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- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Beating Pain with Brain Power
in Palo Alto, California. There was this very scared young Vietnam veteran whom one could even get on the table. That’s when I saw the first time how a quick hypnotic intervention could make a difference. “I built a research program... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
list of the costs of the “conveyor belt to college”: high dropout rates, increased stress levels, and massive debt. Her suggested fix? The bridge year—a key facet of Falik’s Global Citizen Year, which offers graduating high school... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
call may be having a dramatic experience during this crisis is an important subtext for how they are navigating the conversation with me.” “[Pacing] ourselves as leaders to remain strong for all the people that depend on us, [managing] organizational View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- Blog
Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application
not to be inspired," she admitted. "I've tried to adopt their more conversational style to encourage participation from the group." During her sessions, she stresses the importance of allowing some time to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
it was the right decision. When she was appointed CEO of Time Inc. in 2002, the rest of the world knew too. “I’ve always had a long-term view,” notes Moore. “You’ve got to choose a career you’ll be happy growing old in because View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Hawes Hall Dedicated
Rod Hawes and Dean Clark had time to chat before the dedication ceremony. Photo: Richard Chase Two of the Hawes grandchildren join the festivities in the Dean's House garden. Photo: Richard Chase A behind-the-scenes tour of Hawes Hall... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
A Leveraged Investment
time between the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and the United States, both stress that attending OPM improved their businesses as well as their personal lives. “HBS enriched us tremendously,” says Hesham.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
governed by one or the other of these regimes, and Jensen suggests that time is split between them in about a 50:50 ratio. The switch into the PAM regime occurs when we are frightened -- which can happen without our even knowing it. The... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Waxing Philosophical
As he turned over company operations to his children last winter, it was a time for reflection for Samuel Johnson (MBA ’52), chairman emeritus of SC Johnson, one of the country’s oldest and largest family-owned firms, with $9 billion in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
I never took the General’s course. That I had avoided him all that time is one of the significant mistakes of my lifetime. Richard Chapin (MBA ’49) Georgetown, ME HBS Should Probe Capitalism’s Troubles I read with keen interest the report... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call View Details
- 20 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
Create Buzzworthy Industry Education Events at HBS
of recruiting. We want you to succeed in your presentations, and have students walk away both smarter and psyched about your firm and sector because they invested their time to attend. Here are our four keys to that kingdom of an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Embrace the Corona-Blur
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong In the “before times,” work stress was something that could be compartmentalized. You left your office at the end of the day and put miles between you and your... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
why the policy was created, what he would do differently if designing one from scratch, and his recipe for a successful sabbatical. In 2000, Summit was seeing stress among its employees, especially in its partners. Summit’s sabbatical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, housing prices fell by 31.8 percent. This... View Details
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
“Delivering patient care is one of those situations where timely speaking up can be a matter of life and death, or frequently a matter of high- or low-quality care.” “Psychological safety describes a belief that the work environment is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
coronavirus. Kapoor was tested and by the time he received the results nine days later, they confirmed what he already knew: he had COVID-19 (and so did his wife, a physician, and two of his four kids). Kapoor’s testing experience... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015)
about their loan repayment journeys John Cortines Class: MBA 2015 Industry: Non-profit Could you please share a little bit about your upbringing? I was raised in an upper-middle class home in North Dallas. My dad is an engineer and spent some View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
effective cross-functional work relationships, how and when they used individual and organizational resources, and how they learned to cope with the inevitable stresses of leadership. I show that becoming a manager is a profound... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
was a source of stress for the system's stability. Today, banks are better capitalized, rely less on short-term wholesale funding, and make available much more detailed information about their portfolios, while the amount of "shadow... View Details