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strategy+business "2010 Best Business Books," Winter 2010

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Corporate Governance & Boards of Directors Professor Jay W. Lorsch and Professor and Senior Associate Dean Lynn S. Paine Spring Leadership Execution & Action Planning Senior Lecturer David G. Fubini and... View Details

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Advancing Women of Color in Leadership

relationships with people who are like and unlike yourself Develop your own career vision and action plan Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

planning from the University of California–Berkeley. She has been a director of underwriting, and consulted with the Local Initiatives Support Group in New York, making development loans to neighborhood-based community nonprofits and... View Details

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

malleable, a rough outline that will likely change as circumstances warrant or as a person's view of success evolves. The process of creating a vision and a plan of action provides a baseline, and it also... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

31 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

ranks, think about what must change. Then, craft a plan of action and implement it, Williams says. 4. Be accountable for change. Once you start implementing the plan, Williams says it’s best to regularly... View Details

Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis

26 Aug 2002
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High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

decisions. The Everest analysis suggests that leaders must pay close attention to how they balance competing pressures in their organizations, and how their words and actions shape the perceptions and beliefs of organization members. In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

31 Jan 2022
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Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

come from different sources, or they must share decision-making with employees—or both. Workers increasingly resist one-way, top-down communication and commands; they expect to be heard and to help develop their organizations’ plans and... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

30 Sep 2002
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Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

key lessons learned? What changes do we need to make to our organization, procedures, and support resources? Assessing Your Crisis Response Plans Use the following table to assess your organization's plans... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

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FAQs - Alumni

How is Harvard raising awareness about climate change and sustainability, and how is HBS engaging in this critical work? Harvard's Sustainability Action Plan focuses on climate, equity and health and pledges... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

HBS. RISE Fellows As part of the School’s Action Plan for Advancing Racial Equity , 20 MBA students were selected as the inaugural recipients of the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship.... View Details

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RISE Fellowship - MBA

part of HBS's Action Plan for Advancing Racial Equity . Recipients of this award will exhibit the following: Demonstrated commitment to and impact in communities of color in the US, including but not limited... View Details

16 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

Few companies in the past few years have rocketed to success faster than Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy, which together have transformed the way we hail a cab, plan a vacation, and shop for handmade gifts, respectively. In a previous HBS Working... View Details

Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations

22 Nov 2010
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Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

their planning processes and make smart choices. Here's an excerpt outlining the seven questions every manager should ask. 1. Who Is Your Primary Customer? The first imperative—and the heart of every successful strategy implementation—is... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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Skydeck - Alumni

Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) in the Hot Seat: Episode 1 The makings of a CEO and lessons in leading change A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues Steven Rogers (MBA 1985) offers an action plan for helping the... View Details

26 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

various platforms, without seeking the input of the professionals themselves, Jackson says. “Companies that are trying to be thoughtful in their actions can overthink it sometimes,” she says. “They want to be so thoughtful about their... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

incentive plans because they felt they would be competing against people whose good will and companionship they valued. To take another example of the broader conception of human beings uncovered by the researchers, consider, for... View Details

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-061.pdf Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning Authors:Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson Author's Abstract In 2002, Leitax, a niche... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

but they offer corporate leaders a starting point for a careful due diligence and action plan around new ventures. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53110 Investors as Stewards... View Details