Self - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

of authenticity in leadership is what is needed to manage the tension. Michael Leahy commented that " we are challenged to sort out short term position and personal self serving ambition versus more genuine leadership When we are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

PublicationsIn Search of the Self at Work: Young Adults' Experiences of a Dual Identity Organization Authors:Anteby, Michel, and Amy Wrzesniewski Publication:Research in Sociology of Work Abstract Purpose: Multiple forces that shape the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2022
News

Well Said

don't think of accents as necessarily being your true self. I think of them sometimes, and this kind of depends also on how each person feels about it, how each person feels about it, but sometimes it can be almost walls that keep you from communicating your true View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

test my limits and spark my sense of purpose. When the Peace Corps turned me down (it typically requires a college degree), I moved to Latin America. The experience blew open my sense of self and what I wanted to do with my life. Ever... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

formed much of the collection. Mr. Brunner's love of banking history led him to acquire prints on all aspects of money's influence on mankind. Whether it was a humorous nineteenth century French lithograph of a self satisfied speculator... View Details

07 Feb 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course

late 2011 or early 2012.) "Understanding one's self is a key thing we're trying to accomplish, so students can then look back at the class and realize, 'When I'm that person, in that position, I should not be making that left-fork... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

and value. But health care has been treated as a commodity and cost reduction has been the dominant approach. Employers have gone to their vendors, health plans, or third-party administrators in the case of self insured plans, and tried... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

also finds that, when people are part of a group, nostalgia for an event shared within it makes people more committed to the group. Nostalgia brings the social self online. It increases social agency and directs that agency toward helping... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 May 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

to embrace tolerance rather than intolerance, and I will be the change I wish to see in the world. Ryan Yu (MBA 2022) I came to HBS yearning to give my California self an East Coast edge. I’d lean into whiteness, walk a traditionalist... View Details

30 Jul 2024
News

Reddit’s Rise

every day, I think has helped me be successful and just have a little bit more of an edge because I think about these things all the time for fun. And the merger of those two, I think has been very personally harmonious for me. Just feeling like, wow, I can bring my... View Details

01 Sep 2022
News

Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

have a child who’s sick at home. And even though the pandemic opened us up a lot to, you know, more conversation, there’s still sort of a taboo, some of itself self-inflicted, around sort of being your working parent self at work. Now... View Details

15 Sep 2016
News

The Burning Man Project

years? What is it about the event that appeals to us in this particular moment in time? Raiser: You know, we say Burning Man is an experiment in temporary community. And when people come to any Burning Man event, they know they're going to be included. They know that... View Details

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

discouraging further actions. "Through this back-and-forth, the would-be leader accumulates experiences that inform his or her sense of self as a leader, as well as feedback about his or her fit for taking up the leader role,"... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2025 | Working Knowledge

new settings and problems. That insight directly shaped our latest research, " Reverse-Engineering the Centered Self ." In this paper, we build a computational framework that formalizes how humans locate themselves before acting. Unlike... View Details

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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

socializing your brand and how they can help you reach your goals. Highlights Presenting Your Authentic Self Communicate Your Story Show Hide Details Concepts Embodying: First Impressions and Authenticity Storytelling: Harnessing the... View Details

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

valuation. We demonstrate that the feelings of competence that arise from assembling products mediate their increased value (Experiment 1), that affirming consumers' sense of self decreases the value they derive from their creations... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

that people are more likely to select choices that serve the should self (should-choices) when the choices will be implemented in the distant rather than the near future. This 'future lock-in' is demonstrated in five experiments for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

recursion, interaction, and subjective construal between the self concept and the social system. In two lab experiments and a field experiment in a global consulting firm, we tested the hypotheses by offering people reflections on times... View Details