4 Tips for New Grads Struggling to Find a Job

A Plan Is Not a Strategy

A Plan Is Not a Strategy 29 Jun 2022 --- A comprehensive plan—with goals, initiatives, and budgets–is comforting. But starting with a plan is a terrible way to make strategy. Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and one of the world’s leading thinkers on strategy, says developing strategy means going outside an organization’s comfort zone and escaping the common traps of strategic planning. 00:00 Most strategic planning has nothing to do with strategy. 01:00 So what is a strategy? 02:08 Why do leaders so often focus on planning? 04:05 Let's see a real-world example of strategy beating planning. 06:33 How do I avoid the "planning trap"? For more from Roger Martin on this topic, read, "A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness": https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Think-Management-Effectiveness-ebook/dp/B09KHKWB7B Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Strategy #RogerMartin Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. #StrategicPlanning #Planning #Business #Explainer #Success #HowTo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

How to Market Sustainable Products

How to Market Sustainable Products 30 Jan 2025 --- Experts suggest that customers fall into three categories: those who highly value sustainability, those who value it moderately, and those who don’t care or are even skeptical. Marketers need to consider each of these groups. Read the full article by Frédéric Dalsace and Goutam Challagalla here: https://s.hbr.org/40EddTl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Hershey CEO Michele Buck on Empowering Internal Change Agents

Hershey CEO Michele Buck on Empowering Internal Change Agents 26 Apr 2022 --- Michele Buck is the first female CEO in The Hershey Company’s history, and the company has been recognized as one of America’s most female-friendly corporations. She also has a rich personal story, coming from humble roots in central Pennsylvania, and she worked her way through college before getting an MBA. HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius sat down with Buck in this episode of our video series “The New World of Work” to talk about: • Leadership innovations she’s made at Hershey like tapping internal change agents. • Serving customers during the height of the pandemic. • Advice for helping women make progress in the workforce. This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, HBR Editor Adi Ignatius will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://hbr.org/my-library/preferences?movetile=newworldofwork. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #FutureofWork #Hershey Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

How to Work with a Passive-Aggressive Coworker | The Harvard Business Review Guide

How to Work with a Passive-Aggressive Coworker | The Harvard Business Review Guide 21 Jun 2022 --- They’re not being a jerk on purpose, and if you can understand what motivates them you’ll find a better way to co-exist, and maybe even thrive. 00:00 First, some good news and bad news about passive-aggressive coworkers. 00:42 Do these bad behaviors sound familiar? 01:10 Let’s define the term “passive-aggressive.” 01:32 Why are they behaving this way? 02:52 Tip 1: Avoid calling them “passive-aggressive.” 03:33 Tip 2: Focus on what they’re trying to say. 04:26 Tip 3: Don’t take the bait. 05:37 Tip 4: Get support from the team. 07:04 OK, let’s review! The tips in this Harvard Business Review Guide come from Amy Gallo’s book, “Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)”, available here: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Along-Anyone-Difficult-People/dp/1647821061/ Produced by Amy Gallo and Scott LaPierre Video by Andy Robinson Design by Riko Cribbs, Alex Belser, and Karen Player Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #PassiveAggressive #Conflict Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

4 Tips for New Grads Struggling to Find a Job

4 Tips for New Grads Struggling to Find a Job 28 Jan 2025 --- If you’re a new grad without a job lined up, you may be feeling anxious about the current market. But don’t beat yourself up: It’s tough out there! Here are four tips to help you reframe your job search. Read the full article by Rachel DuRose here: https://s.hbr.org/4azQZXk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]