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The Surprising Problems with Pursuing Your Passion 23 Jan 2023 --- Insisting on doing work you love can have downsides. Finding a job aligned with your passion might take months or years, sacrificing economic stability. What’s more, investing so much of our sense of identity in paid employment incurs an existential risk to our sense of self-worth, should layoffs or other business changes occur. Th...

Want Your Team to Start Fresh in the New Year? Adam Grant Has Advice. 7 Jan 2021 --- As more people get access to a Covid-19 vaccine, organizations are facing an opportunity for a real reset. How can we collaborate in ways best suited for our new ways of working? We're speaking with bestselling author and psychologist Adam Grant about how to create work environments that bring out the best in all...

How McKinsey Is Changing What “Top Talent” Means 22 Jan 2026 --- After analyzing 20 years of data, McKinsey discovered their hiring process favored “perfect” resumes over what really predicts success: resilience, real-world experience, and the ability to learn. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4bJGVO0 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

What Difficult Emotions Are Trying to Tell You | Christine vs. Work 1 May 2020 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Emotions are running raw during the pandemic. How should we manage our difficult feelings, especially at work? Weeks of social distancing have fueled a collective emotional rollercoaster of anxiety, stress, frustration, and fear. How can we better...

Leading with Courage in an Age of Uncertainty 13 Oct 2025 --- In a time of constant uncertainty, many leaders feel pressure to wait for clarity. True courage is moving forward even when fear and doubt set in. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4n0RLkA ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How People Are Really Using Gen Ai in 2025 26 Jun 2025 --- How people are really using generative AI in 2025—straight from the source. Read the full article by Marc Zao-Sanders here: https://s.hbr.org/4luFx3I — Editor’s note: Some user quotes from the author's research were lightly edited for grammar and clarity. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

How to Regain Your Composure in Stressful Situations #work #job #workfromhome 12 Apr 2024 --- In stressful situations, it can be hard to self-regulate our feelings. Self-regulation is the ability to understand and manage our physical, emotional, and mental reactions so that we can perform and behave more skillfully under stress. Regaining our composure begins with awareness. When you feel ourselve...

How Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing Fashion | Cold Call 23 Aug 2023 --- In 2021, the footwear startup Allbirds was extending its product range into apparel and expanding beyond its online store to open more retail stores around the world. It was also freely sharing its know-how and material innovations with its competitors to try to scale its efforts to decarbonize fashion, by substitut...

The Explainer: 4 Signs That Masculinity Contests Are Holding Back Your Company 6 Aug 2019 --- For example, extreme hours are a badge of honor. (Animated by Francesca Cattaneo) Recent exposés have revealed seemingly dysfunctional workplaces rife with misconduct, bullying, and sexual harassment. Why do companies get caught up in illegal behavior, harassment, and toxic leadership? Research identifies...

How to Make Virtual Meetings Feel More Real | Christine vs. Work 7 Apr 2020 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Even though we can’t be physically together during the pandemic, is it possible to communicate more effectively through the grid like haze of video chats and virtual meetings? We talked to body language and presence expert Rachel Cossar about the valu...

Social Media Has Made Us Narcissists — But There Is a Cure 23 Apr 2023 --- Here's a quick self-assessment to find out whether your ego is detached from real achievement. 00:00 Here are some questions typically used in research to evaluate non-clinical narcissism. 01:31 What is narcissism? 02:00 Why does it seem like there are so many narcissists today? 02:50 Is this why it seems like everyone want...

In Uncertain Times, Ask This Question Before You Make a Decision 18 Jun 2025 --- When crisis becomes constant, your strategy has to evolve. Here’s one question that can help. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/3SX8oRP ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Find a Mentor Who Can Accelerate Your Career | Christine vs. Work 28 Sep 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Now’s the time to get FOMO about having a mentor. Subscribe to the Ascend newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true Learn more about our sponsor, Confluence, at https://www.atlassian.com/software...

How to be Less Lonely at Work | Christine vs. Work 20 Apr 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Loneliness at work is a major predictor of burnout. But how do you turn co-workers into genuine friends? What do work friendships look like? And how do they differ from the “normal” friendships you make outside of work? To combat loneliness, Innovation Editor Chri...

You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why. 26 Aug 2025 --- Boredom isn’t a bug—it’s a feature. Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks explains why boredom unlocks creativity, activates a powerful brain network, and might even protect you from depression. Learn how the mind wanders—and why that’s a very good thing. For more insights on leadership, success, and workplace well-being, explore Arthur's new book, "T...

Why Leadership Teams Fail 19 Sep 2024 --- Is your leadership team dysfunctional? If so, they may fall into one of these three categories. Read the full article: https://s.hbr.org/3MP6bF9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Managing Intense Stress at Work 7 Nov 2024 --- Science-backed tips for managing stress at work. Read the full article: https://s.hbr.org/40Eyjmj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Build Trust on Your Virtual Team 17 Mar 2020 --- Four tips for unifying and strengthening globally dispersed teams. (Originally published July 14, 2015) Teams can’t function well when co-workers don’t trust one another. Building and maintaining trust in the traditional, physical workplace is difficult enough, but the process is even tougher in a virtual environment. * Originally published J...

Should You Use AI to Write Work Emails? 15 Aug 2025 --- Thinking about letting AI write that email? Here’s what to consider first. 🎧 Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4mQEGuR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret to Getting People Back in the Office 24 Jun 2025 --- In a hybrid world, social connection takes extra effort. 🎧 Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4nd5mHa ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Create Slides People Will Remember 12 Dec 2012 --- Nancy Duarte, author of the "HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations," explains how to avoid PowerPoint hell. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lean into Your Imposter Syndrome, Don't Give into It 19 Aug 2025 --- Harvard behavioral social scientist Arthur C. Brooks (@Draarthurbrooks) shows executives how to reframe imposter feelings as feedback. For more insights, explore Arthur's new book 'The Happiness Files': https://s.hbr.org/4mO5kEm You can also sign up to receive Arthur’s new six-week newsletter, “The Leader’s Happiness Reset" here:...

During Covid-19 Crisis, Leaders Must Resist Urge to Push Too Hard, Too Fast 14 Apr 2020 --- Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi CEO, Dr. Rakesh Suri, says the first step in leading his team was to slow down, take a deep breath, and align his team with a shared vision for action. The UAE – of which Abu Dhabi is the capital – was the first country in the Middle East to report a case of the virus in January....

Do You Have an Archnemesis? 4 Nov 2024 --- Do you have an archnemesis at work? 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/adchoic...

It’ll Feel Weird to Be Around People Again at Work. That’s Fine. 30 Sep 2021 --- As some of us head back to the workplace, we’re going to confront something we haven’t in a while: other people. It’s going to tire you out. Here’s how to cope. 00:00 It’ll soon be time to be around other people again, and it’s going to feel weird 00:33 Weirdness 1: We have to re-learn how to present ourselves 01:07 H...