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Harshini Chengareddty

Coming to HBS is like... Drinking water out of a fire hose! Everything being thrown at you in the beginning is amazing – new friends, interesting cases, fun trips – but it all happens at a breakneck pace. What is your most memorable... View Details

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

recommendation. In situations where it’s important for a boss to have dedicated one-on-one interactions with employees, there may be diminishing returns when more workers are added to a team under his supervision. “You might be tempted to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

26 May 2022
HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

privacy comes under fire An industrial engineer known for his practical work style and deep manufacturing expertise, Cook has used his position to take on several hot-button topics, including fighting discrimination against people who... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

23 May 2005
Research & Ideas

What Could Bring Globalization Down?

am not sure waves are the right natural-world image here. I would prefer to think of events such as forest fires or earthquakes—sudden crises arising from the advent of what scientists call "criticality." Q: What other... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

no matter how painful. As CEO, I often emphasized to my employees that no one will get fired for making a mistake, as we all make mistakes, but you will get fired for covering them up. Only after we agree on... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

will lead to an integrated life. In 2008, as the financial crash worsened, Sally Krawcheck was fired at Citibank for urging the firm to repay customers for defective investments. She stuck to her values and now leads her own online... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Jul 2020
Book

Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

first of the three fundamental approaches to reflection has traditionally been called contemplation, or downshifting from time to time. At work, many people tend to focus on output, and their minds act like race car engines, firing on all... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Web

General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

School. [4 ] At the end of the Civil War, cotton in Lehman, Durr & Co.’s warehouse was purposefully set fire in order to prevent Union troops from acquiring the supply. [5 ] Louis R. Ehrich, “In Memory of Mayer Lehman,” In Memoriam, Mayer... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

for talent, and it’s all focused on these high productivity people, and very, very little on those workers who actually may hurt organizational performance,” Minor says. Fired toxic workers can leave a big mess for companies to clean up.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

practices of their clients, who have the power to fire them if they do notice. Q: The book is full of examples of people making decisions that they thought were ethical but clearly violated their own standards for ethical behavior—for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

discipline and intimidation, which some critics say goes too far. Knight was fired from a long career at Indiana University for grabbing a student, and prior to that he was filmed clutching one of his own players by the neck. And then... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

16 Feb 2023
HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

01 Dec 2023
News

Action Plan: Life Study

Above: photo by Beth Perkins “There’s an artistic spark in everybody,” says Ted Hartley (MMP 4, 1956). “If you can get rid of that left-brain inner critic, you can explore what will open up in the right-brain side in all of us.” Hartley came to painting a little over a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Web

Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

out a steamer of 700 tons.” 33 The steamship the Fire Dart alone turned a profit of $175,000 its first year. 34 John Heard to Augustine Heard, July 19, 1860. HC: EM-7. In July 1850, the Frolic shipwrecked off the coast north of San... View Details

10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

by September 2018, #MeToo had been tweeted more than 19 million times. The #MeToo movement, which led to the firing of hundreds of other powerful men accused of sexual harassment in several job sectors, was seen as a call to action for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

Web

HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Getting to Product Market Fit Hiring Fast and Firing Faster Life as an Entrepreneur Managing Growth vs. Profitability Managing Pivots and Setbacks Negotiating Partnerships Builders - Small Group Discussions: Builder/Founder Relationships... View Details

03 Jan 2023
Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

intelligence that the company relied on, which led to friction with Google executives. Ultimately, they were both fired from Google, but brought visibility to these issues in the field. Similarly, actresses Jessica Chastain and Octavia... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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