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Carol Lin

I cried watching Michelle Kwan skate to “Fields of Gold” in the 2002 Winter Olympics after she just missed the gold medal—not out of sadness for her, but out of joy over seeing someone who looked like me shine. My fifth-grade self had... View Details

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

power mapping. Through the work and life experiences you expose yourself to, the books you read, the media you consume, the practice of self reflection, you can see the world as a web of interdependencies, such that our power is someone... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

soul destroying fiefdoms of self interest.” The dilemma of nature and nurture was framed by David Massello when he said, “Ah trust—starts at birth at least between baby and parent. I think people already own the capacity to create trust.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Sep 2022
News

The Beauty Guide

of nurturing empathy, says Freyre, and encouraging others—both men and women, leaders and coworkers—to do so as well, especially as the pandemic has blurred the line between personal and professional. “If I wasn’t making an effort to really get to know the whole View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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McCollum Center | About

“The self interest in business is best served when the public interest is paramount.” His own philanthropy included extensive involvement in health-related organizations. He served for 14 years as chairman of the Baylor College of... View Details

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Lena Licht

brings a unique background to HBS, which is what makes the case method so fulfilling. No two students are the same, so own and celebrate what makes you different and bring your full self to the application process and eventually to the... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Setting Direction Leader as Beacon: Communicating Direction Leader as Architect: Designing to Deliver Value Project Week Leader as Catalyst of Change Leader as Catalyst of Innovation Leading Self at Scale and Scope Featured Exercises... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

an individual's values are not consistent with those of the company, the compromises demanded may be considerable. Besides, becoming a credible leader of others when acting out an inauthentic self is very hard.8 The best assignments from... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

IT firms experience. "In that case, the loyalty might be more to self rather than to the organization," he says. A definitive answer to the question of why the Taj employees behaved as they did may not be possible; but managers... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

01 Jun 2004
News

Working the Street

enough.” For Mike and other penitents among Los Angeles’s 100,000 gang members, the decision to remove gang-related tattoos, or “tats,” shows a fundamental commitment to change — the necessary laser treatments are lengthy, expensive, painful, and emotional. “Removing... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; tattoo; removal; program; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

the riskiest to tell in case they didn’t respond well. It took me a long time to realize that being my full and authentic self was, in essence, the best way to be a good role model for not only my siblings, but everyone in the communities... View Details

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

monitored fully. We thus rely on these individuals' professionalism and honor (or "enlightened self interest") to carry out their occupations. Across organizations, in the marketplace, factors like brand reputation and... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

07 Oct 2020
Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

made your sexuality a negative attribute to prescribe to you? Coming out for me was an avalanche; there isn’t a singular moment I can look to and say, ‘this is when I came out.’ Instead, there are several moments, each larger than the other, when I chose to accept... View Details

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

this way, tutors managed to walk the line—performing their role as an authority figure while accounting for their sense of self as well as that of their students. Reid says tutors engaged in this activity largely without tools or guidance... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

that you bring together a group of people who are having challenges or feeling frustrated, center on them, and then ask them: What have you experienced or observed that is getting in the way of you being able to bring your full self to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

and decision making? According to new research, there seems to be a link between luxury and self interest, an insight that may help curb corporate excesses. Roy Y.J. Chua of Harvard Business School discusses findings from his work... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Research Summary

Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

Portrait Project

Lyn Baranowski

When I think about my life, I find it useful to imagine myself at age 80 and then ask my imaginary 80-year-old self to give me some advice on life. My 80-year-old self tells me to savor the joy of everyday,... View Details

Portrait Project

Kaelin Goulet

I was a 17-year old Ayn Rand devotee. The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, Anthem — I couldn't trumpet loudly enough Rand's message of individualism and self-determination. That 17-year-old self wouldn't know what to make of me now. Maybe it... View Details

03 Feb 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?

commented that, “I would any day prefer self moderation to empty haughtiness.” Nilgun Yetis described them as “very talented and wholehearted people.” GuestReader put it this way: “Lack of certainty in one’s ability to succeed is... View Details