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Reinventing Performance Management
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Effective Decision
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The Ideal Praise-to-Criticism Ratio
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Positivity and Growth (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
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Next-Level Negotiating: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
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You at Work: How to be Effective with a Bad Boss
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2025: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want" by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey)
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People, Performance, and Succeeding as a Manager (HBR Work Smart Series)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024 (Paperback + Ebook)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Democratizing Transformation" by Marco Iansiti and Satya Nadella)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People 2-Volume Collection
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HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback
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Performance Development at GE: Shaping a Fit-For-Purpose Performance Management System (C)
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The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career
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The Whys and Hows of Feedback
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "Leadership Is a Conversation" by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind)
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Give Your Colleague the Rating He Deserves--or the One He Wants? (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn this fictional case, an associate director of business development at a gaming company is selected for a prestigious cross-functional innovation group.... -
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