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- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
for others. Gordon Bethune said that he was getting an award because of everyone else's hard work. Ivan Seidenberg could share the CEO role twice in the mergers that produced Verizon because he put the needs of the institution first, over...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
stating uncomfortable truths out loud. But now, Bond is often the one running the meetings and trying to get others to say what’s on their minds. One of the roles she sees for herself as a leader is to allow others to feel they’re able to say the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
selection," wrote Daniel A. Shanoff (HBS '02) in the September 17 edition. "We sweated the early-term cold call. The common metaphor we all bank on— that HBS is our own little oasis away from the 'real world'— was pierced. It's hard to...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
where analysis of the facts and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test managers’ skills and humanity. Badaracco presents a five-question framework offering a way for managers to balance their analytical work with the human...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
of hard work, fidelity, and building the alliances necessary to achieve enduring success. John Andrew, a retired Boeing executive, offers a unique insider look at the profound changes the company experienced in the 1960s as the product...
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- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
hard drinker and that didn't help his music. But number three is there's an underlying ... It's risky to diagnose someone from 125 years later, but some kind of depression or manic depression that he was subject to, some kind of...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
is that bad guys have so much data that they just haven’t gotten to yours,” says Thomas. It’s easy to steal your credit card. “The only hard part is using it without tipping anybody off.” There is evidence of the relative ease of these...
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
business loans, job skills training, and unemployment benefits that were provided to white veterans. These publicly-provided benefits laid the foundation for much of the American middle class. That might explain why Timothy Hood didn’t...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
drought, the Great Depression, and a world war. He learned to work hard and thirsted for an education. Melvin married and fathered 12 children. His business careers led to his owning his own businesses, which thrived in small-town America...
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- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
forming a new program or initiative and you need to set up a system that can run on its own. Or, number two, you end up starting up a new organization. Both are skills that require entrepreneurship. There are a lot of issues in our world...
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- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
Mediterranean seas, and 6 different NATO nations. The lessons that I learned from combining the technical, maritime, and leadership skills required to successfully conduct submarine operations impacted me in many profound ways. I often...
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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
persistence in offering SARA’s hard data—and solutions—to craft effective legislation. Langford is a frequent presence at Georgia’s state capitol, working to influence policy addressing the opioid epidemic. “We’re going to be running...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
fashions possible. We're empowering sales, production, marketing, and other people to use their skills and talents to the fullest extent possible, fostering growth both for the company and themselves. Our people," he stresses, "are our...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
gender for a man, or education for a college graduate. This part of our identity may bring blind spots, but it is the best tool for influencing change. She introduces the psychological reasons that make it hard for us to see the bias in...
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- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
gossamer tones,” Singer says. “To me, Neil Armstrong’s journey is more about his endurance and stoicism in the face of tremendous loss than his incredible skills and abilities. First Man shows that greatness is made, not born—and it comes...
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- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
opportunities they'll pursue and which they'll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders can and do engage meaningfully with work, family, and community. They've discovered through hard experience that prospering in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
is the theme of every Disney movie I watched as a kid. Why is it so hard for us to forgo that chase? Your dreams are liars. Here’s the problem: Your genetic proclivities are not biasing you toward happiness. They’ve biased you toward...
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Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
prices and the geopolitical and macroeconomic environment in general. Total, for example, learned the hard way how important it was to be viewed as a stable firm when its shares dropped a total of 22 percent after it acquired the Belgian...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
have often proved highly productive in policy terms, delivering the best ideas from both sides. In the 1840s, for instance, state politicians who were deeply skeptical of government pushed hard for balanced budget amendments while...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
handle account processing. "We're pooling the assets of small, low-income consumers and adapting 401(k) processing machinery to serve them. We're also working on regulatory clearance with the SEC, so in essence, we're trying to solve all the View Details