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What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't let the weight of your job squash your sense of self. -
Decisions and Desire
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleThe primitive, emotional parts of our brains have a powerful influence on the choices we make. Now, neuroscientists are mapping the risk and reward systems in the brain that drive our best—and worst—decision making. -
The Costs of Being a Caring Manager
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA study reveals the risks of helping your employees deal with personal problems. -
Make Mindfulness a Habit
Emotional intelligence Digital ArticleFour tips to improve your follow through. -
3 Ways to Compassionately Hold Your Team Accountable
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhy some teams are more successful at meeting deadlines, hitting targets, and growing revenues. -
Inside the Mind of the Chinese Consumer
Consumer behavior Magazine ArticleFor the last decade, the Gallup Organization has surveyed the people of China, as both consumers of goods and employees of the companies that produce those goods. The data provide a unique picture of changing consumer attitudes, market opportunities, and management challenges. -
Get Aggressive About Passivity
Motivating people Magazine ArticleIn Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, Kurt Eichenwald relates how Enron’s leaders engaged in massive book-cooking with little interference from the dozens of managers, lawyers, and advisers who had a pretty good idea of what was going on. Similarly, at Parmalat, employees not involved in the Italian dairy giant’s fraud apparently were aware of […] -
The Making of a Corporate Athlete
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagement theorists have long sought to identify precisely what makes some people flourish under pressure and others fold. But they have come up with... -
Seven Transformations of Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost developmental psychologists agree that what differentiates one leader from another is not so much philosophy of leadership, personality, or style... -
The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating
Creativity Digital Article“Functional fixedness” is the hobgoblin of uncreative minds. -
Decisions Without Blinders
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe “bounded awareness” phenomenon causes people to ignore critical information when making decisions. Learning to expand the limits of your awareness before you make an important choice will save you from asking “How did I miss that?” after the fact. -
Can 10 Minutes of Meditation Make You More Creative?
Creativity ResearchGoogle, Goldman Sachs, and Medtronic have all introduced mindfulness practices. -
The Power of Words
Communication Magazine ArticleFour new books investigate how language connects, differentiates, and enlightens us. Viorica Marian's The Power of Language explores the benefits of multilingualism.... -
Sarcasm, Self-Deprecation, and Inside Jokes: A User’s Guide to Humor at Work
Psychology Magazine ArticleSome leaders use humor instinctively; many more could wield it purposefully. -
The Sure Thing That Flopped
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Here’s What Mindfulness Is (and Isn’t) Good For
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Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior
Organizational Development ResearchIt'll take more than subsidizing mass transit or encouraging ride-sharing, according to new research. -
Embracing the Power of Ambivalence
Behavioral science Digital ArticleEffectively leading others starts with acknowledging your own conflicting emotions. -
Harvard’s Arthur C. Brooks on the Secrets to Happiness at Work
Business and society Digital Article“If you’re unhappy at work, you’re probably unhappy in life.” -
How to Make Friends with Your Inner Imposter
Managing yourself Digital ArticleStop worrying about not being good enough.
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election... -
Hyper Island: A Creative Business School's Disruptive Maneuvers to Hold its Ground in the Education Landscape (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Set in two parts the case documents the manoeuvres of a creative digital business school, Hyper Island (HI). Part A is set in December 2019 and narrates... -
Introduction to Positive Psychology
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Positive psychology emerged as a response to this necessity to study positive phenomena in a more consistent and rigorous manner, providing evidence and... -
Psychology of Waiting Lines
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the experience of waiting and the factors that affect customers' tolerance for waits. Eight (testable) propositions concerning the psychology... -
Psychological Safety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Management Book19.99View Details Create a space where everyone can contribute and shine. Psychological safety is a shared belief within a team that it's OK to speak up, ask questions,... -
HBR Guide to Critical Thinking Toolkit
Management Book79.95View Details You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach it, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information... -
The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
30.00View Details High-performance psychologist Michael Gervais presents a groundbreaking guide for overcoming what may be the single greatest constrictor of human potential:... -
Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power
32.00View Details Your success in life--at work and at home--rises when you harness the energy that powers your brain. A neuropsychologist explains how. Your drive to create... -
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 Critical Thinking
21.95View Details Tackle complex situations with critical thinking. You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes... -
The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower
30.00View Details Turn anxiety into a leadership superpower--from entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and top-rated podcaster Morra Aarons-Mele. Anxiety disorders are... -
The Latest Research: Mental Health and Wellness
59.95View Details Anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression, and other invisible illnesses are plaguing the workforce now more than ever. The Covid-19 pandemic and the... -
HBR Guide to Beating Burnout
21.95View Details Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes. The always-on workplace and increasing pressures are leading to a high rate of burnout.... -
Friendly Fire
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details On April 14, 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all 26 peacekeepers... -
Note on Workplace Psychology Theories
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Several psychological theories can help explain organizational behaviour, but many students are not exposed to the benefits that these types of concepts... -
British Midland Flight 92 (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This two-part case describes the circumstances surrounding a 1989 plane crash in central England. Part A describes what happened in the cockpit as determined... -
Ethics: Awareness
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Carme Ruscalleda: The Chef as an Artist
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In October 2018, Chef Carme Ruscalleda, the most-starred woman chef in the world at the time, closed the doors of her Restaurant Sant Pau (Sant Pau),... -
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI): Launching a Cleantech Debt Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details After completing a successful two-year pilot, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) was ready to launch its inaugural Debt Fund. The goal was to... -
Rohvi
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case uses a start-up in the retail industry to explore the leverage of behavioral science to enrich a business model and structure a marketing campaign....
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What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleDon't let the weight of your job squash your sense of self. -
Decisions and Desire
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleThe primitive, emotional parts of our brains have a powerful influence on the choices we make. Now, neuroscientists are mapping the risk and reward systems in the brain that drive our best—and worst—decision making. -
The Costs of Being a Caring Manager
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA study reveals the risks of helping your employees deal with personal problems. -
Make Mindfulness a Habit
Emotional intelligence Digital ArticleFour tips to improve your follow through. -
3 Ways to Compassionately Hold Your Team Accountable
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhy some teams are more successful at meeting deadlines, hitting targets, and growing revenues. -
Inside the Mind of the Chinese Consumer
Consumer behavior Magazine ArticleFor the last decade, the Gallup Organization has surveyed the people of China, as both consumers of goods and employees of the companies that produce those goods. The data provide a unique picture of changing consumer attitudes, market opportunities, and management challenges. -
Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election... -
Get Aggressive About Passivity
Motivating people Magazine ArticleIn Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, Kurt Eichenwald relates how Enron’s leaders engaged in massive book-cooking with little interference from the dozens of managers, lawyers, and advisers who had a pretty good idea of what was going on. Similarly, at Parmalat, employees not involved in the Italian dairy giant’s fraud apparently were aware of […] -
The Making of a Corporate Athlete
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleManagement theorists have long sought to identify precisely what makes some people flourish under pressure and others fold. But they have come up with... -
Seven Transformations of Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost developmental psychologists agree that what differentiates one leader from another is not so much philosophy of leadership, personality, or style...