Vanessa Boris, Author at Harvard Business Publishing https://www.harvardbusiness.org/author/vboris/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:07:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Whoever They Are, Wherever They Are: Empowering Everyone You Lead https://www.harvardbusiness.org/whoever-they-are-wherever-they-are-empowering-everyone-you-lead/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:54:38 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=313383 You may have noticed: Great leaders have great teams, and poor leaders have teams that struggle. Each member of that struggling team may well have tremendous capability and potential. Yet that capability isn’t utilized, and that potential stays untapped. The best leaders make the purposeful choice to empower everyone they lead, whoever they are, wherever they are. When they do, individuals flourish, and the group works like a well-oiled machine. Let’s look at what it takes to truly empower others and bring your team together around a shared purpose. Start by getting to know your people People are empowered when […]

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]]> How Leaders at All Levels Are Taking on Change Management https://www.harvardbusiness.org/how-leaders-at-all-levels-are-taking-on-change-management/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:59:04 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=159363 Change management, as a business concept, has been around in some form for more than 50 years. What’s different today is the pace and continual nature of change. We need look no further than the coronavirus pandemic now unfolding, with often spectacular change being thrown at us every day. In this current climate, change management is impacting all employees throughout an organization, and there has been a shift in how managing change is put into practice. Today, with flatter organizations and a more empowered workforce, the focus is as much on changes in mindset as it is on changes in […]

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]]> What Makes Storytelling So Effective For Learning? https://www.harvardbusiness.org/what-makes-storytelling-so-effective-for-learning/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:31:05 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=1604 This is the second of two posts co-written by Vanessa and Lani Peterson, Psy.D., a psychologist, professional storyteller and executive coach. Telling stories is one of the most powerful means that leaders have to influence, teach, and inspire. What makes storytelling so effective for learning? For starters, storytelling forges connections among people, and between people and ideas. Stories convey the culture, history, and values that unite people. When it comes to our countries, our communities, and our families, we understand intuitively that the stories we hold in common are an important part of the ties that bind. This understanding also […]

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