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02 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

Keywords: by Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat & Raffaella Sadun

September 2013
Article

Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly

Business leaders send a powerful message when they make a commitment to diversity that goes beyond rhetoric. But what motivates them to do so, and how do they actually create inclusive cultures? To find out, the authors interviewed 24 CEOs whose firms were known for... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Gender

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April 2008
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Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant: Motivating in Good Times and Bad

By: Michael Beer and Elizabeth Collins

In May 2007, the Engstrom Auto Mirrors plant, a relatively small supplier based in Indiana, faces a crisis. The business was in the second year of a downturn. Sales had started to decline in 2005; a year later, plant manager Ron Bent had been forced to lay off more... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Human Resource Management; Incentives; Motivation; Manufacturing; Leadership; Change Management; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Manufacturing Industry; Indiana

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25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

There’s a time and a place for it,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Jon M. Jachimowicz. “It can even be dangerous if you’re not careful about when, how, and to whom you express passion.” Passion can be intoxicating When... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. “But that $100 billion figure astounded us.” Amabile co-wrote a paper on the topic, The Downside of Downtime:The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Sep 2017
Blog Post

7 Lessons from My Time at HBS

How many times have you missed an opportunity because you were shy? It happened to me many times both at work and in my personal life. During a sales class at HBS, a Professor... View Details

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis University International Business School, have described their work in two papers: "The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and their Organizations,"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2020
News

How Coronavirus Is Creating A Watershed Moment For Remote Work

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

need to make the obligations you have. Can you work from home, at least part of the week? Is there wiggle-room in work hours and scheduling? Can you trade travel for time off?... View Details

21 May 2020
News

4 Rules for Identifying Your Life’s Work

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

offers several other considerations for executives: Gradual transitions might help employees adjust. The USPTO required in-office examiners to work from home before shifting to the fully autonomous option. A gradual shift might give... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

sought could include aid from one country to another, the sale of national assets, and the deferral of commitments to allow time for a work out. A sizeable minority, however, took the view that lenders,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

11 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)

I found my professional North Star as an undergraduate student while studying abroad in rural Tanzania. Our work in clean water access was a light bulb moment for me, clarifying the ways in which business and social impact can View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2020
News

Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)

She filed away what she learned and took a job working at IBM in downtown New York. “My colleagues were the sons and daughters of firemen, policemen, and this was the first white-collar job in their families,” recalls Burton. “The word... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Turning Point: One Story at a Time

tears, they were not tears of anger or admonishment—her main fear was that I would have a very difficult and lonely life. The thing about coming out is that it’s not one conversation, one time. I had already told my older sister; in time... View Details

01 Mar 2022
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Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

should be practicing anyway. The only new element is that it has to be practiced in a different (remote) work environment. As David Wittenberg put it, “It might take a bit more time to connect with employees... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR

about business and environment for nearly five decades, and much of this work has been highly influential. But from my perspective, at least three things are very different now compared to when I began five years ago. First, our mission.... View Details

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

work over their personal lives are less happy." The findings have professional and personal implications for workers at a time when many business leaders are embracing performance-based pay. About 75 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

American Battle Monuments Commission—which manages America’s overseas cemeteries, monuments, and memorials. This was a similar to a board role and as such, I was able to do this while working full time... View Details

30 Mar 2018
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

colleagues work pro bono with 501c3 “community quarterback” organizations in cities such as Omaha, Rochester, Orlando, and Philadelphia, to bring together components necessary for comprehensive revitalization. Each neighborhood’s context... View Details

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