coaching - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

convey perceptions of competence. This work can provide the basis for coaching people in how to behave. Meanwhile Joshua Ackerman and his coresearchers are concentrating on the effects of touch (with origins in the womb) and surroundings... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

hundred and fifty volunteers helped screen and interview the applicants who met the September 6 deadline. Winning applicants then received hands-on coaching from McKinsey & Co. and Springboard to help them refine their business models... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

School) How to Make Furloughs More Humane (Harvard Business Review) Coaching Your Team Through Uncertain Times (Harvard Business Review) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Consistent messaging to customers A problem with... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

01 Aug 2019
What Do You Think?

Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?

was unforgettable—I never forgot where I was when it happened. And I was someone who for years coached others at Harvard and elsewhere in case method teaching. Imagine the task of preparing large numbers of budding discussion leaders to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

pair had been studying Silicon Valley mentor-capitalists (successful entrepreneurs who have cashed out of their own companies but serve as business coaches to fledgling enterprises) and wondered if a similar phenomenon were taking place... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

of agricultural workers in North America? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-031 Coaching Makena Lane Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

consulting for Perot Systems, is surprised that a family business would choose an "outsider" for this important post, but he recognizes it as a wise strategic move. He says that Jianguo needs a coach and should focus on learning... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

greater in coach when passengers were subject to “situational inequality” by boarding from the front—where they walk through first class and are reminded of their “relatively disadvantaged status”—versus boarding from the middle, where... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

if you want to go deeper on a topic, let’s schedule a specific time to discuss and include others as needed.” Set boundaries for early-timers when they try to end-around new bosses Be open to listening to their ideas or complaints, but redirect them to their new bosses... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

08 Aug 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

as putting someone on your back and getting them over the hill, you are changing your approach to: How can we use this hill to build your capacity to get over the next one? “You’re not trying to fix someone,” Margolis said. “[You’re saying]: ‘It’s no longer my job as a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Nov 2015
First Look

November 17, 2015

that improved player development. In 2014 Hopp, who had personally invested 300 million in the club, built a “footbonaut,” an automated training environment that collected data on players’ skills and strengths. The tool, one of three in the world, helped scouts and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

creative and downright crafty ways in which scarcity has been used to move product. Although Cialdini admits to a "grudging admiration for the practitioners who made this simple device work in a multitude of ways," he urges readers to resist the lure of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

casual but cultured lifestyle of California's Napa Valley, his coach Fern Mandelbaum, cofounder of toy maker Skyline, questioned whether other Americans shared his concept of Napa. "I thought, 'Come on, Fern, I will tell you what it... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

evidence for this proposition using a fine-grained dataset from the National Basketball Association. In this highly competitive industry, team performance is positively associated with coaches’ subsequent exercise of racial bias: players experience more favorable... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

sustainability to occur, leaders need to ensure that they not only change the way they make decisions, but they must develop a pipeline of leaders who approach decision making differently. They have to teach the attributes of good process, model those attributes, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

place new hires in supportive environments. “A team with low psychological safety may not be the best place to put your new hire” says Bransby. Yet if placement on such a team is necessary, managers should provide coaching in departments... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

versus the board knowing enough to fulfill its independent governance responsibilities. I have observed that improved director insight invariably clears the air, reduces behind-the-scenes speculation about senior management deficiencies, and gives the board better... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

not because their boss is telling them to do it. This is a new way of working that is very promising, but also very difficult to do. That's where leadership matters. Goals have to be very clear. People have to be coached in collaboration.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

development—such as case discussions, lectures, simulations, coaching sessions, live projects, etc.—in terms of their potential to develop executives for the future. We then examine the impact of the forces of digital disruption—the... View Details