Weekly Hotlist: How to Spend the Last 10 Minutes of Your Day

 

November 17, 2014 How to Spend the Last 10 Minutes of Your Day By Ron Friedman Create a pre-sleep ritual.

Motivation Signs That You're a Micromanager by Muriel Maignan Wilkins And four strategies to help you reform. Communication Tactics for Asking Good Follow-Up Questions by Richard Davis How to really get a read on someone. Managing people Why Citi Got Rid of Assigned Desks by Ellen Galinsky A pilot initiative is testing a new workspace. Managing yourself Setting the Record Straight on Job Interviews by Amy Gallo "Always wear a suit" is just one of the bad pieces of advice out there. Talent management An Easy Way to Make Your Employees Happier by Liz Wiseman Give them a challenge. Morale What Makes Someone an Engaging Leader by Ken Oehler And how organizations can develop more of them. Managing people To Motivate Employees, Help Them Do Their Jobs Better by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Results drive engagement. Career planning Research: How Female CEOs Actually Get to the Top by Sarah Dillard It's usually a long, steady climb at a single company.

BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials | HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set | HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations | HBR Guide to Better Business Writing | HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done

FEATURED PRODUCT The First 90 Days App for iPhone MAKE YOUR NEXT CAREER TRANSITION A SUCCESS. Download The First 90 Days App today to help you stay ahead of the game. Download on the App Store

FEATURED PRODUCT HBR Guide to Coaching Your Employees HBR Press Book When you're swamped with your own work, how can you make time to coach your employees—and do it well? If you don't help them build their skills, they'll keep coming to you for answers instead of finding their own solutions. Got a star on your team who's eager to advance? An underperformer who's dragging the group down? A steady contributor who feels bored and neglected? You'll need to agree on goals for growth, motivate your people to achieve them, support their efforts, and measure their progress. This guide gives you the tools to do that. You'll get better at (1) Matching people's skills with your organization's needs; (2) Creating realistic but inspiring plans for growth; (3) Customizing your approach; (4) Prompting with questions before you dispense advice; (5) Providing the support your employees need to achieve peak performance; (6) Giving them feedback they'll actually apply; (7) Tapping their learning styles to make greater progress; (8) Giving people room to grapple with problems and discover solutions; (9) Engaging your employees and fostering independence. Buy It Now

ADVERTISEMENT

HBR.ORG | TOPICS | THE MAGAZINE | BOOKS | CASES | STORE | SUBSCRIBE TO HBR UNSUBSCRIBE | NEWSLETTERS PRIVACY POLICY | CONTACT Copyright © 2014 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing 60 Harvard Way Boston, MA 02163 CUSTOMER SERVICE: 800-545-7685 (US/Canada) 1-617-783-7600 (outside the U.S. and Canada)