Competency and Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

aggressive (high testosterone) and stressed (high cortisol). Consider Wall Street, where hard-hitting bankers compete for performance-driven bonuses, where "You eat what you kill" is the informal motto,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author... View Details

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Academics - Health Care

equity). Course Catalog Listing Transforming Health Care Delivery This course will help students develop the managerial skills required to identify and implement change. It will draw upon a range of... View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

which helped get them through the feelings of uncertainty that came with retirement. One woman described herself as being “very optimistic and fairly happy most days.” Enacting a previous identity in a new way: Several retirees found ways... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

better focus on creating economic value by minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Companies can bring social value into alignment with their core competencies, improving motivation, loyalty, skill... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

28 Mar 2016
Blog Post

Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard

medical school, because fundamentally medical school is geared towards teaching students how to be competent individual clinicians. On the one hand, this makes sense: there is a lot of clinical medicine to learn, View Details

21 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

looked at 6,182 drugs, 325 markets, and 10,637 drug-indications, or projects. Krieger examined how projects react to competitor failure in three types of situations: products in the same market but using different technology; those in the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

needed; an organizational design that enables coordination; and human resource management policies and practices to enhance competence and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

of General Motors because of her skills at turning around a large organization. My colleague Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, knowing that I was preparing materials... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

The General Manager’s Role (MDD) (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Amy Edmondson , Tiona Zuzul Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (also listed under... View Details

November 2005 (Revised March 2007)
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Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs

By: Boris Groysberg, Scott A. Snook and David Lane

In November 1999, 11 of Goldman Sachs' finest gathered to put the final touches on a revolutionary leadership development plan. Following Goldman's explosive growth during the 1990s and its eventual IPO in 1999, a diverse group of leaders from across the firm were... View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Design; Planning

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18 Jul 2011
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Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

questions that will help them regroup, mobilize their team, formulate a plan of action, and move forward." In his new book, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, Kaplan argues against the notion that great leadership is about having... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Jan 2024
News

A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Klarman Hall | About

across the globe has long been a hallmark of the learning environment at Harvard Business School (HBS). In keeping with this tradition, Klarman Hall provides a world-class convening venue designed to welcome event participants and instill... View Details

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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

1921 The General Shoe Company, 1921: Header The General Shoe Company, 1921 The General Shoe Company, 1921: Quote What I love about General Shoe is it allows students to practice a core skill of general managers: how do you go into an... View Details

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Christina Byrd

proud of working on Uber’s inaugural fair pay/equal pay analyses – we made sure we were paying men and women, black and white, the same pay for the same performance. I became the go-to equal pay person.”... View Details

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

he succeeded so convincingly playing the game of market capitalism that first emerged in the late 19th century and grew to great influence during the 20th century. This game or system has been dominated in many industries by large,... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

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Course Development

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

legal and regulatory environments, and gender perceptions in the boardroom, while learning to align their skills with board needs and increase... View Details

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

skill set that will directly benefit me in my career. When I receive questions about financial aid from new HBS admits, I tell them three things: don’t be afraid to invest in your future, be thorough when explaining your financial... View Details

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