The Self - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

feels like I am reclaiming my true self and dismantling the façade I once wore. I persistently share my personal experiences, striving to instill hope in those who find themselves in need of it. I do this... View Details

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

& Advertising Club Rob Self “I started my career in auto,” Rob says, “because it’s simultaneously something that impacts just about every person in the world while being a huge contributor to carbon... View Details

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

Owners & Entrepreneurs. The answers are already starting to come in, thanks to initial results from a pilot test of “The Entrepreneurial Leader: Self Assessment” survey taken by 1,300 HBS alumni. Results... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

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Skydeck - Alumni

throughout history What It Takes Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman (MBA 1972) offers life lessons from his new memoir Your Whole Self Executive coach Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) plots a holistic path to being the... View Details

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

my dad—and I will take many of the lessons I’ve learned from them into my leadership style. The top ones are being humble—nothing is above me, nothing is below me—and leading from 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 View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

10 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

called “The Transformation of Self Employment,” details a stark shift over the past 50 years in the composition and earnings of the independent... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

09 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

to find strength in my differentness. It means accepting where I came from and cherishing where I am now. It means bringing my whole authentic Angela and Noori self to work and life, and comfortably living in View Details

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

makes sense for me at this moment.” It’s at this self-interested point when ethics are most likely to fall by the wayside. 3. Recalling what happened after the negotiation: During this last phase as they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)

Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details

03 Oct 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

making a simulated climb up Mount Everest. ‘Big Teaming,’ Audacious Innovation, and the Uncompleted Dream of a Smart City How do you organize a project that spans professions, industries, and even nations? Related Research Papers Research... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

Nor are authentic leaders always humble or modest. It takes a great deal of self-confidence to lead through very difficult situations. Authentic leaders are sensitive to the needs of others. One author has postulated, and I paraphrase,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

how it can help us understand difference. Frei: I recommend 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 View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

lives. For example, one participant described a warm colleague this way: “His wife just had a baby and he’s the happiest guy in the world right now. So he posts a lot of baby and wife photos on Facebook, all... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

Portrait Project

Ryan Yu

out reams of white paper, my eight-year-old self was convinced that anything could happen. Then, as I grew up, the adventure faded away. I majored in business, wore a suit, and convinced myself that 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... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Self in Any Situation By Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012) Hachette Go Founder of a global etiquette school and star of her own Netflix series Sara Jane Ho teaches readers how to thrive socially in a variety of situations, in person and online.... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

course 6-8 hrs Bonus Module 8 Leading Self at Scale and Scope Examine the personal and organizational challenges of leading through inflection points and adversity and assess your capacity to rise to new... View Details

Profile

Tim Kluska

into the HBS mold; such a mold does not exist. Be confident that you can bring your authentic self to this experience. With an open mindset and a bit of hard work, you will undoubtedly find a home and... View Details

Portrait Project

Neda Navab

every penny during that first year to allow her to pursue her passion for cooking. Moved by the sacrifice that mirrored her own, Rose decided to put her individual self second for View Details

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