Find a practice for your goal
Search for the skill or situation you want to work on, such as focus, negotiation, or setting boundaries. Open a practice to read its steps before choosing what suits you.
12 results (expanded search) for "hbr"
Professional
Pre-Mortem
Before executing decision, imagine it failed in a year, enumerate most likely failure causes.
Professional
Weekly Feedback Habit
Every Friday, write 3 feedbacks (positive + constructive) for 3 people and deliver by Monday.
Administrative
Project Pre-Mortem
Before starting, imagine the project failed in six months and write down why.
Administrative
Anti-Reverse-Delegation Card
When an employee returns with a delegated problem, don't take it — return it with two questions.
Leadership
Ethical Decision Matrix
Before ethically murky decision, evaluate on 4 axes: legal/ethical/values/reputation.
Administrative
Kotter's 8 Stages of Change
Every successful change passes 8 steps in order — skipping any = likely failure.
Administrative
Decision Rights Matrix
Per decision type: who proposes, decides, consulted, informed.
Administrative
Leading vs Lagging Indicators
Leading predicts, lagging describes past — know each KPI's place.
Administrative
Activity-Based Cost Allocation
Each service/product: real cost? — not "fake organizational average".
Administrative
Vendor Consolidation
Count vendors per category — consolidating 2 similar drops price 15-25%.
Administrative
Upward Stakeholder Management
Your boss has little time, many concerns — use 4 principles to be a smart stakeholder.
Administrative
Project Kill-Criteria
Define exactly when you'll kill the project before it even starts — don't wait until failure is discovered too late.