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How to Answer Situational Interview Questions 16 Oct 2024 --- Gone are the days when interviewers only asked job candidates about their strengths and weaknesses. Today, recruiters and hiring managers use situational questions to assess how candidates think and solve problems. Here’s how to tackle them. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/3NzhLEp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Helpful vs. Unhelpful Ways to Give Feedback 16 May 2024 --- We learn most when someone else pays attention to what’s working within us and asks us to cultivate it. So when giving feedback, focus on what someone is doing well, and if you need to give be critical, make sure you’re specific and highlight your experience of the events. — Adapted from “The Feedback Fallacy,” by Marcus Buckingham and As...

How to Get Out of a Creative Rut | Christine vs. Work 29 Jun 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Ever feel like your brain has run out of ideas? Here’s how to break out of a creative rut. Feeling blocked isn’t just a problem for “creative” types. Many jobs require a healthy dose of fresh thinking and new ideas, and it doesn’t feel good to hit that mental w...

How To Be Less Distracted at Work – and in Life | HBR IdeaCast 22 Mar 2023 --- Nir Eyal, an expert on technology and psychology, says that we all need to learn to be less distracted into activities that don’t help us achieve what we want to each day. Unwelcome behaviors can range from social media scrolling and bingeing on YouTube videos to chatting with colleagues or answering non-urgent emails....

The Art of Persuasion Hasn’t Changed in 2,000 Years 9 Mar 2022 --- To successfully sell your next idea, try using these five rhetorical devices that Aristotle identified in your next speech or presentation. 00:00 More than 2,000 years ago Aristotle outlined a formula on how to become a master of persuasion 00:42 Aristotle's five rhetorical devices 00:57 Ethos (Character) 01:48 Logos (Reason) 02:08...

U.S. Soccer's Gregg Berhalter on Rebuilding Trust in the Wake of Controversy 6 Jan 2023 --- Gregg Berhalter coached the U.S. men's soccer team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where they achieved a memorable victory over Iran before losing to the Netherlands. Berhalter, who was a professional soccer player himself for 17 years, has coached in Europe and the U.S., and for the past four years, he’s been...

Finance: What Managers Need to Know 9 Sep 2009 --- Joe Knight, coauthor of the Financial Intelligence series, gives you a crash course in reading the numbers. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Be Ready for a Layoff, Even if Your Job Feels Secure for Now | Christine vs. Work 10 Nov 2020 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ It never hurts to be prepared for the worst. Especially when it comes to losing your job. If you ever get laid off, as opposed to fired, it’s never your fault. Layoffs are financial decisions made by companies, and can happen...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Agility, AI Strategy, and the Changing Role of Managers 6 May 2025 --- A conversation with the head of Amazon on their competitive advantage in an age of uncertainty. From HBR's IdeaCast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 00:00 - Startup mindset at scale 01:30 - Key traits of a startup culture 03:10 - Speed and reducing bureaucracy 05:00 - Rethinking management and...

Creating Stability Is Just as Important as Managing Change 9 Aug 2024 --- At work, some change is necessary and some is inevitable. But not all of it. Research suggests that before we think about managing change, we should consider managing stability, one of the key conditions people need at work to be productive. — Read the full article: https://s.hbr.org/3AfA8Ls #changemanagement #leadership #bu...

How to Prioritize Your Work When Your Manager Doesn’t 12 Dec 2022 --- Prioritizing work can be frustrating, especially if you work for a hands-off manager or a company that doesn’t give you clear goals. In a world where conflicting and unclear priorities are the norm, how can you learn to prioritize your own work and still feel satisfaction from a job well done? 00:00 Research shows that more than...

Stories Define What Kind of Company You Are 11 Oct 2024 --- Malcolm Gladwell discusses the concept of ‘over stories’ and their impact on leadership and organizational behavior, highlighting the importance of shared stories and community norms in shaping practices and principles. Listen to the full HBR IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/3NnsodB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

How to Really Use a Whiteboard (Demo Included) | Christine vs. Work 12 Oct 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Under that humble exterior lies a powerful design tool. Here’s how to unlock it. Subscribe to the Ascend newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true Learn more about our sponsor, Confluence, at https://...

