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How to Help an Underperformer
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFirst, see if you're the problem. -
Stop Asking for Feedback
Business communication Digital ArticleStart asking for advice instead. -
How Leaders Can Ask for the Feedback No One Wants to Give Them
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Giving a High Performer Productive Feedback
Managing people Best PracticeGiving feedback, particularly constructive feedback, is often a stressful task. As counterintuitive as it may seem, giving feedback to a top performer can be even tougher. Top performers may not have obvious development needs and in identifying those needs, you can sometimes feel like you’re being nitpicky or over-demanding. In addition, top performers may not […] -
Let’s Abolish Self-Appraisal
Managing people Digital ArticleAsking an employee to write a self-appraisal using the company’s appraisal form is a common performance management practice. It’s a deceptively attractive technique. An employee’s self-appraisal and rating should give the manager valuable data on the quality of an individual’s performance. It previews what to expect when the two sit down to discuss the manager’s […] -
Do the Words “Performance Review” Scare You?
Business communication Digital ArticleStop worrying. Start prepping. -
Are Peer Reviews the Future of Performance Evaluations?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIn an era of agile teams and self-management, social feedback is key. -
How to Give Negative Feedback to Your Peers, Boss, or Direct Reports
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleThe different power dynamics may impact your approach. -
Acing Performance Reviews: Our Favorite Reads
Organizational Development ListicleYou should be asking for feedback year-round. -
How to Cultivate a Peer Coaching Network
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWho's the better quarterback, Drew Brees or Peyton Manning? Perhaps a more compelling question for you, the developing leader, is this: How did these... -
Use Failure as an Opportunity to Reflect on Your Strengths
Communication Digital ArticleRejection hurts - but it isn't the end. -
Give Your Team More Negative Feedback
They actually want it. Based on the article, "The Assumptions That Make Giving Tough Feedback Even Tougher." -
Trouble with the Curve? Why Microsoft is Ditching Stack Rankings
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe problem with common performance ratings. -
Stop Calling People Out
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt might make you feel good, but it's probably not helping. -
Stop Complaining About Your Colleagues Behind Their Backs
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt makes it harder to give feedback. -
The Assumptions That Make Giving Tough Feedback Even Tougher
Employee performance management Digital ArticleWhy you have to listen before you criticize. -
What to Do When You Inherit a Team That Isn't Working Hard Enough
Communication Digital ArticleTake swift action. -
In Performance Appraisals, Make Context Count
Giving feedback Digital ArticlePeople don’t work in a vacuum. -
What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
Organizational restructuring Magazine ArticleThere comes a point in your career when the best way to figure out how you’re doing is to step back and ask yourself a few questions. Having all the answers is less important than knowing what to ask. -
Using Harsh Feedback to Fuel Your Career
Receiving feedback Digital ArticleA five-step process.
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When Resentment Is Building on Your Team
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleExpert advice to help you diffuse tension and refocus on shared goals. -
How to Manage Feedback Like An Olympic Athlete
Receiving feedback Digital ArticleSix strategies to separate critiques aimed to tear you down from guidance meant to build you up. -
How to Ask for Help Without Making Yourself Look Bad
Interpersonal skills Digital ArticleWhen you request support with confidence, your colleagues are more likely to see you as self-assured, pragmatic, and capable. -
Overcome Your Fear of Giving Feedback
Giving feedback Digital ArticleThree ways managers make the process harder than it needs to be. -
When a Coworker Keeps Giving You Unsolicited Advice
Interpersonal communication Digital ArticleWhat to say to put a stop to their not-so-helpful suggestions. -
Stop Playing Favorites
Managing people Magazine ArticleAll managers have in-groups and out-groups. Here’s how to manage those dynamics more effectively. -
Research: How Remote Work Impacts Women at Different Stages of Their Careers
Gender Digital ArticleData on software engineers at a Fortune 500 company revealed that junior and senior women saw contrasting costs and benefits. -
How to Ask for the Feedback You Really Need
Developing employees Digital ArticleThree steps to move past generic, unhelpful conversations. -
How to Become a More Empathetic Listener
Listening skills Digital ArticleListening isn’t a solo act; it’s a collaborative one. -
How to Deal with a Condescending Colleague
Giving feedback Digital ArticleIt can be particularly roiling when your know-it-all coworker is actually right. -
When You Think You’re Doing Good Work — But Others Don’t
Managing yourself Digital ArticleFive steps to take when you learn that others’ perceptions don’t match up with your own. -
A Simple Hack to Help You Communicate More Effectively
Business communication Digital ArticleBreak down your message into three parts: What? So what? Now what? -
How to Mentor More People — and Not Get Burned Out
Developing employees Digital ArticleFive strategies to help in-demand mentors manage their time and energy. -
How to Write an Effective Self-Assessment
Managing yourself Digital ArticleDon’t assume that your manager is aware of all you’ve accomplished. Here’s how to artfully highlight what you’ve done this year. -
How to Become a Better Strategic Thinker
Managing yourself Digital ArticleThree core behaviors to cultivate. -
The Art of Setting Expectations as a Project Manager
Business communication Digital ArticleManaging stakeholder expectations is one of the most challenging parts of the job. Here are five ways to do so successfully. -
Mistakes First-Time Managers Make When Giving Feedback
Feedback Digital ArticleYou need to build trust to be taken seriously. -
How to Get Honest and Substantive Feedback from Your Customers
Operations strategy Digital ArticleBusinesses can’t improve the quality of their operations without it. -
Do You Feel Free at Work?
Diversity and inclusion Big IdeaWe asked, you answered: eight questions about the state of DEI at your organizations. -
The Next Phase of DEI
Management Digital Article"The Next Phase of DEI" Big Idea features the following three articles. In "Where Does DEI Go from Here?", author Laura Morgan Roberts, a researcher in...
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The Giving Feedback with Confidence Collection: Overcome Your Fear of Giving Feedback
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The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2025: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want" by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management (with bonus article "Reinventing Performance Management" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)
24.95View Details Performance management is changing. Adapt your approach along with it. For decades, performance management has been seen as an annual chore by managers... -
Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto: A Case Vignette on Feedback - Paolo Canto's Perspective
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto, two HBS students, have decided to give each other feedback on their class participation. While Paolo believes that he has... -
Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A)
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Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners
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How to Help an Underperformer
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFirst, see if you're the problem. -
Stop Asking for Feedback
Business communication Digital ArticleStart asking for advice instead. -
How Leaders Can Ask for the Feedback No One Wants to Give Them
Giving feedback Digital ArticleWhat do employees say about you when you’re not around? -
Giving a High Performer Productive Feedback
Managing people Best PracticeGiving feedback, particularly constructive feedback, is often a stressful task. As counterintuitive as it may seem, giving feedback to a top performer can be even tougher. Top performers may not have obvious development needs and in identifying those needs, you can sometimes feel like you’re being nitpicky or over-demanding. In addition, top performers may not […] -
Let’s Abolish Self-Appraisal
Managing people Digital ArticleAsking an employee to write a self-appraisal using the company’s appraisal form is a common performance management practice. It’s a deceptively attractive technique. An employee’s self-appraisal and rating should give the manager valuable data on the quality of an individual’s performance. It previews what to expect when the two sit down to discuss the manager’s […] -
Do the Words “Performance Review” Scare You?
Business communication Digital ArticleStop worrying. Start prepping. -
Are Peer Reviews the Future of Performance Evaluations?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIn an era of agile teams and self-management, social feedback is key. -
How to Give Negative Feedback to Your Peers, Boss, or Direct Reports
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleThe different power dynamics may impact your approach. -
The Giving Feedback with Confidence Collection: Overcome Your Fear of Giving Feedback
Management Special Offer130.00View Details Giving feedback is an essential part of a manager's job. It can also be incredibly nerve-wracking. How can you identify opportunities for feedback? How... -
The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Presents two situations: 1) two graduating MBAs from Harvard Business School compare and contrast their strategies for getting off to a good start in...