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22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

Setting the right sales targets for employees is a difficult balancing act, with long-term consequences on growth and morale. Setting a target too low, making it easily achievable, might cause an an employee to not put in the effort.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News

No one wants to hear that their car exhaust is hurting the planet, or that their jeans were made in a sweatshop, or that their doughnut might give them diabetes one day. In fact, people often go to great... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

organizational performance." INTENTIONALITY: While the goal of organizational conversation is to draw on the characteristics of a talk between friends, it must always have an agenda—and a leader must View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Vanity and Virtue: Allegories on the Pursuit of Riches - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly Vanity and Virtue: Allegories... View Details

08 May 2020
Blog Post

Building a World of Trusted Leaders: Taking the MBA Oath

In 2009, students at Harvard Business School mobilized to create a social contract: the MBA Oath. The MBA Oath has since been adopted by 1000+ MBAs worldwide and counting. In this new era, the MBA Oath feels more relevant than ever and casts a light View Details

03 May 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

I’ve always admired my mom, Benaree Pratt Wiley, and her courage, and was amazed when I discovered she was one of twenty-eight women out of 800 in Harvard Business School’s Class of 1972. During her tenure,... View Details

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

encourage companies to set lower salaries, hold firm on initial offers, and prevent expensive renegotiations. By publicly setting pay parameters at the outset, employees “know when you get a job offer, it’s not a negotiable topic,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

complacency, be exceptionally proactive in assessing how people will react, in developing specific plans for action, and in implementing the plans swiftly. Plans and actions should always focus on others'... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Keywords: Science & Technology

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

To err is human, but most research on supply chain management doesn't take psychological, functional, incentive-related, and other biases into account. HBS professors Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson have devised their latest research to... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

07 Jul 2003
What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

or national basis, in the light of the development of the global economy and the Internet? What do you think? Original Article We tend to think of improvement in the productivity of labor and capital like safety; one can't have too much... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

hard on a predefined objective, can cause you to miss value that might lie in a different direction. In business, there's a saying that goes "if you don't know where you're going, any map will do." You can almost View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

shock-absorbing rubber in astronaut helmets. Kate Sweeney has always been fascinated by how space technology can be used to improve people’s lives back on Earth. Sweeney, who is about to complete her... View Details

Article

Trust: The Foundation of Leadership

By: Frances Frei and Anne Morriss

The authors contend that if leadership is about empowering others, in your presence and your absence, then trust is the emotional framework that allows that service to be freely exchanged. Based on their experiences advising individuals and organizations, their basic... View Details

Keywords: Trustworthiness; Authenticity; Empathy; Trust; Leadership; Competency and Skills; Behavior

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20 Sep 2024
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Sophia Olmos (MBA 2025)

related to MBA Admissions, alumni engagement, career development, and more to advocate for and empower the Latino community on campus and beyond. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked LASO members to share what being Latino at HBS... View Details