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- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
long commutes, household chores, and mindless scrolling on social media. We must make deliberate, sometimes difficult choices that protect the precious hours in our days, Whillans says, whether it’s a big decision like pursuing a less-demanding View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
corporate culture is a first-order driver of company performance,” Rouen says. “It’s something that can differentiate one company from another in a competitive industry.” Companies can boost workplace culture in ways beyond compensation, particularly by providing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- February 2022
- Case
Leading The UK Vaccine Task Force
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Claudia Pienica
This case describes the first six months of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, under the leadership of Kate Bingham. With a career spent in the private sector as a biotech investor, Bingham’s appointment within the government was considered unusual. The overarching brief given... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; Government; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Science; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Leadership; Decision Making; Government and Politics; Health; Innovation and Management; Governance; Change; Government Administration; Health Industry; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
Edmondson, Amy C., and Claudia Pienica. "Leading The UK Vaccine Task Force." Harvard Business School Case 622-079, February 2022.
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future
used a range of potential post-HBS salaries to determine the impact of the loans on my income. From that information, I set a maximum for how much I would be willing to borrow. HBS provides its own loan calculator that includes average salaries provided by HBS View Details
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
effect that job-hopping had on salaries, Healy and colleagues studied data based on 2,000 senior-level job switches from executive placement firms, LinkedIn career information, and interviewing search professionals. Overall, the research... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Hiring International Students
Participation in on-campus recruiting events ( HBS campus presentations and/or interviews ) Posting with trade or professional organizations Having an established employee referral program with incentives Posting job announcements with campus View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 27 May 2022
- Blog Post
Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023
MBA? If you're considering an MBA, reach out to veterans for a chat through the Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA) here or even to veterans directly. We're always happy to help think through whether an MBA makes sense given your particular situation and View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
your life and career fighting to save yourself and fighting to save others. And then in 2022, you were diagnosed with breast cancer. Can you talk a little bit about that diagnosis and perhaps how your reaction was different? KG: Being... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
stories from his own work experiences and the careers of CEOs and nonprofit leaders who navigated challenges. His advice for emerging leaders: Discover yourself. Test your “crucibles” to find your moral compass and calling. For instance,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Web
Faculty & Research - Race, Gender & Equity
career outcomes and experiences of alumni. Faculty Lynda M. Applegate Jill J. Avery Julie Battilana Max H. Bazerman Anke Becker John Beshears Edward H. Chang Katherine B. Coffman Robin J. Ely Alexandra C. Feldberg Sara L. Fleiss Frances... View Details
- Web
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
in turn have helped companies create hundreds of thousands of jobs and change our lives, in the workplace and at home.” Arthur Rock (MBA 1951) graduated from Syracuse University and served in the US Army before earning his MBA. He began his investment View Details
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
explained, is that such issues are deemed too threatening to organizational harmony or to individuals' career advancement. As a result, the validity of a principal U.S. rationale for the Vietnam War, the "domino theory," was... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
PublicationsNonsimultaneous Chains and Dominos in Kidney Paired Donation—Revisited Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Duncan S. Gilchrist, Alvin E. Roth, and Michael A. Rees Publication:American Journal of Transplantation 11, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract Since 2008 kidney exchange... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders
By: Robert Simons
This project studies the life choices made by a variety of people who have left a lasting legacy. Using biographical data, we are examining the choices that high-impact individuals faced in their lives and the paths they chose to follow. The leaders we study come... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Workforce and the Boston Foundation, July 2021. With Rachel Lipson and Dorsey Eden. Working to Learn: Despite a growing set of innovators, America struggles to connect education and career , White Paper, Harvard Project on Workforce,... View Details
- 05 Jun 2023
- What Do You Think?
Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?
(iStockphoto/Anchiy) The late Professor Anthony Athos, an unforgettable member of the Harvard Business School faculty to all who knew him, used to have a favorite non-activity. He would take a break, leave the office, and take a seat on a bench on the HBS campus. When... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Academics - Health Care
of the lifecycle. Course Catalog Listing Transforming Health Care Delivery: Field Course This course is appropriate for students interested in understanding the fundamental improvement challenges facing the health care sector and developing strategies for addressing... View Details
- February 2012
- Case
Henkel: Building a Winning Culture
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted became CEO of Henkel, a Germany-based producer of personal care, laundry, and adhesives products, in 2008, he was... View Details
Keywords: Performance Measurement; Performance Appraisals; Human Resource Management; Values; Organizational Transformations; Pay For Performance; Strategy Execution; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits
Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Henkel: Building a Winning Culture." Harvard Business School Case 112-060, February 2012.
- 25 Jul 2023
- News
Why Leaders with Big Egos Worry Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott
In a recent profile in the Australian Financial Review, Rob Scott (AMP 179, 2010), CEO of Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, discussed his career path and management philosophy. “I actually think that one of the biggest dangers in... View Details