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- 2010
- Working Paper
Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger
This paper is the sixth of six pre-course reading assignments for an experimental leadership course developed by the authors over five years (2004-2008) at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business working with students, alumni, executives, and faculty from various...
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Leadership Development;
Curriculum and Courses;
Strategy;
Performance Capacity;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
United States;
Netherlands;
Texas
Erhard, Werner, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger. "Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-091, April 2010.
- 18 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions
should at least know what is going on. The number one thing to do is audit your algorithms and check if you have outcomes that are systematically different. And then based on whatever the objective is, whatever your business intentions...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Sep 2021
- Op-Ed
How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback
relationship. Assume positive intent For many people, asking questions feels uncomfortable or seems risky. They worry that the feedback giver will construe the questions as challenges to him or her. Women tend to become more willing to...
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by Francesca Gino
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
barriers that threaten employees' sense of belonging. Encourage practice of the new language. Provide nonthreatening environments where the new language can be studied and practiced. Encourage empathy. Promote sharing of experiences as employees grapple with the...
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by Kim Girard
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
hit the company took in 2020, Satriano has been intent on expanding the company’s CHEF’STORE brand, a chain of cash-and-carry food stores that provide an alternative way for restauranteurs to make last-minute purchases. With supply chain...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
time to get all of their people together, so the meetings kept getting delayed and delayed,” he says. “The intent of these processes is often good, but the results are not. You have to walk a fine line and strike a careful balance between...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
New research sheds light on implications of using politically correct and incorrect speech and identifies five techniques to increase persuasiveness and diffuse conflict. Insights from two recent studies in an emerging field—the psychology of conversation—are aimed at...
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by Kristen Senz
- 2010
- Book
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd
By: Youngme Moon
Every few years a book-through a combination of the author's unique voice, storytelling ability, spirit, and insight-simply breaks the mold. Youngme Moon's DIFFERENT is that kind of book, a book for "people who don't read business books...," a book that feels like an...
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Communication Intention and Meaning;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Creativity;
Competition
Moon, Youngme. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd. Crown, 2010.
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
what they needed. The narrative was simple and straightforward, and there were no strings, she thought, only benefits. Surprise, surprise. Despite the benign intent and potential value of the idea, suspicion and skepticism soon surfaced...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Blog
Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives
current with industry trends and connected with other executives and directors who are wrestling with similar problems. That's why your professional network is so important to your role as a board member—your network is part of what you bring to the table. Be View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
women of color, as well as queer and gender nonconforming folks, “with the intention of curating and programming lineups that book diverse acts,” she says. Events such as Afropunk, Mothership, and Roskilde also encourage “an ethos of...
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- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
must be more profound and open-ended, with an intent not only to discover how your customers engage with your products or services but also to understand some of the broader parameters of the constraints they are facing in their own...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Mind Your Manners
Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012) As a newcomer to the Global A-list, some observers say China has a few things to learn about proper comportment in Western social settings. Etiquette is one of them, declares Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012), a quintilingual Hong Kong native who has...
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- 20 May 2024
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts
chance to bring authentic, intentional leadership to a space that invites a singular focus, one where the outside world can melt away when creating and serving a culinary experience. “I want to be a very values-based leader,” said...
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- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on the horizon, these efforts...
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by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- Portrait Project
Zoe Otedola
them to worry. Worry they are the only ones who look like them at the firms they’ve tirelessly worked to get into. Worry they have to code switch because their manager has no interest in their culture or what they’ve been through. I don’t want them to worry like I did....
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- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
them and not allowing them to share their opinions in meetings, and her adult daughter asked why she was so intent on attending award ceremonies. “Their comments made her pause,” the authors write. “Had she become one of those people who...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), evaluated her client’s philanthropy project and its mediocre performance. RPA was a... One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings By: Timothy Flacke and Peter Tufano May 14, 2024 | Harvard Business Review (website) View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
strategy in consumer brands, then moving from a corporate strategy role into a GM role, and athletic apparel into accessories and then beauty. Making small, connected steps along the way has allowed me to grow and evolve my career in both View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their workplaces. What makes them...
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Anna Secino