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The Surprising Power of Questions
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How to Write a Winning Business Plan
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What It Takes to Give a Great Presentation, Chinese Version
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How to Approach an Office Romance (and How Not To)
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Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
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4 Distractions that Derail Meetings — and How to Handle Them
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To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking, Stop Thinking About Yourself
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What’s Your Cultural Profile?
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Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration
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Storytelling That Moves People
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How to Write Better Emails at Work
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How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
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Writing a Rejection Letter (with Samples)
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How to Run a Meeting
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How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Work
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Global Business Speaks English
Global Business Magazine ArticleLike it or not, English is the global language of business. Today 1.75 billion people speak English at a useful level--that's one in four of us. Multinational...
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Leadership Voice and Style
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The Signals of Big Oil: ExxonMobil Stumbles
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Diversity in The Workplace: A Legal and Statistical Analysis
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VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud
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Iridium LLC
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A Note on Management Communication: Module Four
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L'Oreal S.A.: Rolling out the Global Diversity Strategy
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A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
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Good Charts Workbook: Tips, Tools, and Exercises for Making Better Data Visualizations
Communication Book35.00View Details You know right away when you see an effective chart or graphic. It hits you with an immediate sense of its meaning and impact. But what actually makes... -
HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case
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Walking the IPO Catwalk: Rent the Runway's Public Offering
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Competitive-Cost Analysis: Cost-Modeling Techniques
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Don't Be a Cat: Putting on Your Best Virtual Face
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Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing, Spanish Version
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Financing Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai: A Nonprofit Caught in the Middle
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The Great American Pigout
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When the Tone of an Email Went Wrong
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Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations
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A Note on Getting the Most out of Your Board Meetings
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How to Write a Cover Letter
Cover letters Best PracticeAdvice for tackling one of the toughest parts of the job-hunting process. -
A Simple Way to Introduce Yourself
Presentation skills AdviceThink: present, past, future. -
6 Pitching Techniques to Use When Budgets Are Tight
Persuasion Digital ArticleHow to persuade a client or senior executive to spend their limited resources. -
How to Give a Killer Presentation
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleFor more than 30 years, the TED conference series has presented enlightening talks that people enjoy watching. In this article, Anderson, TED's curator,... -
How to Follow Up with Someone Who’s Not Getting Back to You
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The Surprising Power of Questions
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMuch of an executive's workday is spent asking others for information--requesting status updates from a team leader, for example, or questioning a counterpart... -
How to Write a Winning Business Plan
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA well-conceived business plan is essential to the success of an enterprise. Whether you are starting up a venture, seeking additional capital for an... -
What It Takes to Give a Great Presentation, Chinese Version
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How to Approach an Office Romance (and How Not To)
Business communication Best PracticeMany people meet their partners at work — but proceed carefully. -
Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMost managerial work happens through talk--discussions, meetings, presentations, negotiations. And it is through talk that managers evaluate others and...