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Stand Out in a Job Interview | The Harvard Business Review Guide 3 Sep 2024 --- Nailing a job interview takes more than preparation and practice. HBR contributing editor Amy Gallo shares strategic tips on how to prepare, what to do, and what to say to make a great impression. Learn how to do your homework, craft compelling stories, practice effectively, have engaging conversations, and handle unexpected challenges. Whether it’s in-person or virtual, these strategies will help you stand out and ace your next interview. Read more: https://hbr.org/2024/09/the-hbr-guide-to-standing-out-in-an-interview https://hbr.org/2012/09/stand-out-in-your-interview https://hbr.org/2021/11/10-common-job-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them https://hbr.org/2022/11/tips-for-acing-your-first-job-interview https://hbr.org/2021/10/how-to-succeed-in-your-next-job-interview https://hbr.org/2022/07/5-ways-to-stand-out-in-your-next-job-interview https://hbr.org/2017/04/to-ace-your-job-interview-get-into-character-and-rehearse 00:00 Conflicting advice 00:42 Do your homework 01:50 Craft your stories 03:27 Practice 05:03 Have a great conversation 06:22 When things go wrong... 08:28 A note on virtual interviews 09:45 Let's review 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 #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artificial Intelligence, Real Food 28 Jul 2017 --- Can AI really help you be more creative? We paired IBM's AI with an expert chef and a kitchen novice to see how humans and machines could work together. Here's what happened. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#HBRLive: What We've Learned Since the Financial Crisis 10 Oct 2013 --- #HBRLive: What We've Learned Since the Financial Crisis ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should You Sell Your Startup, or Find a New CEO? (Case Study) 29 Jan 2020 --- Should a small company founder facing stalling growth sell to a competitor or hire a new CEO? In this HBR fictionalized case study, 2 Proud Pups is Elena's all-natural dog care product business. She launched it to create products that weren't full of chemicals that irritated her dogs. She invested her own savings, and grew her staff and product line — and now her products are carried by more than 1,000 independent pet retailers nationwide. But revenue growth has stalled flat, and she's ready for a change. She sees two options for moving forward: Option 1: Hire a new CEO who wants to target Amazon, Chewy, and Petco. She'd get less cash up front, but could retain her majority shareholder position while stepping back from the business. Option 2: Sell the company to a competitor who could expand her brand's reach, gaining a generous cash buyout and 10% of merged equity — while losing control of the company and risking a departure from her values. What would you do? Script and Audio Production : Jessica Gidal Based on the HBR Case Study, “A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up” by David R. Dixon https://hbr.org/2018/06/case-study-can-i-step-back-from-my-start-up Illustration: Ryan Garcia Animation: Riko Cribbs --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters 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 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Meeting Happens Before the Meeting 1 Apr 2025 --- For aspiring leaders, meetings aren’t where decisions are made—they’re where decisions get confirmed. The real influence happens earlier. Career adviser and author of "The Unspoken Rules", Gorick Ng, unpacks the “meeting before the meeting” and how experienced leaders quietly shape agendas, build alignment, and move initiatives forward. Read more in Ng's "The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right": https://www.gorick.com/unspokenrules 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 #Meeting #Rules #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Set the Right Boundaries at Work? | S1E1 | New Here 25 Oct 2023 --- So, you’re in a new job. Do you know how to set healthy boundaries? This week on New Here, we learn why it’s important to set your boundaries at work from day one – and how to do it. Host Elainy Mata talks with her own therapist about how boundaries come into play at work, how to define them for yourself, and how to handle the discomfort you feel when a colleague crosses your boundaries. Then Elainy and her work friends Dustin Brady, Jhymon Moodie, and Cheyenne Paterson discuss her therapist’s advice and share what they’ve learned about how it feels when boundaries get crossed at work. Have a career question? Let us know at NewHere@HBR.org. Key topics include: communication, difficult conversations, work-life balance, mental health, careers. Read More: • How to Spot a Bad Boss During an