Publications

2023
White Paper

Hidden Workers: Part-Time Potential

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman and Francis Hintermann

As employers continue to encounter major skills shortages, many qualified and willing workers remain unemployed or underemployed. These “hidden workers,” ignored by employers for a variety of reasons, represent a potential source of much-needed labor. In our initial... View Details

Keywords: Employment; Recruitment; Jobs and Positions

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March 2008 (Revised March 2009)
Case

Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell

In April 2007, Bill Gates announced Microsoft Unlimited Potential. Its mission was to enable social and economic opportunity for the next five billion people. To deliver against this mission, Microsoft sought to focus its citizenship efforts and its product development... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy

October 2012
Article

The Preference for Potential

By: Zakary L. Tormala, Jayson Jia and Michael I. Norton

When people seek to impress others, they often do so by highlighting individual achievements. Despite the intuitive appeal of this strategy, we demonstrate that people often prefer potential rather than achievement when evaluating others. Indeed, compared with... View Details

Keywords: Preferences; Persuasion; Uncertainty; Risk and Uncertainty; Performance Expectations; Attitudes

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Jun 2011 - 2011
Conference Presentation

Perceiving Collaborative Potential

By: Patricia Satterstrom, Lisa Kwan, Wannawiruch Wiruchnipawan and Jeff Polzer

July – August 2008
Article

Reaching Your Potential

By: Robert Steven Kaplan

February 2024
Supplement

Ada: Advice for Potential Founders

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

Mike Murchison, cofounder and CEO of Ada, shares his advice for potential founders. View Details

Keywords: Founder; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Finance

September 2022
Case

HPP: Tapping the Netherlands’ Potential

By: Brian Trelstad and Idelès Kaandorp

Stichting Het Potentieel Pakken (HPP) was launched to solve a systemic problem in the Dutch Labor Market: gender inequity that was leading to a large number of women to work part-time in fields that were in desperately short supply of labor, like health care, child... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Grants; Scaling And Growth; Nonprofit Organizations; Opportunities; Gender; Income; Employment; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital; Mission and Purpose; Motivation and Incentives; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Health Industry; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands

Educators

2011
Book

What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential

By: Robert Steven Kaplan

Successful leaders know that leadership is less often about having all the answers-and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Organizational Development; Reaching Your Potential; Career Planning; Management Styles; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Personal Development and Career

02 Oct 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The Value Potential of New Business Models

Keywords: by David J. Collis

July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
Case

How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities

By: Michael J. Roberts and Lauren Barley

Four venture capitalists from leading Silicon Valley firms are interviewed about the frameworks they use to evaluate potential venture opportunities. Questions include: How do you evaluate the venture's prospective business model? What due diligence do you conduct?... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Opportunities; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction

Educators

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

Consider this real-world social negotiation. On a Friday night, a husband and wife are trying to decide where to eat and which movie to see. Al prefers restaurant A, and Marie prefers restaurant C. Marie prefers movie D, and Al prefers movie F. They consider... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

2004
Other Unpublished Work

Mobilizing the Potential of German Science

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Keywords: Science; Innovation and Invention; Government and Politics; Germany

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Article

Success Comes From Affirming Your Potential

By: Laura Morgan Roberts and Anthony Mayo

Keywords: Inclusion; Black Leadership; African Americans; Diversity

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June 5, 2023
Article

How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine

By: Mitchell Tang, Louise Short, Ryan June, Matthew Dowling and Ateev Mehrotra

Telemedicine visits in the United States have fallen sharply since April 2020, but the end of the pandemic should not spell the end of telemedicine. It can play a valuable role in the delivery of health care. The key to tapping its potential is to bring many elements... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation

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March 8, 2023
Article

How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

By: Anthony J. Mayo

To better understand the leadership challenges and development opportunities facing high-potential employees, researchers analyzed more than 3,000 applications to Harvard Business School’s High Potentials Leadership Program over a nearly 20-year period. The... View Details

Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Business Education

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September–October 1995
Article

Realize Your Customers' Full Profit Potential

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Alan W.H. Grant

2009
Case

High Potentials Leadership Program (Executive Education)

By: Julie Battilana

Keywords: Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career

2008
Case

High Potentials Leadership Program (Executive Education)

By: Julie Battilana

Keywords: Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career