Harvard Business

JANUARY 7, 2025

Confronting direct reports about performance issues can feel overwhelming, especially for first-time managers, who may worry that sharing critical feedback could damage their relationship with the employee. Many new managers also fail to properly prepare before their performance discussions.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Becoming a manager doesnt mean that you have to have all the answers. And you shouldnt feel pressured to have them, either. When a team member comes to you with a question, instead of providing immediate solutions, you can facilitate the problem-solving process, which can help your team develop judgment and ownership.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 27, 2025

Common wisdom goes that the success or failure of an expatriate manager an employee sent to a new country to handle their companys initiatives there depends on their possession of certain personal traits, like cultural intelligence and adaptability.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This article includes a curated list of HBR articles and podcast episodes to help you manage yourself, your team, and your organization when you’re consumed with what’s happening outside of work.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2024

HBR’s top five most popular articles of 2024 (so far), present an opportunity to reflect on the work you’ve done in the preceding months, and chart any necessary course changes.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Therefore, a proactive approach to effective risk management is critical. Read the article to explore typical difficulties impacting manufacturing projects and learn the strategies to manage risks in manufacturing projects most effectively. So, let’s now review the significance of proper risk management in more detail.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But even companies that have embraced AI are still struggling with aspects of the budgeting process in today’s complex and rapidly changing business environment. Why is that? When does it make sense to rely on AI, and when does it not?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Managing these ecosystems effectively requires comprehensive training, designing technological infrastructures and processes so they foster collaboration, and robust governance frameworks. Increasingly, AI systems are interconnected, which is generating new complexities and risks.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Many leaders today are stretched beyond capacity, and in that state, feelings of resentment can readily emerge and take hold.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBRs most popular newsletters. In this article, we list 10 of our favorites from 2024, covering topics like how to develop essential leadership skills, exude gravitas, bolster your presentation style, overcome overthinking and more.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Efficient portfolio management is essential for business success in todays competitive landscape. Managing projects, aligning them with goals, and optimizing resources can be challenging without the right tools. Project portfolio management software, also known as a PPM tool, simplifies planning, execution, and monitoring.

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2024

When we think about change at work today, we tend to assume its inevitability and focus our attention on how to manage it — what methods and processes and technology and communication we need to put in place to have it move ahead more smoothly. Of course, some change is necessary, and some is inevitable. But not all of it.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Read the article to learn about top capacity planning tools applicable to manufacturing projects and learn how to select the most suitable one. Let’s take a quick look at the other benefits of adopting these solutions in manufacturing project management. This is where powerful capacity planning software can make a difference.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this article, the author explains what conflict resolution is, why it’s an essential skill, and how to approach the conflict-resolution process. Learning to navigate conflicts is not really a choice in today’s organizations. It’s an imperative.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore some of the most common roadblocks for manufacturing project s as well as suggest actionable recommendations for addressing them. Workforce shortages combined with the increased demand for products add extra complexity to manufacturing project management. Read the next section to learn more.

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Epicflow

JULY 5, 2024

In this article, we highlight the top 15 capacity planning tools and offer valuable recommendations to help you select the most suitable one for your business needs. A capacity planning tool is software developed to assist organizations in allocating and managing their resources more effectively.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Efficient portfolio management is essential for business success in todays competitive landscape. Managing projects, aligning them with goals, and optimizing resources can be challenging without the right tools. Project portfolio management software, also known as a PPM tool, simplifies planning, execution, and monitoring.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Building on those insights, they designed a five-step process to drive successful transformation initiatives, and in this article they discuss the process and offer advice on how to implement it.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In this article, they discuss three key accountability principles that these directors have brought with them from the military and explain how any board can make use of these principles in overseeing their companys CEO.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The State of Project Management 2018 survey by Wellingtone reveals a harsh truth — dissatisfaction with the current level of project management maturity in organizations all over the world is higher than a year ago. To improve their project management practices, C-levels at HHI developed a sustainable management policy.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2025

In this article, the author shares four strategies to balance your perspective and stay self-assured despite external pressures and challenging work environments. Developing internal validation isnt about cultivating baseless confidence or inflating your ego.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This article outlines six questions to try to move beyond surface-level interactions. Do you know how your employees truly feel about their roles, work, and relationships? Asking the right questions in focused one-on-one settings is key to making sure youre in tune with your people.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2025

This happens because its not always clear to decision makers that the decision will dilute the core differentiation, there are many decisions that combine to dilute the differentiation, and managers are often motivated by short-term incentives to look for growth and profit opportunities.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This article explains how to determine your “base rate”, and the external factors that will impact your pricing. Links to articles on how to raise your rate or switch to a fixed fee are at the end of this one.) Do an internet search such as “typical hourly rate for change management consultant in [your location].”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The most concerning behavior from job candidates — by a significant margin — is dishonesty, with 63% of hiring managers saying they view it as the biggest red flag. Hiring managers see rude language or behavior as a red flag in potential hires.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

How one executive took on transforming California’s troubled Department of Motor Vehicles — and what he learned.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 13, 2025

Maimonides Medical Center’s long-running formal partnership between management and workers led to improved organization performance, worker engagement, and patient outcomes.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 22, 2025

Gartner research has identified three key challenges for company leaders in the coming year: 1) New demands for a future-ready workforce; 2) The evolving role of managers, and 3) Emerging talent risks for the organization.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As companies navigate todays complex business and geopolitical landscape, CFOs have seen risk management rise to the top of their priorities. Theyre increasingly using scenario planning as a key tool to manage risk and strategically unlock new value-creation opportunities.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Five steps to help you enhance the discovery process and deliver products that meet both customer needs and business goals.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2024

Today the workforce is getting older, and the number of younger workers in positions of senior management is growing.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 5, 2024

Your manager and coworkers are watching how you respond, making it even more critical to approach this difficult situation with composure and pragmatism. In this article, the author offers six strategies to help you bounce back and productively move forward. It’s natural, but neither response is helpful.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

The authors of this article present research findings from their analysis of data describing over 29,000 unique loyalty points earning and spending transactions made during two recent years by 500 airline loyalty program consumers. Do consumers treat loyalty points the same way that they treat traditional money?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 10, 2025

The July 2024 CrowdStrike incident demonstrates the need to develop capabilities to assess the downstream business impact of cyber events, establish appropriate cyber resiliency objectives, and ensure effective communication for better cyber risk management decisions.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Curated tips from the HBR archive.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 9, 2024

‣ Stephen Devaux (USA), is a project management theorist, consultant, author, and educator with 36 years of experience. Ask any project manager how big her project is and you will hear something like: “Well, it’s a ten-month project with a budget of eight million euros.” Business people always fear big losses on projects.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2024

When work and life are overwhelming, it can be difficult to reclaim a sense of joy at work. Research has shown the benefits of incorporating joy, hope, and optimism into the workplace to combat burnout and improve well-being. 2) Embrace a beginner’s mindset: Approach challenges with curiosity and openness, fostering a sense of wonder.

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