Publications

21 Jun 2020
News

How to Manage the Emotional Impact of Getting Laid Off

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

way, and setting high goals while maintaining standards. "If you believe people are fundamentally bad—if you believe people are constantly looking to get over and get by and won't do anything unless... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

07 Dec 2017
HBS Seminar

Eric von Hippel, MIT Sloan School of Management

15 Sep 2021
News

Recruiters Stalk a Certain Kind of Engineer and Miss—Oh, like 27 Million Other People

10 Jun 2024
News

Harvard Expert: People Who Make This Common Mistake Are the ‘Unhappiest in Their Careers’

January 2015 (Revised October 2015)
Case

Trouble at Tessei

By: Ethan Bernstein and Ryan W. Buell

In 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen ("bullet") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the... View Details

Keywords: Service Management; Employee Engagement; Employee Motivation; Leadership And Managing People; Quality Improvement; Efficiency; Japan; Operational Transparency; Employee Coordination; Transparency; Leadership; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Employees; Quality; Transportation Industry; Japan

08 Apr 2015
News

Why and how managers should help workers set boundaries

24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

innovative solutions? Can Innovation And Creativity Be Managed? High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet Many managers in business experience difficulty dealing with their best creative thinkers. So how... View Details

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

but with ability of the people handling this system." Alternatives to the use of predictions in the customary planning process were not ignored. Jean-Christophe Khuries suggested one when he asked: "How do you View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

Zurich Insurance: Diversity and Inclusion

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly

Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People... View Details

Keywords: Managing Change; Organizational Behavior; Diversity Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Leadership; Human Capital; Human Resources; Insurance; Diversity; Insurance Industry

2021
Book

Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Selling is changing, but the impact on sales of megatrends like ecommerce, big data, and AI is often misunderstood and not supported by empirical data. Managers who fail to separate fact from hype will make decisions based on bad assumptions and, in a competitive... View Details

Keywords: Sales; Strategy; Salesforce Management; Change; Adaptation

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

Editor's note: This is the first of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this first of two articles, Davis discusses leadership models. Part One: Global Norms And The One-leader... View Details

September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

Zurich Insurance: Zurich Oxygen

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly

Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People... View Details

Keywords: Managing Change; Management Development; Leadership; Organization Behavior; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Human Capital; Human Resources; Insurance; Insurance Industry

December 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Ashley V. Whillans

These cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for “institutional harassment."

This case series follows the evolution of France... View Details