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Using Philosophy to Deal with a Mid-Career Crisis 27 Feb 2019 --- When MIT philosophy professor Kieran Setiya had a midlife crisis, he turned to philosophy for help — and was surprised by how much it had to say. To find out what he learned, go to https://hbr.org/2019/03/facing-your-mid-career-crisis --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Undercover Boss: A Fictionalized Case Study 20 Feb 2019 --- Case study: An airline boss goes undercover to gather ideas for speeding up the cleaning of planes in between flights. Watch the video and let us know what you’d do. hbr.org/turntimes ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Listening Skills Every Leader Should Master 2 Jan 2025 --- Great listeners foster cultures in which employees feel heard, valued, and engaged. Here's how to build that skill. Read the full article by Debra Schifrin here: https://s.hbr.org/4fwZ6oi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is AI a Boom or a Bubble? 24 Nov 2025 --- Nvidia and OpenAI’s massive chip deal shows how fast the AI market is accelerating, but adoption remains uneven. Here’s what leaders can learn from the dot-com era to make smarter investments and stay ahead. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/44mItch ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commander's Intent Enables Great Leadership 15 Oct 2024 --- Discover how direct communication, a staple in military leadership, can transform corporate environments. Retired U.S. Army Colonel and Harvard Business School lecturer Hise O. Gibson walks us through "commander's intent" and how it can lead your team to innovation and efficiency. 00:00 Being direct is how military leaders communicate 00:40 Three steps of "Commander's Intent" 02:12 Simplify the "What" for clarity 03:08 Empower through a basic framework 04:36 Define the end state to inspire innovation Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Leadership #Army #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

How the Myth of Meritocracy Divided the U.S. 11 Nov 2020 --- One week after a contentious U.S. election, we speak with Harvard political philosopher Michael J. Sandel about making sense of what’s happening in America. In his new book, “The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?”, Sandel argues that stalled social mobility has led to anger and frustration. He advocates for building a fairer, more inclusive society shaped by updated principles of justice and dignity. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Great Careers Take Time (Not Instant Promotions) 9 Jan 2026 --- Why do so many early-career employees feel frustrated by the pace of growth at work? Leadership expert Tim Elmore explains why great careers take time—and how leaders can reset expectations. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/3NzVHNb ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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 (especially if it’s a close race between you and another candidate). Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio asked Yih-hsien Shen, the Associate Director and Director for JD Advising at the Harvard Law School, for her advice. She shares some tips on exactly what to do after a job interview, from sending an impactful thank you note to following up with a gentle nudge. 0:00 Introduction 1:23 Take some notes about the interview 1:54 Email a thank-you note the next day 2:31 Mention one specific highlight 2:51 Keep it short and simple 3:36 Clean out your voice-mail box 3:46 Have a professional voice-mail greeting 4:18 Give your references a heads-up 4:47 Reflect on the possibility of getting hired 5:02 401(k) match Hybrid work 5:31 Waiting two weeks is pretty standard 5:47 Show enthusiasm 5:50 Offer to answer any questions 6:18 It's OK to ask for feedback Produced by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio Video by Andy Robinson and Elainy Mata Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Alex Belser and Karen Player Subscribe to our newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

CEO Series: Mary Barra of General Motors on Committing to an Eco-Friendly Future | HBR IdeaCast 1 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 to more HBR IdeaCast episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJuaxff5Cp0P2DKE_tFyaWOOa You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/05/ceo-series-mary-barra-of-general-motors-on-committing-to-an-eco-friendly-future - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ceo-series-mary-barra-of-general-motors-on/id152022135?i=1000520466741 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IGqVtB0hix846riniBiQ6?si=6NGUfWHCQlqnCNL6ZJjpNg - Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/hbr-ideacast/episode/ceo-series-mary-barra-of-general-motors-on-committing-to-an-eco-friendly-future-83750292 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2lkZWFjYXN0/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAwNi0wNS0wODppZGVhY2FzdC4wNzky?sa=X&ved=0CAIQuIEEahcKEwjAjJT48rb9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA Series Description: A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 2:28 – Going All-Electric in 14 Years 3:55 – Resistance Within GM to Going All-Electric 5:27 – Purpose and Culture-Change at GM 13:40 – How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change the Auto Industry 16:46 – How GM Works with Unions/UAW 18:45 – How COVID Affected Business at GM 22:27 – Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harv... https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_bus... Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #business #management Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Have a Hybrid Meeting That Works for Everyone 4 Jun 2021 --- As workplaces take tentative steps towards a new normal, social psychologist Heidi Grant shares best practices for interacting when some are in the office and some are remote. 00:00 In the "new normal", the habits we learned during quarantine need to change. 00:30 Cameras on, cameras off: which is it?! 01:14 You need to decide when they'll be on or off for everyone. 03:05 Let's face it: what we're doing now isn't really working. 04:04 How to be fair to all meeting participants: in-person and virtual. 05:09 "If you don't have enough gum for everyone, then you can't have it." Produced by Scott LaPierre Video by Joseph Francis --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ #Meetings #Psychology #HybridWorkplace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 8 Highlights — and a Host Reunion! | Women at Work | Podcast 7 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 choose what you want to go back and listen to. The episode ends with each of the hosts sharing what they want to see us covering in future seasons. If you have any ideas, please email us. We’d love to hear from you. Sign up for the Women at Work newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile=womenatwork Email us: womenatwork@hbr.org Listen to all Women at Work episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJuaAB5es_0HRC15kMDrjDEhV You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/12/season-8-highlights-and-a-host-reunion - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-8-highlights-and-a-host-reunion/id1336174427?i=1000588918178 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oxlyMToC88jPFvw9iBOi2?si=e6a173a118644f93 - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/women-at-work/episode/season-8-highlights-and-a-host-reunion-209475046 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL3dvbWVuLWF0LXdvcms/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAxOC0wMS0xNzp3b21lbi1hdC13b3JrLnM4LjAwMDA3?sa=X&ved=0CAQQ8qgGahcKEwjQ0Mqu4uX7AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ Series Description: Women face gender discrimination throughout our careers. It doesn't have to derail our ambitions — but how do we prepare to deal with it? There's no workplace orientation session about narrowing the wage gap, standing up to interrupting male colleagues, or taking on many other issues we encounter at work. So HBR staffers Amy Bernstein, Amy Gallo, and Emily Caulfield are untangling some of the knottiest problems. They interview experts on gender, tell stories about their own experiences, and give lots of practical advice to help you succeed in spite of the obstacles. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 3:35 – The (Not-so) Supportive Partner Episode 8:04 – The First-Time Managers Episode 14:24 – The Retirement Episode 22:02 – The Organizational Change Episode 26:21 – The Body Size Episode 31:12 – What Else Should WaW Cover? 35:56 – Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #WomenAtWork #reunion Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tsedal Neeley on Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific Uses 14 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" (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BLLQDZG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1), and is co-author of the forthcoming "The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI" (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099KQLCWY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1). This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, Adi will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://hbr.org/my-library/preferences?movetile=newworldofwork. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #FutureofWork #TsedalNeeley Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.In 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 a healthier relationship with my inbox? I sought answers from Daniel Sieberg—Director of Innovation Marketing at Moody's Corporation, Co-Founder of Good Trust, and author of The Digital Diet. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by work notifications, Daniel suggests setting communication boundaries with your team clearly and early, reframing the immediate urge to respond, and digging into your notification features and settings to better manage incoming pings. I also include some of my favorite tips and techniques for tackling work messages—let me know what’s worked for you!This video was originally published on HBR's Ascend YouTube Channel in September 2022.00:00 Has this ever happened to you?01:24 Meet Daniel Sieberg02:25 Rethink urgency03:17 Pause those pings04:05 Set realistic boundaries early05:25 Make OOO expectations07:03 Recalibrate pace08:55 My personal toolsLearn more about Daniel Sieberg’s work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielsieberg/ https://mygoodtrust.com/ Produced by Elena Lake, Andy Robinson, Christine LiuVideo and Editing by Elena LakeAnimation and Design by Alex Belser and Karen PlayerSubscribe to our newsletter:https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true#boundaries #worklife #email Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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