Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

Stephen D. Bechtel

Bechtel was a giant in the large construction industry. His firm is credited with the successful completion of massive projects including the Hoover Dam and the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Bechtel also built the oil pipeline across the... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

30 Jun 2017
News

Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

Scout.” The 30-second spot, with a catchy new anthem by Liz Rose and Emily Shackleton (both Girl Scout alumnae), will air on cable networks in 2017. But Pitter-Armand knows she has an even more powerful... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

Such entrepreneurship is also the best way to allow marginalized groups such as women and those outside the existing power circles to gain a foothold in tomorrow's Afghanistan. The dénouement of the... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

board chair of Valiente, while raising her children, sons who are 10 and 12, and a daughter who is 8. The powerful moments are many, and Huebner... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 Dec 2008
News

Faculty Books

charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Professor Emeritus Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either “hedgehogs,” who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or “foxes,” who assess View Details

26 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Climate Week NYC 2023

highlighted the power of writing from diverse perspectives with the Imagine 2200 climate fiction project. Other discussions ranged from emissions from corporate finance, renewables and energy efficiency in... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

Diego–based chain of more than ninety buffet-style restaurants serving fresh salads, soups, pastas, and breads, CEO Michael Mack has implemented a flexible system that allows hourly employees to change their schedule with as little as one... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Jun 2016
News

A Roundabout Path

of generating electricity, we still need to confront the challenge of powering our vehicles. And that’s where biofuels come in: “We may never be able to eliminate fossil fuels from the equation, but we can... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

on ways to grow the pie of social resources within the legal and legislative systems of the United States, as well as within the democratic systems of other nations. The constraints that democracies place on View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

19 May 2016
News

Creating a Public Greenway in Northern California’s Scenic Wine Country

Helena. In 2008, he picked up on an idea that had been kicking around the valley for 10 years, took command of the project, and now has a broad coalition of 34 organizations occupying its board of directors. “People don’t realize the... View Details

Portrait Project

Margarita Golod

I want to have the courage to ask questions. Serious questions, embarrassing questions, aspirational questions, even silly questions. The power of questions is undeniable. Questions have been the building blocks of my relationships with... View Details

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

and surprised by the power of effective institutional design. Q: What do you see as the most formidable globalization challenges nations have to face? What is the role of corporations within these... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

Web

Commencement 2017 Address | About

responsibility by behaving ethically, and by showing concern for interests other than your own. You can fulfill it by living by a managerial version of the Hippocratic Oath taken by the students graduating across the river today at... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Turning Point: Crossover

with the foster kids there reinforced for me the power of coaching as a platform for teaching positive values and life skills, all while being involved in a game I love. A few years later, I began volunteer... View Details

Career Coach

Laetitia Tiani Vessah

earnings. Her secret power is finding cool job opportunities across a range of industries & company stages. Her mission is to help you secure your bag! Work Experience: Procter & Gamble. Kapor Startup Fellow (pre-MBA internship), WSC &... View Details

Profile

Chris Wilson-Byrne

brand yourself, how what you say may be interpreted – how your words and actions affect power and the execution of plans." Last winter, Chris joined twenty-six other HBS... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

power and influence. "The issues discussed had wide relevance," observes program chair Willa E. Seldon (MBA '86). Adds Wilkinson, "The dialogue took advantage of shared experiences from the vantage points of... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

Profile

Matthew Mariner

firm exposed him to the public-sector part of business. A couple of years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, "allowed me to explore a variety of industries and ultimately helped me find my true interest: technology." The View Details

06 Dec 2018
News

Source Code

relative to your body and where they are relative to each other,” says Hawkins. In this model, the brain is a powerful mapmaker, understanding, for instance, that these little black letters you are reading... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

01 Jun 2003
News

John Read

amount of tension to stretch my limits while keeping me safe. After an hour, I finally came up over the top of the rock, and to my surprise there was my son on belay. He was given that assignment, without my knowledge, by a very wise... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools

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