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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
turn will keep the stock price at a sufficiently high level to ward off prospective predators and maintain the company's independence." Dunphy stepped down as CEO in 1999 and as chairman in 2000. He has since pursued diverse... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
level who have the potential to move up, and you need to be really proactive about developing their potential,” Eberle Walker says. “That’s probably the opportunity leaders overlook most often.” The third step was being explicit with the... View Details
- 09 Feb 2012
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing
are at a very basic level in using loyalty programs, and many customers see the programs as punitive. Successful retailers connect with customers via loyalty programs at three levels starting with an... View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Holt
up at the sky for higher levels to reach. Each day of my career will be spent as if I was earning my position after being fired. I will run a business as if I was pulling it out of bankruptcy. Most importantly, I will treat my wife and my... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering a synergy at work that benefits associates as well as customers
build great companies, and Zensar's success is a visible result." He knows employees personally, and adapts his style to suit their individual needs, but still expects a high level of performance. As Zensar has acquired firms in Boston,... View Details
- Career Coach
Ryan Kennedy
20-people, and 200-people levels and can help you think about opportunities at similar organizations. Ryan is currently bootstrapping his own fintech startup. Prior to his fintech roles, Ryan served as Special Advisor to the Director of... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders
Business Frances Frei and Anne Morriss believe that customer service is a secret weapon for achieving strategic advantage in the service based economy. To take it a step further, a high level of customer service needs to be so engrained... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
knowledge workers, such as top analysts, bankers, lawyers, and CEOs, as if they are star athletes. There is an assumption that these star knowledge workers, like star athletes, actually "own" everything they need to perform at the top View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
added, "Holacracy strikes me as a positive way to manage professionals, especially in flat organizations where job advancement is limited." Brooks Tanner commented, "Regardless of its level of success at Zappos, this form... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
stock that receives a favorable recommendation, but this impact is significantly reduced if the recommendation comes from analysts subject to client pressure. Leadership Is Associated with Lower Levels of Stress Authors: Gary D. Sherman,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
alternative assets have dramatically altered the nature and level of incentives and rewards in our society, on both sides of the capital market. These changes have contributed significantly to the twin crises of modern American... View Details
- 13 Oct 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
also to find B students or C students who were competent to a very high level in certain areas, whether it be literature, mathematics, or whatever,” says Patton. “And you wouldn’t believe what could be found.” View Details
- Career Coach
Jessica Mbaeliachi
to the Board of Directors, and key Enterprise Level strategic initiatives. She previously served as the company’s Head of Strategy and Operations for Intercontinental Markets, driving commercial strategy, brand planning and business... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Self-Discovery Process
have that high level view that I was not reaching in my job. I realized I would definitely enjoy a general management role, but I believe that I would miss the variety that business school gives me every day. I am therefore going to... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work
Alberto Cavallo’s paper, “The International Price of Remote Work.” Using a data set from 2019 to 2021 from one of the largest web platforms, Cavallo and coauthors Agostina Brinatti, Javier Cravino, and Andres Drenik found that a country’s gross domestic product largely... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Great Priority Reset
There’s no telling when business travel will rebound, but if history is any guide, we will have to be patient. It took four years for business travel to climb back to previous levels after the terrorist attacks of 2001. With fewer... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- News
Prepare to Exit
Jimmy Tran (MBA 2008) Jimmy Tran (MBA 2008) For the last seven years, Jimmy Tran (MBA 2008) appeared to be well on his way along the professional path he’d set out for himself: He had risen to the level of vice president of a Fortune 150... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation
person can make to the organization, no matter what level that person is at. In fact, she says, many of the best ideas percolate from the bottom up. According to Hill, there are three interconnected capabilities necessary for innovation:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
For consumers' benefit, why aren't companies certified as to their level of cybersecurity? Myrna Cox (MBA 1987), Calgary, Canada Security certifications might feel good at first, but they would almost certainly degrade into largely... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
to breakdowns in strategic outcomes, and where top management can intervene to shape desired results. They show that a company’s realized strategy emerges less from formal statements of corporate strategy and more often from the pattern of resource commitments that... View Details