Communication Style - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jan 2023
News

Why Leaders Should Be Open About Their Flaws

2003
Case

Lakhdar Brahimi / Negotiating a New Government for Afghanistan

By: James K. Sebenius and Kristin Schneeman

Part of the PON Great Negotiator Case Study Series, this factual case study examines former UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's involvement in negotiating an interim Afghani government after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. As a result of these efforts, Brahimi... View Details

Keywords: Contemporary History; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; Leadership Style; Cognition and Thinking; Conferences; Afghanistan

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July 1995
Teaching Note

Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace TN

By: Mary C. Gentile and James I. Cash Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-395-090). View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Spoken Communication; Employees; Culture; Diversity

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12 Apr 2021
News

What Does It Mean to Be a Manager Today?

01 Oct 2001
News

Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming

Photo courtesy of Barbara Bry The words connection and communication define Barbara Bry's career, from her student days to her current position as vice president for business development at Proflowers.com, the largest... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick; Arts, Entertainment

29 Sep 2015
Blog Post

5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS

become a better leader. I left RC year with more lessons than I can count, but I’d like to share with you five that I’ve taken away specifically around leadership. 1. There is no single best leadership style Prior to HBS, I looked to the... View Details

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Nassima Belkadi

education let alone go to Harvard Business School. The HBS YES was a very proud moment of my life. Being part of the HBS community is like... ...finding a new home filled with love and support. I'm so grateful for the amazing friends that... View Details

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

spurned because he is so harsh and demanding. He is in turn betrayed by his closest ally (John Sculley), but ultimately the clarity of his vision and charisma triumph, and he transforms the world. The transformation in communications he... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

01 Mar 2009
News

Faculty Books

essential relationship, including strategies for determining how your boss prefers to process information and make decisions, tips for communicating mutual expectations, and tactics for negotiating priorities. The Adventures of an IT... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2012
News

Commemorating a Milestone

STYLE SHIFT: Women brought a new look to the campus. A half-century ago, women were first admitted to the two-year MBA Program at HBS. Over the coming months, the School is highlighting this event—and focusing on women leaders in business... View Details

Keywords: Meta

11 Apr 2018
News

The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a perfect fit. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I reached... View Details

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Francesca Ioffreda

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS to expand my skillset and be pushed outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to hone my personal leadership style via FIELD courses and team projects. For me, one of the most... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Dec 2001
News

Cable Gal

in cable and telecom equipment sales — a field where few women are found — it was a wake-up call. "My son basically said, 'You're not doing your job,'" McCollough told the Roanoke Times (September 23, 2001) in a lengthy article that examined the management View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

23 May 2016
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

provided resources for potential entrepreneurs, and one that gave me access to world-leading experts in business topics. Given my ambitions in Africa, I also wanted to pick a program that was revered in the African community and that had... View Details

Profile

Clarissa Quintanilla

experiments in styles In the Peace Corps, Clarissa and Ben were assigned to sustainable agriculture and artisan cooperative projects in Kuna Yala, an indigenous region in Panama. By the second year, Clarissa became a regional leader for... View Details

26 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

had to communicate your schedule well in advance, now everyone has shared calendars. If you don’t, this is the time to start so colleagues can have insight into each other’s days,” says Stephan. Technology tools like shared calendars,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

18 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

had to communicate your schedule well in advance, now everyone has shared calendars. If you don’t, this is the time to start so colleagues can have insight into each other’s days,” says Stephan. Technology tools like shared calendars,... View Details

21 Jan 2022
News

How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

this way: "When the world is full of surprises bosses can hardly control drastic actions to keep surviving and that means employees will get their share of surprises However a good leader will always communicate all possible outcomes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

January 2013 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

After rising through the ranks of Corporate America, Beth Stewart has become a corporate director on the board of General Growth Properties. Stewart is struggling with how to address her mounting concerns over the financial health of the growing large publically traded... View Details