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The Transition to Retirement
My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details
- October 2017 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Coaching Makena Lane
By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala
Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in... View Details
Keywords: Executive Coaching; Employee Promotions; Career Transition From Consulting To Operating Role; 360-degree Feedback; Retail; Organizational Behavior; Personal Strategy & Style; Mentoring; Coaching; Talent and Talent Management; Growth and Development; Employees; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Style; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Retail Industry; Australia; Europe; Canada; South Africa; United States; Asia
Bernstein, Ethan, and Om Lala. "Coaching Makena Lane." Harvard Business School Case 418-031, October 2017. (Revised October 2020.)
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
this happens is one of the many subjects discussed in the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, by authors Marc J. Epstein of Rice University and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business School. In this excerpt View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
requiring further non-client service staff to support and manage expansion. The war for talent To realize aggressive hiring goals, particularly from 2015 onward, View Details
- Teaching Interest
Managing Service Operations
By: Frances X. Frei
Managing Service Operations (MSO) focuses on how firms can deliver excellent service while achieving business success. This involves a deep understanding of customers, competitors, and the firm's internal mechanisms.
Career Focus
Managing Service... View Details
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
available only in IT consulting firms. Good operations managers will ensure that their organizations have the ability to work effectively with and integrate the value View Details
- May 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Stay or Go? Sarah Reynolds Kensington Partners
By: David G. Fubini, Amr Seifeldin and Patrick Sanguineti
Sarah Reynolds, a relatively new Partner at the global Kensington Partners strategy consulting firm, has headed the firm's Telecommunications Group for a few years. Thanks to her stellar track record with clients, she has brought the group a range of accolades and... View Details
- August 2008
- Article
From Clusters to Cluster-Based Economic Development
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Olga Memedovic
Over the last decades, changes in the global economy and the emergence of Global Value Chains (GVCs) have raised the interest in understanding the specific conditions and cross-company interactions within and across locations. For companies, the need to choose the... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Economy; Value; Business Strategy; Competition; Performance Productivity; Cost; Natural Environment; Policy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Framework; Industry Clusters
Ketels, Christian H.M., and Olga Memedovic. "From Clusters to Cluster-Based Economic Development." Special Issue on Global Value Chains and Innovation Networks: Prospects for Industrial Upgrading in Developing Countries. Part 1. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation, and Development 1, no. 3 (August 2008).
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
required to create and deliver a product or service, from procurement through conversion to distribution." In the following interview, Hayes explains why View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- June 2020
- Case
Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)
By: Laura Huang, Elizabeth Jiang and Brandon Yu
Career Karma is a startup focused on helping individuals looking to transition careers into computer engineering roles or similar fields by preparing them for formal technical training programs, or “coding bootcamps,” that would lead to a successful career pivot upon... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Business Startups; Education; Training; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; Education Industry; Employment Industry
Huang, Laura, Elizabeth Jiang, and Brandon Yu. "Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)." Harvard Business School Case 420-121, June 2020.
- January 2009
- Article
From Regional Star to Global Leader
By: Nitin Nohria
Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets—a critical avenue for growth, given that sales in the... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Paris
Nohria, Nitin. "From Regional Star to Global Leader." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 1 (January 2009).
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
rarely holds, O'Mahony notes; making that transition frequently involves hidden work of a social nature. Future research might test which tactics are most effective in translating skills from one assignment... View Details
- September 2008 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Traversing a Career Path: Pat Fili-Krushel (A)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Deborah M. Kolb and Cailin B. Hammer
Pat Fili-Krushel, CEO and president of WebMD and past president of ABC Network, contemplates accepting Richard Parson's offer to become the first executive vice president of administration at AOL Time Warner. Accepting this position would be a move back into mainstream... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Job Offer; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Tactics; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Media and Broadcasting Industry
McGinn, Kathleen L., Deborah M. Kolb, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Traversing a Career Path: Pat Fili-Krushel (A)." Harvard Business School Case 909-009, September 2008. (Revised September 2018.)
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
Over the past year, I have watched several firms going through periods of transition. Some have been cofounders who realized that it was time for a more experienced leader to take their business to the next... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
figure out how to respond in various scenarios to maximize one's own value. Research beginning in the '90s, however, found that negotiators rarely acted rationally, instead taking into account what they felt... View Details
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
to making real career and organizational progress." Book Excerpt from Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success Now that we're aware of the traps... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
venues of care and caregivers, and tools and systems that help and allow patients to be more effectively involved in their own care. To date, our prevailing model of innovation has been that knowledge flows... View Details
- August 2020 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
From Farm Boy to Financier: Eiichi Shibusawa and the Creation of Modern Japan
By: Geoffrey Jones, Gabriel Ellsworth and Ryo Takahashi
This case describes the career of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), a serial entrepreneur who is widely known as the “father of Japanese capitalism” and as a pioneer of socially responsible investment. Born in feudal Edo Japan, following the Meiji Restoration in 1868... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Business History; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economy; Society; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey, Gabriel Ellsworth, and Ryo Takahashi. "From Farm Boy to Financier: Eiichi Shibusawa and the Creation of Modern Japan." Harvard Business School Case 321-043, August 2020. (Revised July 2021.)
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
each night. “We can’t afford to have our veteran employees leaving,” explains Rob Koppenhaver, senior vice president of US Food’s field operations, in the case study. From dead-end jobs View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
overhaul of how policymakers, educators, and employers devise, construct, and manage career pathways, which are the routes aspiring workers take as they graduate from education and training View Details