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- 06 Apr 2018
- News
Share stories of failure to defang ‘malicious envy’ at work
- January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible
By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen
From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several...
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Mayo, Anthony J., Mark Benson, and David Chen. "Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible." Harvard Business School Case 408-072, January 2008. (Revised March 2011.)
- 25 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts?
- 01 May 2024
- What Do You Think?
Have You Had Enough?
of enough.” The common theme among other responses to this month’s column was that we have to look inside ourselves, rather than to others, to determine what’s enough to make us happy. Ryan Bates summed it up nicely when he said, “The goal posts continue to move, and...
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by James Heskett
- Research Summary
Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation
Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
that comes with envy and move people toward admiration instead,” she says. “One way to do that is to acknowledge your struggles or shortcomings.” Brooks co-wrote the February 2018 working paper, Mitigating Malicious Envy: Why Successful...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
control was the norm. “I was the envy of my classmates because I had Spam and egg in my lunchbox sandwich,” he says. “Those were things you just couldn’t come by.” A literal taste of what the United States could offer came when Kim’s...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and...
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- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
hyphenate as a descriptor a lot,” he says. “Korean-hyphen-American. I consider myself Korean and American.” The Korea he knew as a young boy was a much poorer country, where strict state control was the norm. “I was the envy of my...
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- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
prevalent workplace emotions such as envy and admiration, as well as additional techniques for coping with anxiety, such as applying the elaborate rituals athletes employ before competing to a business context. "My coauthors and I...
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by Michael Blanding
- 29 Oct 2019
- News
Is This Disney’s Next CEO?
all, turned Disney’s film business into the envy of the industry. Last year, the division earned a record $3 billion profit, the most ever for a Hollywood studio.” The piece opens with a mention of Mayer’s habit of returning to HBS to...
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- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Numbers Talk at Tesla
When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid bankruptcy, CEO Elon Musk told...
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- 09 Jun 2015
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Media
consumers not only discuss and disseminate branded content, they also create it. Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a Social Media Blockbuster Most companies should envy the financial and brand awareness brought about by the ALS Ice...
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- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
prosthetic implant purchase prices for primary total knee and hip arthroplasties across providers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52299 2016 Envy at Work and in Organizations View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Christine Fairchild to Head External Relations
scope and professionalism. They include the annual Global Leadership Forum, career services and lifelong learning programs for alumni, and a vibrant reunion program that is the envy of other professional schools and undergraduate...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Alumni Relations Gets a New Director
In her new role as director of Alumni Relations, Stephanie Goff wants to increase the opportunities for alumni to interact with the School. “We have been known as a reunion planning office, and that’s great,” explains Goff. In fact, HBS reunions are the View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
own disappearing acts." "Destruction—aught with evil bent—that is my proper element," says Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Mephistopheles. His will—to repay "spite with spite," as John Milton would put it—draws its breath from the passions of...
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by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- Portrait Project
Nathan Bruschi
envied my friends who could say precisely what they wanted on the first try. They didn’t have to plan pauses or precipitate their prose to plow over problematic phrases. For them, telephones were not objects of fear. Yet my stutter was a...
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- Portrait Project
Emad Nadim
farewell. Or perhaps I’m remembering the time after. I remember my best friend from school giving me the finger from across the departures terminal. Or the time after. Hard to say: I have left people behind every time. I envy how easily...
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