past […] -
When People Assume You're Not In Charge Because You're a Woman
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How Star Women Build Portable Skills
Career transitions Magazine ArticleResearch has shown that star performers often falter when they move to new companies. Further analysis reveals that’s true primarily of men. -
How to Organize a Networking Dinner
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Forget the Business Card. Just Google Me
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSmall rectangular pieces of cardstock with your name, phone number and company logo are going the way of the land line, compact disc, and yellow pages. You might still come away from meetings with a briefcase full of business cards, but most likely you’re going to search the web for a company or contact before […] -
How to Make Networking at Conferences Feel Less Icky
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What to Do with All the Business Cards from Your Last Conference
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3 Ways to Make the Most of Your Alumni Network
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStay in touch with peers from university - without seeming awkward. -
How Engaged a Leader Are You?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBefore I became an executive coach I used to be fascinated by the insights of an acquaintance who acted as sounding board/father confessor to some of... -
Building a Network That Works Takes Work
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLast month at SXSW Interactive, I ran into Dave McClure, one of the most influential angel investors on the planet. At a gathering like SXSW, many of... -
Who's Bringing You Hot Ideas (and How Are You Responding)?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThere's an unsung hero in your organization. It's the person who's bringing in new ideas from the outside about how to manage better. This is the manager... -
6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Internship
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Stop Mixing Business with Pleasure
Business communication Digital ArticleIt may come as news to some (young) people, but business and pleasure are not synonymous. With the Millenials’ exodus to social media platforms from good old-fashioned email accounts, the lines between our business and personal lives are increasingly blurred. We live on our smart phones or blackberries and technology has enabled us to multi-task […] -
Purpose Matters for Business Travel, Too
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4 Strategies to Prepare for a Late-Career Shift
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Better Way to Innovate
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The Secrets of Successful Female Networkers
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The Google Rule
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSimple. Smart. Fast. Easy. Makes you look good. So what’s stopping you? What am I talking about? I’m talking about doing a Google search of colleagues, prospects, and clients. Why do so many talented professionals pass up effortless opportunities to impress? In an era where useful intelligence is but a few taps and moments away, […] -
Four Strategies for the Age of Smart Services
Business models Magazine ArticleIf you’re like many product-centric companies, you’re scrambling to grow your revenues from services. The best ways begin with making the products themselves smarter.
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Why Cofounder Partnerships Fail — and How to Make Them Last
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Your Social Media Presence Can Help You Land (or Lose) a Job Opportunity
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5 Networking Tips for Introverts (and Anyone Else)
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How to Address a Resume Gap When Switching Careers
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Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks
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How to Build a Broader Network within Your Company
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How to Make Small Talk with Anyone from Anywhere
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4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Changing Careers
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People Probably Like You More Than You Think
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Your Boss Is Leaving for Another Job. Should You Follow?
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The Challenges of Retiring from a High-Powered Job
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Surround Yourself with Colleagues Who Boost Your Performance
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Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
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What Today’s Rainmakers Do Differently
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You Regret Switching Jobs. Should You Try to Go Back to Your Old One?
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How to Think Strategically About a Career Transition
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The Challenges of Networking as an Executive
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4 Strategies to Prepare for a Late-Career Shift
Career transitions Digital ArticleStarting over can feel daunting, but your age and experience are assets. -
Building Social Capital When You Work Remotely
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How to Quit — and Leave the Door Open to Coming Back
Career transitions Digital ArticleYou never know when an opportunity will arise.
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Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social: The Entrepreneur's Network as a Source of Resources
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the situation brought about by the severe economic and political crisis that swept Argentina at the end of 2001. The local situation had been... -
HBR Guide to Your Job Search
21.95View Details Land the job of your dreams. You're ready to take the next step in your career. But securing the right role can take a lot of work--and a lot of time... -
Cisco India (A): Innovation in Emerging Markets
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TrustSphere: Building a Market for Relationship Analytics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Manish Goel was the CEO of TrustSphere, a seven-year-old company in the data analytics industry that focused squarely on relationship analytics, a space... -
ProjectSHED
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case follows a team of founders--recent graduates from the Graduate School of Business (GBS)--from the earliest phase of company formation to the... -
John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do
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The Market Power of Platform-Mediated Networks
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This note provides criteria to evaluate the power of a platform-mediated network. For a company considering building such a network or an investor considering... -
Claude Grunitzky
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Claude Grunitzky, a media entrepreneur, develops, maintains, and leverages an extensive personal and professional network across three continents. The... -
National Instruments
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the use of social media to support product design, customer support, marketing and HR activities at National Instruments (NI). Based... -
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details As of 2005, over 10 million people were using peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks to swap music, movies, and software for free. P2P software programs... -
How to Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten Superstars, and How the Beatles Came to Be
30.00View Details Fame is like lightning. Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan, Leonardo da Vinci, Jane Austen, Oprah Winfrey--all of them were struck. Why? What if they hadn't been?... -
Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (C): Definition of Success over Time
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers Collection (4 Books)
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Helga Wear: The Unzipped Potential of Women's Workwear
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Leveraging Your Networks: Harvard ManageMentor
49.95View Details This online will teach you to create a map of a network and assess the network, identify ways to strengthen a network, initiate and develop reciprocal... -
Twitter
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Giant Inc.: Formation of the A-Team
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the history and activities of the A-Team, a major alliance of bicycle assembly firms and parts suppliers in Taiwan, which was created... -
Benetton (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The world's largest manufacturer of woolen outerwear garments seeks to extend its retailing network to the United States from its base in Europe. A number... -
Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal (B)
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KPMG Peat Marwick: The Shadow Partner
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details KPMG Peat Marwick executives needed to decide whether to fund full development of "The Shadow Partner," the name coined to describe a worldwide information...
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It’s OK If Going to a Conference Doesn’t Feel Like Real Work
Professional networks Digital ArticleYou don’t have to go to every keynote. -
Ten Ways to Diversify an Inbred Network
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleNetworks are essential for collaboration, innovation, and career development. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don’t have enough diversity to be effective. For the past fifteen years, I have asked the executives I teach to list the people with whom they have discussed important work matters over the past […] -
How to Strengthen Your Network When You're Just Starting Out
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When People Assume You're Not In Charge Because You're a Woman
Organizational Development Digital Article"Role incredulity" is a systemic issue - and organizations need to deal with it. -
How Star Women Build Portable Skills
Career transitions Magazine ArticleResearch has shown that star performers often falter when they move to new companies. Further analysis reveals that’s true primarily of men. -
How to Organize a Networking Dinner
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAdvice on the who, what, and where. -
Forget the Business Card. Just Google Me
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSmall rectangular pieces of cardstock with your name, phone number and company logo are going the way of the land line, compact disc, and yellow pages. You might still come away from meetings with a briefcase full of business cards, but most likely you’re going to search the web for a company or contact before […] -
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social: The Entrepreneur's Network as a Source of Resources
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the situation brought about by the severe economic and political crisis that swept Argentina at the end of 2001. The local situation had been... -
When It Takes a Network: Creating Strategy and Agility through Wargaming
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleRational, analytical, directed approaches for strategy creation and execution may work for creating value by conventional, hierarchically structured organizations... -
How to Make Networking at Conferences Feel Less Icky
Managing yourself Digital ArticleFocus on how you’re benefiting others and your desire to grow.