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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
FLEMING: Scientists make wrong assumptions about MBAs. PHOTO BY STUART ROSNER Despite earning two engineering degrees at Stanford, HBS associate professor Lee Fleming says he always knew he “wanted to study more than electrons.” Even so, the former View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive
While diversity in hiring has increased markedly among professional service organizations, the changes are not reflected at the senior-most levels. For example, in US law firms, women comprise 46 percent of associates but only 19 percent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Stevenson offers practical techniques and real-life stories about the art and science of asking for money. Topics include what motivates donors to give; the four donor questions one must be able to answer; how to craft compelling messages... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement
engagement. Alumni focus groups and interviews have been conducted around the world to better understand the motivators and barriers to alumni engagement and to further evaluate current and proposed communication channels. There were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
“ Of everything that can engage people deeply in work, the single most important is simply making progress in meaningful work.” —HBS professor Teresa Amabile, discussing her long-range research on what motivates employees. (Radio Boston,... View Details
Keywords: quotations
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
on effective professional feedback, honing it in roles at tech icons Apple and Google. The idea? Radical candor, or as Scott (MBA 1996) defines it, caring personally while at the same time, challenging directly. At its base, she says,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
been adopted by thousands of private, public, and nonprofit enterprises around the world. Professor Robert S. Kaplan, who created the concept and tool with David Norton (DBA ’73), explains the roots and motivation for their original... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two... View Details
- 22 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Mary-Kate Johnson
agenda but many don’t realize it. Students want to: 1) perform well in class 2) conduct endless research and create several excel sheets to determine what the next best step is for their career, and 3) work with people that they are View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
preparing not for the next 9/11 but for the next 9/11 Commission. What has struck you most about your exposure to the intelligence community? When I meet people from the intelligence community, I am deeply moved by the sheer degree of passion they have to prevent... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
yet motivated workers were stranded below the job ladder. In 2000, he founded Year Up, which offers low-income young adults a yearlong program of corporate training, mentorship, internships, and real jobs. Based in Boston, Year Up has now... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
higher percentage of the revenue in order to motivate them." Things get more interesting with the degree that the actions of one professional affect the revenues generated by other professionals—what is... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
community together in a common purpose. "I'm a big consensus builder," he says, "and I love helping to motivate people." In addition, Hughes served on the HBS Student Association and was production manager for the HBS Show, the School's... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
Having grown up in Pakistan, Tarim Wasim (MBA 2005) and other Boston-based students and professionals started the Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP) in 2003 to support the best local nonprofits. Wasim, a Baker Scholar at... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
and decide that you are in charge of who you want to be SPEAKER Chad E. Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) Motivational Keynote Speaker and Sales/Finance Leader SPEAKER Chad E. Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) Motivational... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate executives and enhance organizational... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- Career Coach
Tim Kluska
Tim is a finance professional and CFA who made a soft pivot to investment banking from the mutual fund industry. Tim worked at Vanguard for five years after serving four years in the US Marines. Tim is well-equipped and passionate about... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
In a three-year research project, I studied the career trajectories of minority and white professionals at three major U.S. corporations. The story of one of the participants—Stephen Williams—sheds light on many of the differences in... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program, the two leaders and their team... View Details