3 Books to Kickstart Your New Year's Resolutions

Sabbaticals for Beginners

Sabbaticals for Beginners 5 Feb 2025 --- Thinking about a sabbatical but feel like it's out of reach? If you can make it happen, the payoff can be big. Research from 250+ sabbatical-takers reveals what makes a great break, the three types of sabbaticals you can take, and how to convince your boss (and yourself) it’s worth it. Read the full article by DJ DiDonna here: https://s.hbr.org/3EqjkDA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

What’s Your Salary? | Career Crush

What’s Your Salary? | Career Crush 1 Mar 2022 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ We’ve all heard a version of this at some point in our lives: “Don’t talk about money — it’s rude.” But is it really? 00:00 Let's talk money 00:13 Engineering 01:04 Illustration 03:15 Gaming 05:05 Food & Beverage 06:12 Photography 08:31 Legal 10:19 Museums It might feel awkward, but talking about money is an important part of making sure everyone is compensated and treated fairly. In this episode, Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio asks seven successful young professionals from different industries some pressing money questions, like: What should you expect to make right out of college? How can you advocate for yourself in a negotiation? Should you ever take an unpaid internship? Produced by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio Video by Andy Robinson Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen Player Follow us: https://hbr.org/ascend https://www.tiktok.com/@hbrascend https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbrascend https://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/ https://twitter.com/HBRAscend https://www.instagram.com/hbrascend #salarytransparency #money #careerhelp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

HBS Professor Linda Hill Says Leaders Must Engage with Emotions as Never Before

HBS Professor Linda Hill Says Leaders Must Engage with Emotions as Never Before 10 Mar 2022 --- Hill says that getting an organization to its digital future is less about technology and tools, and more about people and culture. For leaders, that means intense collaboration with the people who do understand the technology and tools, being open to having their perspectives challenged, and engaging employees on a deeply emotional level. 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 #LindaHill Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

4 Traps to Avoid as You Transition into a Leadership Role

4 Traps to Avoid as You Transition into a Leadership Role 14 Jan 2025 --- What you do before you start a new leadership role is critical to your success in the first 90 days — and beyond. While it’s tempting to rely on what you know, leaning on the things that worked for you in the past may push you in the wrong direction. Here are four common traps leaders make when transitioning into a new role, and how to avoid them. Adapted from “4 Traps to Avoid as You Transition into a Leadership Role,” by David Lancefield: https://hbr.org/2024/09/4-traps-to-avoid-as-you-transition-into-a-leadership-role Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org 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 #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Leadership #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

What Is Strategy? It’s a Lot Simpler Than You Think

What Is Strategy? It’s a Lot Simpler Than You Think 23 Feb 2022 --- To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not complicated, says Harvard Business School’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee, author of "Better, Simpler Strategy". 00:00 To many people, strategy is a mystery. 00:25 Strategy does not start with a focus on profit. 00:52 It's about creating value. 01:00 There's a simple tool to help visualize the value you create: the value stick. 01:30 What is willingness-to-pay? 02:30 What is willingness-to-sell? 03:14 Remind me: Where does profit come in again? 03:48 How do I raise willingness-to-pay? 05:00 And how do I lower willingness-to-sell? 06:18 Real world example: Best Buy's dramatic turnaround Companies should simplify and focus on two value drivers, he argues: customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction. By aligning strategic initiatives on these alone, leaders make their workers’ jobs less complicated and improve customer experiences. Oberholzer-Gee is the author of the Harvard Business Review article “Eliminate Strategic Overload” (https://hbr.org/2021/05/eliminate-strategic-overload) as well as the book “Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance” (https://www.amazon.com/Better-Simpler-Strategy-Value-Based-Exceptional/dp/1633699692/). Produced and edited by Scott LaPierre Video by Dave Di Iulio and Elie Honein Animation by Alex Belser 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 #WhatIsStrategy Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]