mentoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

are used to evaluate investments creates a systematic bias against successful innovation. The authors recommend alternative methods that can help managers innovate with a much more astute eye for future value. Why Mentoring Matters in a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

patterns of their male colleagues," says coauthor Kolb. And without women in high places, younger women lack the role models and mentors to help them succeed. It seems the organization is signaling that being female is a liability,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

(Nolan will document management lessons from the recent experience of dot-com companies in a forthcoming book, dot vertigo.) An interest in the concept of mentor capitalism brought HBS Professor Dorothy A. Leonard and Professor Walter... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

23 Jan 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Sports: Lessons for Managers

shows that hooking up with the right mentor can quickly increase your value. On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K” Bobby Knight and Mike Krzyzewski were arguably the two most successful college basketball coaches in the country. But... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

30 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

Blacks. My concern is Hispanics which wield significantly more economic buying power, land ownership It seems to me that everywhere I look Hispanics are being left out.”), and more systematic mentoring (Paul, a graduate of HBS,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

on local employers to provide admitted students with mentors and paid work experience starting in grade nine. Co-author of the recent book, Breaking Barriers: How P-TECH Schools Create a Pathway from High School to College to Career, with... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

for several years before joining Novantas, a start-up consulting firm located in New York. The first eighteen months, she recalled, were "absolutely wonderful. I felt like my mentors at the firm were really excited about the work I... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

needs, to help them cultivate new skills, and to provide them opportunities for professional development and personal growth. Managers must do this even if it means nudging their rising stars into new functional areas or business units. They must View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

himself to return to the family business. In his second year in the MBA Program, Goldberg cross-registered for a course "across the river" with Professor John D. Black, a prominent agricultural economist who became his mentor... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

21 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

founder might not like. Also, it's important to remember that in the key areas of relationships, roles, and rewards—the "Three Rs" of momentous early choices made within the founding team—many decisions come at the outset, often before any View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

08 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

search for high-potential small companies; provide training and mentoring to help those companies qualify as preferred suppliers or distributors; open access to domestic and international business opportunities; and help lower supplier... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

managing the balance sheet) or mentoring and coaching direct reports. A good CEO knows how to balance time spent on the outside versus the inside. While balancing their own time, CEOs should nevertheless work hard to ensure the continuous... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

30 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”

made, not born. These primary qualities of leaders are formed in the "crucible of leadership" (as Bennis and Thomas define it, anything from an important mentoring relationship to a near-death or war-time experience). Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

young Indigenous Australian university student who created the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), a nonprofit organization he formed to respond to the problem of Indigenous high school students completing high school at... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

leadership observation Part of that guidance needs to be providing coaching and mentoring to the more dominant members of the team and most importantly knowing when and how to step in (to) provide guidance or intervention." Yadeed Lobo... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

feeling of being a novice in the organization," she says. "This is a really important problem in organizations because transference of knowledge of skills and expertise is critical to helping new employees learn." The field studies will include hospitals, where... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

missing the consequences and longer-term effects.” UNEQUAL PAY FALLOUT Partnerships remain key to the way the professional service and investment sectors are run. Previous research has shown that the partnership structure has many advantages, including encouragement... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

little of the policy issues, product discussions, and even general news coming out of the tech world. That's my problem. I need to fix it by doing what Jack Welch asked all of his senior colleagues at GE to do: find a mentor no older than... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

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