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- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
boundaries for the group's activities; and managing the tensions inherent in group life—deciding, for example, when to be supportive and when to be confrontational, when to improvise and when to impose a structure. Watch an interview with... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
the turnaround of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. Paul Levy, who became CEO in early 2002, managed to bring the failing hospital back from the brink of ruin. We had ringside seats during the first six months of the turnaround. Levy agreed to... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
unconscious—is going into their decision to put me in an interview if my name is one you might have made fun of or thought of as "ghetto"? I see the book as a starting point, as a conversation starter. I’ve received text messages from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
the next step in growing their business.) These borrowers are already organized in groups, so there’s a community of people that knows them very well. We do a variety of formal and informal interviews to understand who they’d feel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
singing it.’” In an interview at her office in midtown Manhattan, Harris, a managing director at Morgan Stanley and an accomplished gospel singer, recounts this story and others with the kind of informal ease you might expect from a... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
How will my children learn via Zoom? We interviewed 10 CEOs in July about how they are managing the unprecedented stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then checked in with them again at the end of 2020. The interviewees hail from... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
than forty high-profile moves and interviewed team leaders in multiple industries and countries to examine the risks and opportunities that lift outs present. They concluded that, regardless of industry, nationality, or size of the team,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
short interview with each CEO to ensure that the daily reports matched with the executive's recollection and were representative of his usual work routine. Analyzing the data, the researchers looked separately at founder-CEOs (those who... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
she says. "The backstory of organizations is now part of the value proposition for consumers. The lads from Dublin understood that early on and they still understand it." Koehn says the U2 case remains a work in progress and she believes she will someday View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
reviews are actually the single most important input to our new product development process. We make sure that our new products start from the needs that customers express,” Yang said in an interview in 2016. “Traditional businesses... View Details
- Profile
Jason A. Kilar
interviewed with Bezos in a professor’s office, flew to Seattle a week later, and accepted a job offer on the spot. He thought he would stay for two years but he spent the next nine years working alongside Bezos whom he called “the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
job. You’re asked to deliver a five-minute, nonstop pitch to two interviewers on your qualifications. They listen but give no feedback—none of the encouraging head nods or mmm-hmms that make us feel we’re being heard and understood.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
interview dates on campus. I was all set to go when I received a call from Grove to come to his office, where he directed me to cancel my trip. When I asked why, his blunt Hungarian-accented response was that “HBS graduates were a bunch... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
you’re interested in and find ways to connect with them. When you meet, articulate how you can contribute; engage your interviewers about their work; and offer expertise, advice, or contacts with no expectation of reciprocity. Suddenly... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
George, a Harvard Business School professor and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, and his colleagues, conducted the largest leadership development study ever undertaken. They interviewed 125 business leaders from different racial,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
helped foster inclusion and career growth for Latino employees who had previously lacked access to leadership roles. Additionally, she has helped Puerto Ricans prepare for careers by guiding them through resume building, job applications, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
mere 2 percent deficit in a $50 million budget is $1 million, a number that "is completely unacceptable in the nonprofit realm." The fundraising and financial aspects of their jobs, say the HBS MBAs who were interviewed for this article,... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
detailed case studies and 53 additional interviews with risk-management staff at five other major banks from 2001 to 2010, this paper shows that relentless risk measurement is contingent on what I call the "calculative culture"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
other research are you working on? A: Well, my primary focus is not on industry dynamics. The focus of my research is organizational decision-making processes. At the moment, I'm conducting a large research project in which I'm View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader Episode #5 of Climate Stories is a little different. It describes the innovative solar technology of Heliogen, a renewable energy company. But it is also an interview... View Details