• 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 17 Oct 2017
• Webinars: Career

Attract & Retain Top Talent to Create an Engaged and Productive Team

To become the best in the business, it is essential to employ the best people. But how do managers build a culture where employees are ready and able to take their team to the next level? This keynote focuses on how to attract talented team members, empower them, and... View Details

• 01 Feb 1997
• News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

recent Wall Street Journal article and praised Amgen as one of ten companies "that have led the growth of the U.S. economy." That recognition is icing on the cake for Binder, who says, "Beyond the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

• October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
• Case

Mt. Auburn Hospital

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias

In December of 1993, two of Boston's largest and best known hospitals, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's, announced that they were setting aside their historic rivalry to form an alliance and build a regional health network. The announcement set off a wave... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Negotiation Offer; Alliances; Networks; Social Enterprise; Horizontal Integration; Health Industry; Boston

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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Mt. Auburn Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 397-083, October 1996. (Revised January 1997.)

• September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
• Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies

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Bernstein, Ethan. "Leadership and Teaming." Harvard Business School Background Note 414-033, September 2013. (Revised August 2015.)

• 2022
• Book

Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well

By: Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber

For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too clear, Healthy... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Buildings and Facilities; Health; Health Pandemics; Safety

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Allen, Joseph G., and John D. Macomber. Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well. Revised and updated edition, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022.

• 03 Feb 2003
• What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

things done." Starting with the building blocks of leadership, a framework for cultural change, and having the right people in the right... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

John A. Quelch

John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

Keywords: health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care

• 01 Sep 2021
• What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

(Image credit: iStockphoto/jubaphoto) How many times have we discussed the contributions of employee engagement and the loyalty it produces to an organization’s performance? Trust is, as it is for many things in society, the bedrock for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 22 Feb 2011
• Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

expertise will continue to be the bedrock of the academy but the boundaries that separate schools and faculties will melt away. This trend has already taken hold at Harvard, where faculty from across the University are View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 24 Jan 2011
• HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

outstanding service are selected for inclusion in the Managing Directors Club and recognized across the organization. Such incentives aren't so unusual, of course. But interviews with senior management demonstrate how seriously the task... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations