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- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
culture,” Frazier told Bain’s Maceda. “There is something missing in that [Black] people who get hired leave very quickly. They get to the middle of the company and they stall. Through this community of practice, we’ll be able to share... View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
leaders need a new game plan. We asked Harvard Business School professors to provide practical advice for managing large-scale, long-term remote work at a time when many employees are not only distracted by the commotion in their homes,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Judges - Alumni
Acquisition, Customer Discovery, Go-to-Market Strategy, Market Research, Marketing, MVP Development, Pitch Feedback, Pivots, Product Roadmap, Scaling, Strategic Partnerships Advice Know what differentiates your company (what is your insight or edge) Know yourself View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
it's an uphill battle. Once someone is perceived as a star, I'm telling you, the load is lighter," he said. Hiring and socializing people so that they stay is something that takes practice. Organizations such as Southwest Airlines,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
generated an operational loss. "My feedback was, 'You're in trouble,'" recalls Kahn. By the spring, Kahn was in Mumbai, part of a team tasked with turning Agrovet around—the first foreigner the Godrej Group had ever hired in a leadership... View Details
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Junior Faculty Runner-up for the 2017 Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. Michael L. Tushman : Winner of the Career Achievement Award for Major Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Technology Management, Tusher Center... View Details
- 24 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business
A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited from inside or outside the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
seed the concept more broadly.” But Ana Frony reminded us to “never forget that even trainees must have some intuition and poetry to develop a hypotheses and design an experiment.” Nick C raised the question of just how far the practice... View Details
- Web
Industry Information - Alumni
and managers of growing private companies, Inc.com publishes Inc. 500 and 5000. Its content covers small business ideas, information, and inspiration as well as practical advice. Rocket Ship List HBS Professor and alumnus Jeff Bussgang... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
fundamental changes to the way accounting firms and their clients operate. If we are really going to restore trust in the U.S. system of auditing, we will need to go well beyond the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We will need to embrace View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
future hiring and M&A activity. When the Great Recession hit in late 2008, Honeywell, like all diversified manufacturers, experienced a drop off in new orders. Yet after six years of improving operating efficiency, there was little... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in with View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
we heard in our interviews was the need for MBA students to cultivate greater self-awareness. Executives said, "The more an MBA understands his or her impact on others and vice-versa, the more effective he or she will be." The second theme we heard was the need for... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
and co-author of the new book, Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. “They have lots of opportunity to change the structures themselves.” The authors of Glass Half-Broken weave academic research with View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Blog
What Black Executives Really Want
of support at the company to advance. We need to do better. If I am a Black executive, how will I get practical tools and opportunities? For some it was seeking help with basic things like—How do I reply to an email from my boss? How do I... View Details
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
grow: What types of hiring challenges will I face? Which investors should I try to target at my company's various stages of growth—and what challenges will they introduce? Will I be replaced as CEO at some point, and, if so, will I... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
To other functional departments such as finance and operations, the sales and marketing functions look alike. After all, they are both "outward looking," focused on the customer and the market. But, creating a strong marketing and sales team has proven... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- Web
Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
himself or herself from the recruiting process and the hiring decision. Note that these restrictions do not apply to the practice of hiring students for non-graded academic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
on practical economic grounds. You want a strong economy, a strong country, and, if you’re anything like me, a strong stock market. Well, note first that stocks do better under Democratic administrations than Republican. (“You can look it... View Details