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- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
2002, according to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS Recognizing The Threat What should responsible organizations do to counter the epidemic for their employees and their business? For a start, they must pool knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Losing Passion for Your Job? Why Quitting Might Be the Right Move | Working Knowledge
Industrial and Labor Relations. The article was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in July. The findings could provide a salve for large numbers of employees who are struggling to find meaning in their work. The... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
who are able to speak out. Lynn Offerman, writing in the HBR, suggests to the CEO that "one simple test of whether you're getting the feedback you need is to count how many employees challenge you at... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
companies keep in mind feedback from students while they prepare. Students tell us that company presentations work well when given by a charismatic and authentic presenter who is knowledgeable and passionate about the company and the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
open conversation about the issues that really mattered clarified the company's strategy and energized the organization. As Ludwig says, "Getting feedback from the employees was indispensable, and... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success Feedback or ideas to share? Email the... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
rules to try to influence behavior. Doing so, however, requires firms to understand and abide by the community ethos. Kost: Could you tell me about a case in which a company used the expertise and feedback of a user community to gain... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events
from “day in the life” perspective from recent interns or current full-time employees working in a job that may be available Detail your company’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Diverse representation in recruiting... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
As every company knows, employees are its greatest resource. It's more than a shame, then, that many workers are either not encouraged or afraid to speak up and communicate ideas at work. Employers are losing valuable knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers Authors:David I. Levine, Michael W. Toffel Abstract Several studies have examined how the ISO 9001 Quality Management System standard affects organizational outcomes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
separates professional service firms from other businesses is that the employees are their most important assets. Yet professionals in any field — independent-minded, creative individuals—can be difficult to manage. In LPSF, we use an old... View Details
- Web
Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
influencing the stakeholders making purchasing decisions Understand the importance of brand-building and the key components of an effective brand Build a media strategy across paid, earned, and owned channels Evaluate and identify growth opportunities Who Will Benefit... View Details
- 08 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
Dropbox, where WesTrekkers spent an intimate evening socializing and learning from these companies’ executives. On the final day of programming, a few dozen students had the opportunity to visit some Tesla employees at Tesla’s main... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Web
Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting
the perfect opportunity to do just that—working in a fast-paced, early-stage environment where I could see the direct impact of my work. Learning About the Challenges in Rural Health Care During the internship, I had the opportunity to interview 30+ View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
individual receives in relation to what he or she perceives and expects. Because this is highly subjective, the argument goes, generalizations (many of them currently taught in conventional courses) about how to manage are practically useless. Instead, managers should... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
over a five-month period, she observed 8 teams and surveyed some 427 employees. Edmondson found that members of teams with higher levels of psychological safety (those characterized by greater mutual respect and trust) were more likely to ask thoughtful questions,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
as they help lead these new, hybrid organizations? Managers need to be very skillful in leading groups with some team members in the same physical space and maybe two or three calling into a meeting. Somehow, you have to manage, motivate, and provide View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
2011. Setting/Participants: Participants included 4,642 employees of a large hospital in Boston, MA, who were regular cafeteria patrons. Interventions: The first intervention was a traffic-light style color-coded labeling system... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Why Soft Skills Still Matter in the Age of AI | Working Knowledge
Letian Zhang and coauthors in their new paper, " Skill Dependencies Uncover Nested Human Capital .” The research, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour , offers a roadmap for companies and policymakers to understand how skills build by “nesting” and reward... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
note: This article was updated to include additional advice related to CEO compensation policies. You Might Also Like: When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women... View Details