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- 01 Jun 1998
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Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership
women has to meet much higher expectations than I did." But based on her own career, Graham did offer five personal qualities that are essential for enduring leadership: strong personal values; self-confidence; courage and tolerance in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
with little overt guidance from the hierarchy. Anteby suggests that this model, which tolerates moral complexity, may be one of the few that can adapt and endure. Faculty Research HBS Working Knowledge offers a first look at new thinking... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
in an inner-city factory with union labor. As Stuntz quickly learned, entrepreneurs need a high tolerance for rejection. Prospecting for investors yielded only disappointment. “We finally decided to self-fund,” he recalls. Greentech... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
also learn that another person has feelings and wants to be seen, acknowledged, appreciated, and respected," adds Slifka, who accepted a Medal of Honor from Israel's Knesset last year. The Abraham Fund's unique contribution, says Slifka, is the "discovery that enhanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
world, he said, “Stars aren't going to be tolerated anymore — the focus is on a solid system, teamwork, and values.” Immelt went on to describe GE as a meritocracy, noting, “You have to link pay with performance to attract the best... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
tolerate human rights abuses, Spar advocates that multinationals and human rights are not such strange bedfellows as once thought. Reebok, for instance, created a new production facility in Pakistan and established a system of independent... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
help tolerance grow in America and around the world. America became a beacon of liberty because it gave to every citizen the unalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” It’s time to give that back to everyone,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
craned into place on site. Factory construction enabled the six layers of insulation and air-resistant and moisture-wicking materials to be cut and adhered with precision. And the triple-paned windows and doors, manufactured in Poland, were installed with exacting... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
also made me much more tolerant of other people's opinions. I learned that there are other ways to solve a problem than the way engineers think. That was life-changing." But problem solving, like drug development, can take years, so... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
someone. On the other hand, a strategy that calls for broad but shallow market penetration is likely to produce an inconsequential valuation. If the intention is to hold the company for a long time, and the tolerance for risk is high,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
little-understood retinal condition that is the leading cause of blindness in the United States. Despite its onset, Gibbons was raised with the expectation that he would excel in life. “My family didn’t tolerate low performance,” says... View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
really make a contribution to developing the values of tolerance of people from disparate backgrounds, finding a common language, a common way to value and respect and appreciate our pluralistic societies, and to help people find a way to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
a culture in business that does not tolerate “nodders” and “yes men,” neither in management nor in the boardroom. We need a culture that is willing, when necessary, to ask awkward and embarrassing questions and that insists on believable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
marriage) relationship with them, as two readers did with sectionmates of mine. It was evident that certain male students were favored with better grades by certain other adoring WAC readers. The female students were under no illusions about this and had to View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
such a thing? I found three publishers interested only in putting out illustrated price-guides. But I found one of them was willing to tolerate a more comprehensive book if I could give him what he wanted. We linked up. In the end, my... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
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Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
example, many of them felt that their personal lives were scrutinized more than they should have been and that their mistakes were less tolerated than those of male leaders. They also felt that as women their leadership styles were... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
small towns. But Wal-Mart’s success suggests that the benefits of this type of consolidation — efficiencies related to being big — outweigh its costs, at least in the eyes of individual consumers, who apparently see it as a net gain. Should we worry about consolidation... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
as you get closer to the office.” Those millennials: “This is a generation that has its head in the right place. They’re much more tolerant and open—they don’t see the same sort of barriers or gradations when it comes to communication,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered
room. I raised my hand and said, “Hang it from the ceiling!” The class found that remark funny and not much else, but to his everlasting credit, Professor Salmon replied, “That is creative and inspiring!” He had very good tolerance for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
is unclear and the spirit of the law is open to interpretation. A close reading of the record suggests that much of Enron’s behavior fell into this penumbra. But that same record also suggests that Skilling lost his way in this shadowed space by encouraging and View Details