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Managing Oneself
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0501K-ELeadership and People ManagementThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But times have drastically changed. Today we must all learn to manage ourselves. What does that mean? As Peter Drucker tells us in this seminal article first published in 1999, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. We have to place ourselves where ...Starting at €8.20
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What Makes an Effective Executive (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0406CLeadership and People ManagementListen first, speak last. Effectiveness is a discipline. And, like every discipline, it can be learned and must be earned.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Oneself (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0501KLeadership and People ManagementWhat are my strengths? How do I perform? What are my values? Where do I belong? What should my contribution be? Don't try to change yourself, Drucker cautions. Instead, concentrate on improving the skills you have and accepting assignments that are tailored to your individual way of working. If you do that, you can transform yourself from an ordinary worker into an outstanding performer. Today's successful careers are not planned out in advance....Starting at €8.20
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We Googled You (HBR Case Study and Commentary) (Spanish version)
Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0706ALeadership and People Managementcase study-only, reprint R0706X, and commentary-only, R0706Z.Starting at €8.20
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La ciencia de pensar más inteligentemente
Medina, John J.; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0805BLeadership and People ManagementLos avances en la neurobiología han demostrado que el cerebro es tan sensible a las experiencias externas que pueda ser reconectados a través de la exposición a las influencias culturales. Los experimentos han demostrado que en algunas personas, partes del cerebro se iluminan sólo cuando se presentan con una imagen de Bill Clinton. En otros, es Jennifer Aniston. O Halle Berry. Lo que otros estímulos podrían volver a colocar el cerebro? ¿Hay un ce...Starting at €8.20
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How to Make People Decisions (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-85406Leadership and People ManagementPeople decisions are long lasting in their consequences and difficult to unmake. At most one third of such decisions come out right. Executives who take their people decisions seriously will find the following principles helpful: 1) take responsibility for the decision--if the person the executive places in a position does not perform, the executive has made a mistake; 2) it is the duty of managers to make sure that the responsible persons in the...Starting at €8.20
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They're Not Employees, They're People (Spanish version)
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0202ELeadership and People ManagementIn this essay, business thinker Peter Drucker examines the changing dynamics of the workforce--in particular, the need for organizations to take just as much care and responsibility when managing temporary and contract workers as they do with their traditional employees. Two fast-growing trends are demanding that business leaders pay more attention to employee relations, Drucker says. First is the rise of the temporary, or contract, worker; 8 mil...Starting at €8.20
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Predicting the Present: A Conversation with Science Fiction Writer Cory Doctorow
Doctorow, Cory; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0907C-ELeadership and People ManagementThe author, who imagines brave new worlds for a living, sees technology not as an Orwellian threat but as an empowering vehicle for individual expression.Starting at €8.20
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How to Protect Your Job in a Recession
Banks, Janet; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0809J-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the economy softens, corporate downsizing appears almost inevitable. Don't panic yet, though. While layoff decisions might seem beyond your control, there's plenty you can do to make sure you retain your job. In this article, Banks, a former HR executive at Chas...Starting at €8.20
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Smart Power: A Conversation with Leadership Expert Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Nye, Joseph S., Jr.; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0811B-ELeadership and People ManagementThe next U.S. administration will face enormous challenges to world peace, the global economy, and the environment. Exercising military and economic muscle alone will not bring peace and prosperity. According to Nye, a former U.S. government official and a former dean at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, the next president must be able to combine hard power, characterized by coercion, and what Nye calls "soft" power, whic...Starting at €8.20