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- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
discipline and intimidation, which some critics say goes too far. Knight was fired from a long career at Indiana University for grabbing a student, and prior to that he was filmed clutching one of his own players by the neck. And then... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
no matter how painful. As CEO, I often emphasized to my employees that no one will get fired for making a mistake, as we all make mistakes, but you will get fired for covering them up. Only after we agree on... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think
practices of their clients, who have the power to fire them if they do notice. Q: The book is full of examples of people making decisions that they thought were ethical but clearly violated their own standards for ethical behavior—for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
What's a Boss Worth?
recommendation. In situations where it’s important for a boss to have dedicated one-on-one interactions with employees, there may be diminishing returns when more workers are added to a team under his supervision. “You might be tempted to View Details
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?
Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
returns in excess of the cost of capital. When Dunlap took over the leadership of the company, he immediately announced and implemented a reduction of 11,000 people at both the management and working levels. He fired many members of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 03 Jan 2023
- Book
Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action
intelligence that the company relied on, which led to friction with Google executives. Ultimately, they were both fired from Google, but brought visibility to these issues in the field. Similarly, actresses Jessica Chastain and Octavia... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
young sons died in a fire that swept through their apartment on the hotel's top floor. Even after receiving the news, he insisted on staying at his post to help direct a response to the ongoing attack. (The battle for control at the Taj... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
not to recall pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in 2009; and when asked whether he served several months at Riker’s Island in 2010, he answered, “I don’t know.” Similarly, in a 2007 Senate hearing to investigate his role in the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture
Those who aren't living up to BHC's values soon get the point. Employees at all levels in an organization notice and validate the elements of culture. As owners, they judge every management decision to hire, reward, promote, and fire... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
successively by John Sculley, who was kicked out in 1993, Michael Spindler, fired in 1996, and Gil Amelio, a member of the board who took over from Spindler and was fired five hundred days later, the company... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
will make more money if I look industry-friendly,’” Egan says. To be sure, some arbitrators are more likely to support consumers, including the 11 percent of arbitrators who were previously fired as advisers by their firms. But these... View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?
by September 2018, #MeToo had been tweeted more than 19 million times. The #MeToo movement, which led to the firing of hundreds of other powerful men accused of sexual harassment in several job sectors, was seen as a call to action for... View Details
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
We all know people who seem able to perform at a higher level than those around them; and we've all had moments ourselves where we are firing on all cylinders and everything just seems to work. But how do you achieve that kind of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
gathering fuel, and the Jivaro believed fire to be sacred and should never go out. Even after a brief exposure to situations involving people they didn't know, the participants who experienced cultural disharmony received creativity... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding