Peer To Peer - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

impactful during my time at HBS is self-reflection. Being surrounded by so many incredibly accomplished people at a place like HBS is a golden ticket to personal growth. I’ve found that my ability to be... View Details

Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

people within the firm. Step 4: Find a Network to Support Your Board Journey Tap into your network to identify peers who can give you objective, honest input regarding your... View Details

12 Apr 2022
News

One or Two Days in the Office Is the ‘Sweet Spot’ of Hybrid Work

15 Sep 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

Environment Initiative to highlight six things prospective and current students should know about sustainability on campus. Interested students can become Sustainability Associates The Student Sustainability Associate (SSA) program... View Details

28 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

adaptable our businesses (and employees) are to exogenous circumstances, it’s up to us to retain that flexibility and priorities for our lives outside of work. A change in our... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

provider. Academic centers will make different choices than community or rural hospitals. A provider may make different choices from peers nearby. Part of the strategic choice of service lines is to match... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

01 Nov 2021
What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations? The right culture, hiring and promotion processes, peer evaluations, and firing policies will ensure that power ends up in the right hands in organizations. That’s the sum of most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

Researchers at Harvard Business School publish hundreds of studies around business management each year, often in collaboration with peers from other institutions. Here are insights collected from papers and journal articles published over the last few months. Overcome... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurs (Co-) Working in Close Proximity: Impacts on Technology Adoption and Startup Performance Outcomes

Keywords: by Maria P. Roche, Alexander Oettl, and Christian Catalini

June 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Jack Carlisle, CIO

An experienced CIO hired to professionalize IT in a growing financial services firm struggles with the turmoil that follows sudden replacement of the company's CEO. Jack Carlisle must assess the changes, both actual and prospective, in an environment in which IT has... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Information Technology; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry

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27 Nov 2012
News

Investors Demand CEO Face Time

20 Sep 2014
News

Making Big Data Think Bigger

August 15, 2022
Article

Preparing Sales for a Changing Economy: Part 2: Getting More from Your Training Spending

By: Frank V. Cespedes

A previous article discussed changing business development requirements and some implications. This article discusses three areas that are fundamental to getting ROI from training initiatives and how engagement between Sales and L&D professionals, completed by smart... View Details

Keywords: Training; Sales

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28 Apr 2025
Blog Post

How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs

example, ‘This is Sue from finance; she’ll show you how to submit purchase orders.’ Spread these out over the first few months so that no one is overwhelmed.” Brennan also favors introducing new recruits to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

"T-shaped managers," that is, they focus on individual unit performance (the vertical part of the T) and contributions across units (the horizontal part of the T). BP has put in place several mechanisms to nurture T-shaped... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

27 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

thing or two about efficiency. But it's one thing to make yourself more efficient, quite another to make a team more efficient, and still another when that team's membership is in constant flux. With... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

Research Summary

Self-Management & Self-Organizing Systems

Self-management serves as a foundational theme for much of my research; many of my interests were forged while working to enable self-management in organizational settings. Self-managing systems rely heavily on interpersonal relationships, peer regulation and... View Details

Keywords: Self-Managed Organizations; Self-organizing Systems; Hierarchy; Control

23 May 2019
News

Brandon Rapp Named Harvard Business School’s 2019 Student Class Day Speaker

26 May 2020
News

Claire Wagner Named Harvard Business School’s 2020 Student Class Day Speaker

20 Aug 2014
News

With No Time to Lose

serves on Prize4Life’s board of scientific advisors. Professor Vicki Sato has also served on the Prize4Life board. When they were ready to set up Prize4Life, Kremer and his peers got advice from professors... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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