Work pressure demands more downtime than a fleeting week off Herminia Ibarra 5 September 2016 The month of August, that hallowed time when Latin Europe grinds to a sunny halt, concludes with September’s good intentions to sustain the summer’s healthier habits....
Five misconceptions about networking Herminia Ibarra 18 April 2016 A good network keeps you informed. Teaches you new things. Makes you more innovative. Gives you a sounding board to flesh out your ideas. Helps you get things done when you’re in a hurry. And, much...
Intel’s Andy Grove and the difference between good and bad fear Herminia Ibarra 11 April 2016 Be scared, be very scared, advised the late Andy Grove: “Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds...
What to do when a mentor blocks your career Herminia Ibarra 4 January 2016 “You have to kill the mentor,” said one of my students. A murmur of agreement went round my executive MBAs class. We were discussing the case of a 39-year-old manager who had been promised...
Freedom or identity crisis? The portfolio career mystery Herminia Ibarra 28 December 2015 “My friends tell me I’m too young to have a portfolio career,” confessed one of my former MBA students when I asked what he was up to. Recently, he had left a lifetime career...
When a leader is not a manager and other modern myths Herminia Ibarra 2 November 2015 “My job was to make everyone understand that the impossible was possible. That’s the difference between leadership and management,” reads the back cover of Alex Ferguson’s new...
