Tag: Harvard Business Review

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SCORE: Can Diverse Supplier Certification Benefit Your Business?

Of the 1.1 million minority-owned employer businesses in the U.S., 99.9 percent are small businesses, but not all of these businesses…

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Mastering Soft Skills: The Secret to Thriving in Any Job Role

Navigating a job loss can lead many to explore roles outside their primary sectors, such as retail, food service, or hospitality. However, these seemingly unrelated…

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The Hidden Power of Ambivalence When Navigating a Big Career Decision

A groundbreaking perspective from the Harvard Business Review is challenging the status quo: embrace the mixed feelings during those pivotal career decisions.

Those moments of…

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Leading Humanely Through Change: 3 Keys to Transition and Thrive

Processing change can be difficult in the best of times, but the last few years have presented enormous challenges and substantial change in many aspects…

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5 Things to Do After Getting Laid-Off

Amid mass layoffs at companies like Twitter or Meta, getting fired has become commonplace for professionals. It’s very easy to lose sight when you…

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Don’t Sit Out Office Politics. Instead, Use Them to Your Advantage

As much as you might miss your school days sometimes, few people probably miss all the gossip and drama. You would hope such immature behavior…

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Harvard Business Review: The New Rules of Business Casual

One of the best advantages of remote work is much more flexibility in your clothing choices.

Even if you have to appear on camera, people…

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Don’t Ask for a Pay Raise from Your Boss — Negotiate It

No doubt every employee would love to get a pay raise, but the reality is that most are not going to get one in the…

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What to Do When You’ve Reached an Inflection Point in Your Career

It is not always workplace troubles that will have you contemplating leaving your job. Life events will often play a factor. Sometimes that is good…

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Career Corner: Rebounding From a Botched Job Interview

The interview is a high-stress situation, and unfortunately, sometimes that will get to you and make you go down in flames during your big…

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Triple-Double Trouble: March Madness Fouls U.S. Business Productivity

If recent productivity trends hold true this week, March Madness — the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship — will cause a noticeable drop in employee…

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Career Corner: Tips for Starting a Job Search from Harvard Business Review

If you have been with the same job for a significant amount of time, it takes a lot of preparation to get ready to apply…

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Career Corner: Working Remote? Make sure You’re Not Overlook

Whether you have health concerns or have just accepted a non-local position, many companies are now much more open to having remote employees. But…

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Study Finds Bold Career Moves Lead to Becoming CEO Faster

A 10-year study has found that having a perfect education and avoiding risky moves while climbing the corporate ladder is not the fastest way…