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- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
fill."—Allan Page "There is no definitive answer to the question of how any given board balances the needs of various classes of shareholders, employees, vendors, etc."—Amy Savin "The board should be guided by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
leader: fostering change. I don’t ever recall generosity having been emphasized in any of these discussions. I’m reminded of this by the current interest in the subject of happiness led by, among others, Arthur Brooks of this faculty.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 2023
- What Do You Think?
As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?
footing the bills for the educational system. At other times, we are mindful of how incentives can go wrong, but we are unwilling to do anything about it. For example, we speak of the desirability of good long-term business performance, but almost all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela. Video Embed Jim Aisner: What are the most important lessons you learned from your trip to India? John Macomber: I learned things on a personal level as well as lessons relevant to my interests in... View Details
- 05 Feb 2024
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire for Attitude?
cross-training—as opposed to the fiefdoms and management by fear typical of other fine dining establishments—on the job. Nearly all that I spoke with mentioned what they were learning—and in some cases, teaching. That reminded me once... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
faculty, whose scholarship and teaching skills attract hundreds of Harvard MBA students to their classrooms each year. Among the latest books by HBS historians are publications by Professor Chandler,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
focus on digital innovations but kept it organizationally separate from the paper. One of the lab's most famous creations was its Social Reader, a product designed for Facebook and the first by any major paper to experiment with directly... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
will help make you a winner." Glaser's success story in fending off intense competition from Bill Gates & Co. and turning his seven-year old company into a prime purveyor of streaming video, audio, and music services on the Web was paralleled View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
control, questionable organizational (particularly human resource management) practices, and human behavior traits in general. As “Former Employee” put it, “much of the language in the Visions and Values about caring for team members and customers is just words and not... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
short-term results with adherence to a long-term strategy and direction. At Cummins, we are driven by the concept of maximizing shareholder value -- but the question is, value over the next quarter or two, or over a longer period? Either... View Details
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
diagnoses. Others advocated tax and non-tax solutions. The case against hasty change was made by Dave: "Market based capitalism is the greatest driving force of prosperity in the world today, but if we forget this and marginalize it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
gets lost in this conversation is the extent to which the US needs immigrants. We need their youth, their willingness to work at any job, their productivity, their contributions to a social security system being weighted down by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
would avoid a "one size fits all" approach to the practice of making compensation known. These are the views put forth by participants in this month's discussion of transparency in compensation. Disclosing pay ranges vs.... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
violation of a non-compete? That’s the question raised by GYurieff, who said: “The difference in knowledge an individual brings into an organization and the knowledge this individual may take out of the organization—how is it measured?... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
accompanied by lower inflation and interest rates—that justify deficit spending to produce both economic growth and social programs designed to improve our quality of life and reduce social inequality” (JohnfrmClevelnd). Or, it prompts... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
As John Apen points out, "Alignment works only if CEOs and boards have the same time perspective as the other two groups (investors and employees)... top managers' and Wall Street goals were all short term.…" C. J. Cullinane adds, "Alignment and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
What do you think? Original Article Two contrasting news stories caught my eye over the past couple of months. The first involved the strike, at least initially unsuccessful, by the mechanics' union at Northwest Airlines in an attempt to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
of H-1B temporary foreign workers are at ‘Level IV’ (above the median wage) officially defined by the Department of Labor as those who are ‘fully competent.’” On the other hand, Ted G. argued, “The unemployment rate is low in the US. Let... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
lives we must continue to push for more." But Mal Watlington poses perhaps the most challenging question: "The history of philosophy is filled with great thinkers who advise us to seek balance in life, yet the history of the world appears to be driven View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett