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- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
personality, psychological insights, and talented hands can create wonderful effects that amaze an audience. It's just as much about the hard, creative work Randal puts in to continuously improve his art. “Organizations can do a wonderful... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
substantial sums on a few, while relegating others to learning traditional management skills. With the shift to collaborative organizations with flat structures, companies are recognizing the need to develop a much broader array of leaders. Today's global organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
commoditization, complex channel structures, and hyper-competition in a rapidly evolving, information-intensive global economy. Across the globe, firms concerned with developing managerial talent to respond to these trends are demanding... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
store buyers. She was a determined, talented saleswoman, whose methods and commercial imagination can be illustrated by the case of Saks Fifth Avenue. That store's buyer for cosmetics in the late 1940s, Robert Fiske, was not initially... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
21st Century Fox. It describes the basic structure and terms of the deal as well as diverse reactions to it. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316084-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-017 Mary Caroline Tillman at Egon Zehnder: Spotting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
Understanding Boards of Directors: A Systems Perspective By: Lorsch, Jay W. Abstract—In this essay, my goal is to explore why, despite the tireless efforts of talented people, research on corporate governance has been slow and uneven, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
senior management and board positions, which became increasingly difficult due to the turmoil and poor performance of the company. Recruiting and retaining talent in senior management and on the board were central to the success of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
talent pool. Now in 266 schools across 13 states and in 28 countries, P-TECH started 10 years ago as a pilot program in a Brooklyn high school, offering students of color from underprivileged backgrounds the chance to stay in high school... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
to focus in order to improve this crucial dimension of talent acquisition. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50539 December 15, 2015 Harvard Business Review Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
investment banking, and many other jobs. So the question was, how do you attract talented people and motivate them? For Kapur, it was by the monetary incentive, by the nature of the work, and by instilling the ambition and aspiration that... View Details
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
mind? A: A few trends stand out in policymaking. First, income tax schedules have "flattened out" in most developed countries, so that marginal tax rates don't rise nearly as much at high incomes as they did 30 years ago. This has important implications for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
Abstract Are the doors of access open equally for all in business? Are talent and hard work really enough to make it to the top? As much as we would like to believe in the American meritocracy, an elusive class system exists where a small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
new plant, because one encounters very different problems in starting up a new plant than in running a well-tuned one. When a slowly growing firm's leaders decide they need to launch a new-growth business to restore their company's vitality, who should they tap to head... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
to compare rigorously which offers the better path to sustainability, but a case can be made that the application of entrepreneurial talents to activities beyond for-profit business (of which conservation is one example) might be a more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers interested in change and organizations in different problem domains (sustainability, healthcare, poverty alleviation, and education). The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Innovation ranks fifth, after more conventional concerns such as attracting and retaining top talent and the regulatory environment. Boards’ abilities to foster innovation clearly fall short when compared with their other activities.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
diplomacy, are not innate talents but can be learned. It lists problems that research has shown often occur in the process of seeking or giving advice, including being overconfident about one's own perspective, failing to seek advice from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
their authentic selves, and the organization respected and leveraged their talents and provided a sense of connectedness. Eight best organizational practices for instilling such a culture emerged from their interviews: 1. Measure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
restructuring or explicit affirmative action policies for women. Being thoughtful about the implicit signals that are embedded in the structure of the organization in terms of who is in what types of positions may be a way of getting more out of the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
consultant Kevin Rumsfeld conceived of the idea for HealthCraft, he had worked resolutely to begin building the company by recruiting a talented colleague to help with marketing and fundraising and a junior member of one of his project... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne