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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Clarity Consultants

APRIL 18, 2025

Communicating, managing conflict, and adapting under pressure isn’t optional; it’s essential. In this article, we’ll explore how companies are rethinking corporate soft skills training in the digital age, from the challenges of teaching people skills online to innovative approaches that work.

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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

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. Rather, its about counterbalancing common workplace features that, left unchecked, can inadvertently undermine your confidence, self-esteem, and well-being.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2024

It’s insufficient to just share the goals and objectives of your strategy and hope implementation will succeed.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Managing the expectations of a wide range of stakeholders is one of the most challenging jobs of a project manager. In this article, the author suggests five strategies for managing expectations effectively.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the author’s experience running dozens of web development and content projects, there are three key areas for hybrid project managers to think about: How to plan and kick off the project with the right people and expectations, how to set up tools so everyone can use them, and how to use meetings effectively.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Instead, they need better strategies to manage risk. Companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a dynamic and increasingly complex political landscape. They can no longer rely on alliances with national government leaders in power or costly arbitration when things go awry.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many leaders would argue that there should be only one strategy for a company, and that strategy provides all the guidance and direction necessary for departments to create implementation plans. However, most high-level strategies have hundreds of ways they can be translated into action.

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Harvard Business

MAY 13, 2024

In this article, the authors offer four strategies to guide your team through a departmental transition while maintaining morale, productivity, and cohesion: 1) Communicate the “why” clearly and authentically. 2) Acknowledge the emotional impact. 3) Cultivate ownership and involvement. 4) Prepare your team for future changes.

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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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Harvard Business

JANUARY 10, 2025

Technology, geopolitics, and consumer habits are driving an unprecedented rate of change at a time when the organizations are already in flux with the rise of generative AI, remote work, and an aging workforce.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This 2×2 will help your company navigate Beijing’s priorities and political sensitivities.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There’s a popular fallacy that encourages big-project managers to forge ahead as quickly as they can, on the basis that the payoffs will likely be bigger than they imagine.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2024

They can be a powerful strategic tool for managers, allowing them to reshape employees’ informal organizational networks to facilitate more sharing of ideas and expertise. A decade of research suggests a performance-boosting alternative for helping employees build meaningful collaborative networks: corporate offsites.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Handling scope creep is one of the most challenging – and important — aspects of a project manager’s role. In this article, the author outlines practical strategies for how to push back on more work in a way that maintains your relationship with the requester, whether that’s the project sponsor, a customer, or another stakeholder.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2024

Companies that integrate the cost of capital into their strategy and planning reap real benefits. With the cost of capital back to normal levels, it’s simply irresponsible not to make it a management discipline that changes the way you do business. When something is cheap, people waste it.

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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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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 2, 2023

Companies continue to struggle to design and implement a post-Covid return-to-office strategy that works for employees. To find the most workable alternative, they should focus on four factors: the needs of the work, the needs of the people, how work gets done, and the new managerial muscle required to manage a hybrid workforce.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many companies have employed two basic layers of risk management strategies: policies on how to use the technology, and critical thinking about gen AI’s outputs. Companies should also adopt a novel third layer of risk management: team-based judgment.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many managers view strategy as a complex subject, but at its essence it boils down to three questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? What is a credible path to get there? To successfully use these questions to chart a course, people must be brutally honest with themselves about where they are now.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In this article, I’ll explain how you can keep your team’s efforts aligned with the genuine needs of your audience. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes).

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2024

Master those small decisions and before you know it, you’ll overcome the obstacles as you pursue your strategy with greater clarity, determination, and ultimately success. The author presents six ways to incorporate strategy into your daily practices.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Five strategies for when the news cycle is all consuming.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2025

These strategies work, but they can come at a cost: some parents do not feel they have many close friends at work, do not feel a sense of belonging, and are out of the loop on workplace gossip. This can have professional and team ramifications, which both managers and parents can remedy in different ways.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Managing an employee with a terminal illness requires a balance of compassion and strategic action. When an employee receives a terminal diagnosis continuing to work might offer them a sense of normalcy and purpose. This shows respect and ensures they feel valued.

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Harvard Business

MAY 14, 2024

In addition, a significant number of Americans do not trust business’ use of AI.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Taking the time and effort to invest in upward relationships, such as those with skip-level managers, requires strategy, humility, and diligence. After all, leadership is not only about managing those below you, but also navigating the complexities above.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 13, 2024

Six strategies to separate critiques aimed to tear you down from guidance meant to build you up.

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2024

In this article, the authors outline six challenges that often come up when making this transition: 1) Ruminating and second-guessing; 2) Feeling guilty; 3) Being afraid of losing status; 4) Needing to adapt; 5) Managing the perceptions of your new colleagues; and 6) Balancing opposing emotions.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The loneliness experienced by CEOs stems not from a lack of social connections but from the heavy burden of leadership and decision-making especially during crises, when they look to their board, senior executives, or operational managers to steady the ship but feel they arent up to the task or are divided.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2024

Successful transformations harness the collective wisdom of middle managers and teams. To increase your company’s chances, you need to: 1) Enlist your very best middle managers. Transforming a business demands a blend of creativity and ingenuity. By setting this challenge you can also test and nurture the next generation of leaders.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

That’s why SMEs can benefit from taking three actions: designing controls proportionate to the risks at stake, analyzing the lessons from success (not only from failures), and using risk management to boost and protect business performance.

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