Interview (Sara Stibitz): https://hbr.org/2015/12/how-to-spot-a-bad-boss-during-an-interview • Ask an Expert: What Should I Do If My Boss Is Gaslighting Me? (Mary Abbajay): https://hbr.org/2020/11/ask-an-expert-what-should-i-do-if-my-boss-is-gaslighting-me • The Right Way to Give Negative Feedback to Your Manager (Tijs Besieux): https://hbr.org/2020/12/the-right-way-to-give-negative-feedback-to-your-manager You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/how-do-i-set-the-right-boundaries-at-work - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-i-set-the-right-boundaries-at-work/id1705031803?i=1000626955927 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0o2SWypfXwWV7AydNLGZFL?si=f2ff3ae5b18a4451 Series Description: The young professional’s guide to work — and how to make it work for you. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 3:47 – What Are Boundaries? According To a Therapist 14:37 – Roundtable Discussion 29:52 – Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/mycompany/ 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 #business #careers #workadvice Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Write a Resume That Stands Out 20 Dec 2023 --- 📋 Check out an example resume here: https://hbr.org/2022/05/how-to-write-a-resume-that-will-stand-out Writing a resume has always been hard. How do you condense all of your experience into one page (or even fill out one page if you've just graduated)? How do you make it look good, but still easily readable? Now, with the introduction of applicant tracking systems (aka the bots that scan your resume), the resume writing process has become even more challenging. But thankfully, there are some ways to make your resume work for you. I talked to Kristi DePaul, CEO of Founders and a personal branding expert, about how to make my resume stand out. She taught me exactly what to do to get my resume past the bots, into the hands of a hiring manager, and on top of the "accept" pile. I even made a new resume based on her guidance. Watch until the end if you need a template to base yours off of. 00:00 Resume writing feels like this 01:06 Meet our expert, Kristi DePaul 01:28 What are people scanning first? 02:05 Objectives are out, headlines are in 02:36 More context, less generic 3:20 You have experience (more than you think) 4:20 One resume for humans, one resume for robots 5:30 Be yourself, on paper 6:06 Include endorsements, and quotes 6:30 Multiple pages are okay (just don't force it) 6:58 My new resume! 📋 Read Kristi DePaul's original article: https://hbr.org/2020/09/how-to-get-your-resume-noticed-and-out-of-the-trash-bin Produced by Andy Robinson, Paige Cohen, Kelsey Alpaio Video by Andy Robinson Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Alex Belser and Karen Player Subscribe to our newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true #resumetips #jobsearch #writingskills ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Taylor Swift Handles Criticism 12 Apr 2025 --- Criticism doesn’t derail Taylor Swift—it sharpens her strategy. In this clip, HBR’s Kevin Evers breaks down how she turns backlash into empowerment, and why that mindset matters for leaders. 🎧 Listen to the full episode on HBR IdeaCast here: https://s.hbr.org/3EhNtFn ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Leaders Experiment with Chinese AI? 3 Sep 2025 --- Chinese AI models like DeepSeek are advancing fast. Amit Joshi explains why leaders should explore them—and what risks and opportunities to watch. 🎧 Listen to full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4fYbeRh ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding the Economic Shock of the Covid-19 Crisis 21 May 2020 --- Predicting the path ahead has become nearly impossible, but we can speculate about the size and scale of the economic shock. Economic contagion is now spreading as fast as Covid-19 itself. Social distancing, intended to physically disrupt the spread, has severed the flow of goods and people, stalled economies, and is in the process of delivering a global recession. Predicting the path ahead has become nearly impossible, as multiple dimensions of the crisis are unprecedented and unknowable. Pressing questions include the path of the shock and recovery, whether economies will be able to return to their pre-shock output levels and growth rates, and whether there will be any structural legacy from the coronavirus crisis. This Explainer explores several scenarios to model the size and scale of the economic shock and the path ahead. Based on the HBR article by Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Martin Reeves and Paul Swartz --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters 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 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices