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- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
entrepreneurs who must come to productive terms with investors, potential employees and board members, technology partners, distributors, and possible acquisitions as well as would-be acquirers. Yet beyond such formal deals, negotiation... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
governor would follow through on his intentions to sign it into law. The bill had taken on the moniker “Don’t Say Gay.” There had been “Say Gay” protests across Florida and the US by groups supportive of LGBTQ+ rights. Hundreds of Disney “cast members”—Disney’s term... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
different culture and were engaged in positive (harmonious), neutral, or negative neutral interactions—six scenarios in all. After viewing the videos, participants were given details about two cultures—a Mongolian tribe called the Ewenki... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
a context apart from the complexity and sensitivity of their own company; this allows executives to engage in important discussions about, for example, risk trade-offs and relationships with peers, subjects that might be too sensitive in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
people to lay off. If, on the other hand, you acquire a company because it is developing a hot technology, your challenge is to hold on to the acquisition's best engineers. These two scenarios require the acquiring company to engage in... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
on; beginning an intervention with the offender early on; providing an opportunity for attitude improvement, possibly with the engagement of a counselor or coach; and then terminating in a timely fashion the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
at all stores.) But questioning whether Wal-Mart's overall economic impact has been positive or negative reflects a failure to engage properly with the data. More For Everyone First, there is hard evidence that Wal-Mart has grown the... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
thousands of loyal, hard working, often inadequately recognized, government employees attempting to carry out the latest immigration policy are caught in the middle. Immigrants need the US. It still represents the world’s most attractive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
conversations with individual employees during this critical time. Conversations are the best way to get leaders and employees back into the practice of relating to one another in person. How are people... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
Listening only to information sources and opinions that reinforce their own views carries great risk of missing alternate points of view. Instead, leaders need to tap into myriad sources covering the full spectrum of viewpoints by View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
educating MBAs at HBS. Martha Lagace: Teachers are leaders, as you argue in your new book, and yet most managers don’t receive any training in teaching. How can managers approach their role in a new way? Thomas DeLong: Their employees... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
rituals mediated the link between use of rituals and reduced grief after losses, and the benefits of rituals accrued not only to individuals who professed a belief in rituals' effectiveness but also those who did not. Although the specific rituals in which people View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
term whims of the POTUS who will be out of office at some point.” Richard Eckel commented, “Screw the politics; run your business and innovate a strong brand into new markets Start with engaging the markets in Europe to build what sells... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
which toolmaking was not central, and those to which toolmaking was important. As for the influence activities that imply toolmaking, we can outline the contours of three modes of operation, which describe experts operating as Compliance Experts, View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
clocks, with a large display, that were placed throughout the five sites for all employees to easily see the time.” Training the locals was very important, Shah says. “Our role on the business side was to equip trainees with the concepts... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
attempting to fully control and micromanage their workforce, several companies try to influence and empower employee behavior by improving internal and external communication practices. Often, the stronger emphasis on communication... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
model for employers to engage high school students in youth apprenticeships. And the growth of “education as a benefit” models like Guild Education provides good evidence for the potential for employers to integrate postsecondary access... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
defensive or difficult. By contrast, a few highly learning-oriented consultants were able to engage in discussion and analysis that involved raising questions about how they themselves contributed to the problem. In these analytic... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
Tenbrunsel, a professor of business ethics at the University of Notre Dame, argue that something they call bounded ethicality leads "even good people to engage in ethically questionable behavior that contradicts their own preferred... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett