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Managing a Task Force (Spanish version)
Ware, James P.Case HBS-407S10Leadership and People ManagementDescribes several principles for improving the effectiveness of internal task forces. Suggests a number of guidelines for starting up a task force, conducting the first meeting, managing the group's activities, and completing the project.Starting at €8.20
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Joke's on Me (Spanish version)
Buchanan, LeighArticle HBS-F0410KLeadership and People ManagementHumorist and Clinton speechwriter Mark Katz reveals the awesome power of self-deprecation.Starting at €8.20
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Things They Do for Love (Spanish version)
Buchanan, LeighArticle HBS-F0412DLeadership and People ManagementEmployee engagement may influence performance and retention more than any other factor.Starting at €8.20
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Those Fertile HR Fields (Spanish version)
Buchanan, LeighArticle HBS-F0504BLeadership and People ManagementIn the United States, HR management is perceived as a narrow specialty. In Japan, it's a place to go to get ahead.Starting at €8.20
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Civics and Civility (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Buchanan, Leigh; Flynn, Brian; Furedi, Frank; Brantner, Paula; Rogers, James E.Article HBS-R0410A-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Denver office of Clarion Co., a $30 million, full-service marketing firm, has always been a politics-free zone. Nonwork conversations revolve around families, romances, and the state of the powder at Aspen. If the office sometimes seems detached from the wider world, no one cares. But that all changes with the arrival of Marcus Lippman. A senior project manager hired away from a rival firm in Chicago, Marcus is both charming and aggressive ab...Starting at €8.20
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Let Me Take You Down (Spanish version)
Kersten, E. L.; Buchanan, Leigh; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0403CLeadership and People ManagementE. Lawrence Kersten thinks corporate America could use a good dose of demotivation. Carrying products that promise to "unleash the power of mediocrity," Kersten's company, Despair Inc., has just the ticket.Starting at €8.20
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Young and the Restful (Spanish version)
Buchanan, LeighArticle HBS-F0411FLeadership and People ManagementYoung employees are ambitious--yet hoping to stay at one company for as long as possible.Starting at €8.20
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Sweat the Small Stuff (Spanish version)
Buchanan, LeighArticle HBS-F0504GLeadership and People ManagementThe "broken windows" theory of crime prevention--pay attention to the details--pertains to companies, too.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Interpersonal Conflict (Spanish version)
Ware, James P.; Barnes, Louis B.Case HBS-407S02Leadership and People ManagementDiscusses the nature and dynamics of interpersonal conflict and suggests how to diagnose and manage a conflict situation. The perspective employed is that of an interested third party who wishes to intervene in the conflict to resolve or control it. Focuses on how to choose between resolution and control strategies, and suggests specific tactics for implementing each approach.Starting at €8.20
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Brief History of Decision Making (Spanish version)
Buchanan, Leigh; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-R0601BLeadership and People ManagementThe debunking of Descartes' rational man threatens to swamp our confidence in our choices. Is it really surprising, then, that even as technology dramatically increases our access to information, Malcolm Gladwell extols the virtues of gut decisions made, literally, in the blink of an eye?Starting at €8.20