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- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
around a culture shift. There are small wins, however. At September’s meeting, when the board began the process of hiring a new district lawyer, it did so under the guidelines of that resolution passed back in May—the one requiring the... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
exactly had happened to the 62-year-old icon. It was a massive professional challenge: Morgan Flatley (MBA 2004), who was hired as chief marketing officer last April, says that part of the reason she was excited about the gig was the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
employee, and as a result leaders hire for attitude and train for skills; (5) effective operating strategies have to create value for employees, customers and investors, so leaders ensure the achievement of the leverage and edge that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
model from a social networking site to an online gaming business came with new challenges. They hired almost an entirely new staff, cultivated new partnerships, and most urgently sought new funding. However, with three years of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
half that of other small jets. Air-taxi proponents believe those economies will open up private-jet travel to a broader base of business and pleasure fliers. Photos Courtesy Linear Air Blink was committed to delivering the finest operation team in business aviation,... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
restructuring, and the employees and unions that want to hear about investments and hiring more people. Miller: This is a tricky communication exercise no matter what the context is. But it is true that Total, for instance, is perceived... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Macridis is hiring again. It’s still early days, but given the brain drain of the last decade, he doesn’t want to wait. “We think when the whole thing picks up it will be harder to find the true stars,” he says. He is also investing in IT... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
forwarded the business plan. “By the end of 2013, we reached the point where I confronted either writing it off and writing off my friend and benefactor’s money—or I was going to pull the nose up.” Lo stepped in as CEO in July 2014. She built out the team, including... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
the nation's best-managed "smaller" companies, with James himself earning plaudits as an exceptional CEO. The secret of his success? "Perseverance, hard work, and hiring good people," says James, "and keeping the job challenging,... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
(Courtesy Bradley) “I don’t want to decide anything until I understand everything, out to the corners of the map,” Bradley adds. “That’s a Lou Wells–kind of discipline.” Bradley’s second tactic is finding and cultivating “extreme talent.” (See sidebar at right.) An... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
trials be run in-house or outsourced? Should Carson hire employees who might eventually be laid off—an unpopular option in Japan—or could he find a company with enough cultural sensitivity to run the trials in Asia? Carson would have to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
adopted home state of Montana, Siebel had spent around $30 million of his own money to “un-sell” the drug, hiring highly regarded Hollywood directors to create graphic, disturbing commercials depicting its harrowing physical and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
"the proven expertise of our most effective veteran executives is complemented by fresh ideas from newly hired managers. In turn, our newer personnel learn from the experience of our veterans." The company is already seeing the results of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
admired and respected McArthur were legions of HBS alumni. Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) noted, “Early in my career John took a chance and hired me, and we became lifelong friends—our families were literally intertwined. I’ve since had the... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
should hire for curiosity, model inquisitiveness, emphasize learning goals, let workers explore and broaden their interests, and have “Why?” “What if ?” and How might we ?” days. Doing so will help their organizations adapt to uncertain... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20
Siegel, Mimi Xi, and Christopher PoliquinHarvard Business School Case 711-408 Can multinationals wield competitive advantage by aggressively hiring talented members of the excluded social group in each market? This is the subject of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
get lawyers and, of course, international awareness of what was going on with the trial. And then after they were sentenced and sent to Siberian labor camps, the issue was clothing, food. Hiring local lawyers so that they were monitored... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
I approached him, and he picked up the telephone and called a former student at General Foods who agreed to hire me for the summer. That resulted in my eventually working there full-time, and it launched my marketing career. The other... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
group of small businesses and nonprofits that could benefit from MBA talent. Now in the process of hiring an executive director, the nonprofit connects service-minded MBA students from 20 schools with community organizations that need... View Details