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How to Multitask Better
A couple of week's ago we posted on a study out of Stanford that found multitasking basically makes you bad at everything. But with teams leaner than ever and the pace of communication and business increasing steadily, plodding along doing just one thing at a time doesn't really seem like...
Tags: Team, Volume, HBR Conversation Starter, E-mail, Team Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Online Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2009-09-11

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The MFA is the New MBA | HBR IdeaCast
Companies like GM increasingly value right-brain creative thinking. In this podcast, Katherine Bell explains that creative training also teaches skills that directly transfer to management: how to take criticism, what motivates people, how to engage your audience, and when to let go of good ideas. Featured Guests: HarvardBusiness.org Senior...
Tags: Internet, Podcasts, MFA, MBA, BNET staff
Blog posts 2008-05-08
Harvard's Anita Elberse: Forget the "Long Tail"
The Find: One Harvard Business School professor crunches the numbers and comes up with a startling conclusion for those in the media biz: forget the long tail, aim for the occasional and old fashioned blockbuster. The Source: An alaysis of sales patterns in the music and home-video...
Tags: Jessica Stillman, Marketing, Sales, Marketing Research, Retail, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Harvard, Tail, Long Tail
Blog posts 2008-06-30
Be a Better Leader in 15 Minutes a Day
The Find: Even the busiest manager can find the time to mentor employees with this executive coach's simple system. The Source: Executive coach and author Daisy Wademan Dowling writing on the Harvard Business Review Conversation Starter blog. The Takeaway: In a...
Tags: Minute, Leader, E-mail, Blogging, Productivity, Leadership, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Internet, Management, Marketing, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2009-02-06
Tips to Rescue Your Stranded Ideas
Got a great, innovative idea but having trouble finding anyone who will listen? It's a common problem for junior members of the team who may struggle to get experienced colleagues to pay attention to their pet projects, but it's not an issue that's exclusive to young workers. Alexandra Samuel, writing...
Tags: Idea, Blog, Blogging, Internet, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2009-09-01
Not in Sales? You Still Need an Elevator Pitch
The elevator pitch - the ability to sum up what you're selling in the thirty seconds it takes to travel a few floors - is usually thought to be the province of skilled salespeople and polished job seekers, but if a post by Jodi Glickman Brown on the HBR Conversation...
Tags: Cocktail, Elevator, Financial Accounting, Professional Development, Sales Strategy, Personal Finance, Finance, Career, Sales, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2009-10-12
The "No Asshole Rule" from Stanford
There's a ton of literature out there on the topic of business leadership, but Robert Sutton is in a field of his own. The Professor at Stanford University's Management Science and Engineering department has written a volume of influential work on topics ranging from data-driven decisioning to his latest...
Tags: Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Andrew Hines, Blogging, Leadership, Stanford, Professor
Blog posts 2007-06-01
Sell Yourself to Protect Your Job
The Find: If yesterday's post on gauging your job security left you anxious, fear not; there are steps you can take to sell yourself and keep your current gig. The Source: Daisy Wademan Dowling, author of Remember Who You Are, writing on the Harvard Business Review Conversation...
Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2009-01-07
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