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Parents Are Minimizing Work Relationships to Make Time for Childcare
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Your Employees Are Also Caregivers. Here’s How to Support Them.
Management Digital ArticleFive research-backed strategies from HBR’s archive. -
4 Ways to Meaningfully Support New Mothers Returning to Work
Working parents Digital ArticleInterviews and surveys of hundreds of women in the U.S. who recently returned to work after giving birth reveals what help they valued most. -
Research: How Family Motivates People to Do Their Best Work
Motivating people Digital ArticleWork and family are often seen as competing for an employee’s time and energy — but that’s the wrong way to think about it. -
Working Parents, Plan for the Week with This Simple Exercise
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleTo avoid surprises and decision fatigue, take 20 minutes to preview your family’s commitments. -
How to Protect Your Boundaries When Your Company Is Struggling
Work-life balance Digital ArticleWorking longer hours may feel heroic, but you’ll be better off focusing your energy where it will have the biggest impact. -
It’s Time to Redefine Our Gendered Idea of “Ambition”
Managing people Digital ArticleRather than enforcing a binary point of view — you’re either climbing up the ladder or stepping aside — skillful managers don’t equate pace with potential. -
When You Want to Be Hybrid, But Your Boss Wants You in the Office
Hybrid work Digital ArticleFive strategies for having an effective and empathetic conversation. -
Preparing for Your Next Career Move
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Harvard’s Arthur C. Brooks on the Secrets to Happiness at Work
Business and society Digital Article“If you’re unhappy at work, you’re probably unhappy in life.” -
Case Study: When the CEO Dies, What Comes First: His Company or His Family?
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Research: Caregiver Employees Bring Unique Value to Companies
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleA new study shows how the act of caregiving helps people develop skills that positively impact culture, retention, and the bottom line. -
Working Parents, It’s Time to Let Go of These Pandemic-Era Habits
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The Ripple Effect of a Bad Boss on Dual-Career Parents
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleFive steps you can take to manage a boss that’s making both of your lives harder. -
What “Succession” Can Teach Us About Regret
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe’ve all made choices we wish we could take back. These three research-backed strategies can help us process and move forward. -
How a Parent’s Experience at Work Impacts Their Kids
Working parents Digital ArticleA multi-year study following more than 370 low-wage families found that children’s developmental outcomes were significantly affected by their parents’ work lives. -
Is It Time to Shake Up Your WFH Routine?
Personal productivity Digital ArticleSmall tweaks can make a big impact. -
Research: How a Fight at Home Impacts Your Workday
Work-life balance Digital ArticleIt can be draining — but it can also make us more likely to help our colleagues. -
5 Things Employers Get Wrong About Caregivers at Work
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleMyth #1: School and childcare are back to normal. -
Don’t Feel Guilty for Prioritizing Yourself Over Work
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleWhat young professionals need to know about work-life balance.
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Reed Group and Succession in a Family Business: An Impossible Job to Fill?
Management Case Study11.95View Details James Reed had taken over Reed Group, the recruitment and career services company his father had founded and built, in 1994. He was now reflecting on... -
Carol Aldana: Is It Time To Leave?
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the process employees undergo when considering leaving an organization. The instructor can move the discussion twice by reading two... -
Overcoming Overwork: Women at Work Discussion Group Toolkit
Management Book99.95View Details The "HBR Women at Work" series, based on the popular HBR podcast of the same name, spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout... -
Happiness Capital: A Hundred-Year-Old Family Business's Quest to Create Happiness
Management Case Study11.95View Details Happiness Capital is a global venture capital firm within the hundred-year-old Lee Kum Kee Group with a mission to bring happiness to the community and... -
Overcoming Overwork (HBR Women at Work Series)
Management Book24.95View Details Overworked? Overwhelmed? Protect yourself from burnout. The amount of work placed on women is often insurmountable. Along with doing what's required for... -
HBR Working Moms Collection (6 Books)
125.00View Details Manage the competing demands of working motherhood. As a working mother, you often draw the short straw. You carry most of the burden of caregiving and... -
HBR Working Dads Collection (6 Books)
125.00View Details Everything you need to have a successful career and be the dad you want to be. Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant... -
Century Bank: Closing Time?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Barry Sloane, second-generation Chairman, President, and CEO of his family's bank, Century Bank, weighed whether to sell to Eastern Bank. As a small regional... -
ROI vs. ROI: The Grupo Baoba Family Office
Management Case Study11.95View Details Fernando Scodro, a third-generation member of his family, mulled over the next step in integrating an ESG strategy into his family office's investment... -
We Can Work It Out: Managing a Dual-Career Family
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Ivan and Lana Kuznetsov are a dual-career couple and parents to four young children. Having immigrated to Canada from Russia in 2012, they are both in... -
Two-Career Families (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details Build your careers, your family, and your life--together. When you're part of a two-career family, you manage the competing demands of your careers, child-rearing,... -
Succeeding as a First-Time Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out parenting, all of a sudden your leave time is over. You're... -
Doing It All as a Solo Parent (HBR Working Parents Series)
24.95View Details You're only one person--but you're not alone. As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the... -
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case provides further updates on Deborah Lovich's decision, as well as reflections from her family and mentors on her path. -
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Deborah Lovich, Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to join the firm's Executive Committee as... -
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade. -
Angel Torres Sequel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,... -
Maryam Hassan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Maryam and Sameer, brother and sister, were searching for an apartment in Hitech City, Hyderabad. Recent college graduates who were now starting jobs... -
Angel Torres
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Angel Torres is a college sophomore placed in their first summer internship. While Angel hoped the Internship might lead to a full-time job after graduation,... -
Muhammad Ali: Changing The World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame....
