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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Term 1 & 2 Course - 3-4 Modules Dynamic Teaming Dynamic Teaming explores the dynamics and leadership of effective teams. You’ll define psychological safety and cover various elements of leading effective teams, including decision-making, navigating change, View Details

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

as well as the premium models. It was a simple plan, but one that would be quite difficult to execute with Osher's limited budget and small team. But, as several of the panelists acknowledged, the small, agile nature of Dr. John's in fact... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Concepts Understand negotiation dynamics and how to prepare for uncertainty Learn to craft agile strategy and be quick on your feet in changing circumstances Resolve small differences before they escalate Secure maximum value for your... View Details

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

including approaches that emerged early in the pandemic. Some executives long for the days of yore, but were they that great? A recent survey of 10,000 executives by Deloitte found that pre-pandemic team structures and job boundaries limited outcomes, hindered... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

industries agile enough to meet their professional and personal needs. Employees also have greater agency to demand the working conditions they want. In the past, employers have had the upper hand during times of economic uncertainty, but... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

U V W X Y Z # A A.T. Kearney, Inc. Abbott ABILITY Network, Inc. Abpro Accolade Adimab, Inc. Advance Technological Radiology PA Advantage Healthcare Inc. Advocates Aetna Agilent Technologies AGION Technologies Aledade Alkermes Allen... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

quickly. The shift has happened in days, not months. Businesses may be able to learn how to move faster, acting in more agile ways, as a result. Amy C. Edmondson (@AmyCEdmondson) is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

things and keep what works.” It is not by chance that nearly all of their private sector examples come from high tech, where employees are being trained in large numbers to routinely conduct experiments that appear to provide enterprise View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

own ideas about what is important, and if your ideas deviate from theirs, you risk being ignored or even ostracized. The researchers pointed out that nonprofit organizations often become more agile and effective once the founder is... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

phones, computers/tablets, and investment advice are three such categories today. The Future Of Retail Clearly, this is a new world for store retailers. To compete with online competitors, retailers will need to be agile both in... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Resource Executive and the HR Technology Conference in 2020. Linda A. Hill : Awarded #5 in the Top 20 MIT Sloan Management Review articles of 2020 for "Being the Agile Boss" (Fall 2020). Summer R. Jackson : Selected for the 2020 OB... View Details

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

Summing Up Is Business Agility a Product of Top-Down or Bottom-Up Resource Allocation? Respondents to this month's column provided possible explanations for greater reliance on top-down resource allocation processes (RAPs) while reminding... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2007
News

The Old Heave-Ho

First-year students let off a little end-of-the-year steam at the RC Olympics, held on campus last May. Sections competed against each other, testing their strength and agility in events such as dodgeball, wheelbarrow and three-legged... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Data Science for Managers 2 - Course Catalog

collections, analysis, and reporting. Students will be introduced to new tools (such as SQL) and new techniques (such as K-Means clustering, natural language processing, and Monte Carlo simulation). The course will also explore essential notions of data privacy,... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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@Soldiers Field

WHAT’S THE BUZZ? EARLY TASTE In early December, the School’s Doctoral Programs hosted an interactive poster session in the Baker Library|Bloomberg Center that showcased several students’ early-stage research. One finding? In a sample of product development teams, View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Kumbh Mela? The author shows how clever marketers have ridden the religion wave by tailoring their products and services accordingly. The Agility Advantage: How to Identify and Act on Opportunities in a Fast-Changing World by Amanda... View Details

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

systems (OKRs), Balanced Scorecards (BSCs), and Performance-potential models, to hold employees accountable for driving financial results for established offers, while encouraging them to uncover new opportunities for offerings and growth. c. View Details

Portrait Project

Jonathan Wilkins

I will pray for stamina to raise the nation's moral conscience. I will exercise personal agility to exert faith through action. I will strive to help heal the sick and extend resources to the poor. I will set about the business of... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Net Positive

LOVB Foundation is committed to making the sport financially accessible to all. Gao is also banking on the grace, nonstop action, and agility that make volleyball such an exciting sport to watch. “Fifty-plus years of Title IX has created... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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