Easy Networking Tips for the Networking Haters 4 Jan 2023 --- Networking doesn’t have to be scary or hard. 00:00 Networking can feel frightening and embarrassing. But it doesn't have to. 00:30 Tip 1: Look for islands. 00:58 Tip 2: Networking doesn't have to involve meeting new people. 01:35 Tip 3: Turn networking into a game. 02:02 Tip 4: Don't stress yourself with preparing for small talk. Based...

What the Best Negotiators Do Differently 6 Aug 2024 --- If you want to be a great negotiator, you need to prove that you’re a collaborator — not an adversary. To do that, show the other person you understand their logic, emotions, and perspective. Here’s how. — Read the full article: https://s.hbr.org/3WUSv1b #negotiation #communication #psychology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Surviving and Excelling in a World Upended by Covid-19 12 May 2020 --- How can we best take care of ourselves while we get through this pandemic? And how can we set ourselves up to thrive afterward? This video was recorded live on May 11, 2020. Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington joins HBR's Adi Ignatius and Joshua Macht to discuss the importance of sleep, meditation, and more. ------------------...

Procter & Gamble’s Lean Innovation Transformation | Cold Call 7 Jun 2023 --- When Kathy Fish became Procter & Gamble’s Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer in 2014, she was concerned that the world’s leading consumer packaged goods company had lost its capability to produce a steady stream of disruptive innovations. In addition, intensifying competition from direct-to-consumer companie...

What Does It Take to Be a Professional Photographer? | Career Crush 24 Jun 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ What does it take to become a professional photographer? Raven B. Varona shares her journey from taking concert photos as a side gig to quitting her job and pursuing photography full time. She chats with Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio about gaining t...

#HBRLive: Using Empathy to Create Products People Love 18 Nov 2014 --- HBR senior editor Jeff Kehoe talks with Jon Kolko, founder and Director of the Austin Center for Design, and VP of Consumer Design at Blackboard, Inc. They’ll discuss the need to redefine design thinking, as well as concrete methods for creating emotional appeal in new products, and the companies that are doing this well.    Tu...

How Will the Covid-19 Crisis Reshape International Relations? 27 May 2020 --- Which country is responding best to the global crisis, and is the era of globalization dead? This video was recorded live on May 26, 2020. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samatha Power joins HBR's Adi Ignatius and Joshua Macht to discuss the future of international relations...

The Culture of Overwork Hurts Everyone (Quick Study) 26 Mar 2020 --- The standard work/family narrative is an outdated excuse for what holds women back. Ask people to explain why women remain so dramatically underrepresented in the senior ranks of most companies, and you will hear from the vast majority a lament that goes something like this: High-level jobs require extremely long hours, women’s d...

Social Intelligence and Leadership 11 Aug 2008 --- An interview with Daniel Goleman, Psychologist. See how you can use emotional and social intelligence to improve your own and your organization's performance. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want 4 Jan 2024 --- Seven questions can clarify what really matters to you and help you build your own life strategy, according to BCG’s Rainer Strack. 00:00 Summarizing a life strategy on a single page 00:20 Where did this idea come from? 00:54 What is a life strategy? 02:41 How do I define a great life? 04:15 How do I assess my life portfolio? 07:40...

Disruptive Innovation Explained 30 Mar 2012 --- Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and the world's most influential management guru according to the Thinkers50, lays out his landmark theory. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: The Leadership Model 27 Jan 2021 --- Apple leaders need deep expertise, immersion in details, and collaborative debate. (Part 2 of 3) This is part 2 of 3 Part 1--The Functional Organization: https://youtu.be/5hENFA3CJUY Part 3--Leadership at Scale: https://youtu.be/hczW4Bqf3Qk Ever since Steve Jobs implemented the functional organization, Apple’s managers at...