end of life care - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

summary, a burning platform, yes; a changed organization equipped to meet the needs of the future, not even close. Of all the risks associated with crises, this last one is obviously the biggest. Instead... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

01 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

short-term view, versus 15 words or phrases such as "long term" and "years" that would suggest a longer time horizon approach. The researchers then compared their list of companies on both ends View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

large corporations, such as Apple and Google, are careful to retain their underdog roots in their brand biographies." A forthcoming article coauthored by Keinan for the Journal of Consumer Research,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2008
News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

Doriot HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION As a young man, Georges Doriot dreamed of running a factory, a rare aspirational failure in his long, storied career. Rather, he ended up teaching thousands View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Health Care Club, Co-President, PRIDE Club, Soccer Club, Tech Club, Management Consulting Club Christina Byrd “While working on cross-functional and strategic initiatives at Uber,” says Christina, “I realized how important it was to speak... View Details

12 May 2015
News

A Flash of Insight

oils. “My day-to-day interactions in the ER inform my art, and that grounds me,” he says. “Dealing with the dualities of sickness and health, life and death, and hope and despair makes me both a better human... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

04 May 2023
News

Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

and ends with the immersion, is designed to enhance students’ ability to manage differences and operate effectively across cultures and business contexts. Drawing upon the “knowing by doing” pedagogical model, the course integrates a... View Details

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. There's this Teddy Roosevelt quote about struggle that I came across recently that I really like. Roosevelt said, "There's never... View Details

31 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

getting short-term change out of a fear of consequences, only perpetuates long-term fear, which decreases innovation, collaboration, and growth ” On the other hand, Paul argued that, “The ever growing body... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2005
News

A Matter of Opinion

Victor Navasky of The Nation magazine has spent his life taking on the Establishment. So what did he hope to accomplish at Harvard Business School? Call it what you will — the conventional wisdom, the status... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

30 Oct 2019
News

Creating Agents of Change

health, education, and empowerment through life skills and employment. “Success for us is that, by the time the young adults leave our program at age 24, they're living above the level of poverty in their... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

regardless of the GDP. But if the nation's total output in future years is not sufficiently large, then all those stocks and bonds are going to end up being worth a lot less than expected. Total output is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2024
News

The Musts of 2024

read a lot. One of them is called The Midnight Library, and it's by Matt Haig. I'm 61, and it's really a book about all the paths your life could have taken and all the different ways it could have happened... View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Morse G. Dial Union Carbide Corporation, 1952–1963 Alfred B. Dick Jr. A. B. Dick and Company, 1934–1947 Alfred B. Dick A. B. Dick and Company, 1883–1934 Earl B. Dickerson Supreme Life Insurance Company of... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Agenda: Amanda E/J Morrison (MBA 2014)

RIPPLE EFFECT “A woman gets a period around age 12 to 14, and then we tell her to go off in the world and not get pregnant.” “A woman gets a period around age 12 to 14, and then we tell her to go off in the world and not get pregnant.” For 15 years, the morning-after... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; reproductive rights; health care; leadership; marketing

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

failing," he said. "Begin with the end in mind, and remember that faith is power—you have to believe in something, whether it's fruit flies or God." Beverly Anderson (HBS MBA '97) had ten years View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

climate change, and economic resource nationalism. Readers will learn how risk management is being transformed from a business prevention function to a values-based framework for thriving in increasingly perilous times. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets View Details

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

as the appointment that you have with the CEO." Striking a balance between work and personal life was one of the five traits of leadership success that McGovern emphasized... View Details