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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
- 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
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
Google, Microsoft, and Fedex, to foster creativity, deepen learning, and solve complex problems.) Thomke became a certified LSP facilitator and then spent more than a year working on the design of his class, with the intent of creating a...
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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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- 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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- 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
- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
elections in nine countries, including the US, UK, Germany, and Canada. Among the 172,000 respondents in the study, almost 80 percent had watched a debate. The team compared vote intentions in the pre-election survey to actual votes...
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by Danielle Kost
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
seconds, followed by a decision screen displaying both price and product. They then indicated the extent to which they wanted to buy the items on a scale from 0 to 100, with anything above a 50 categorized as intent to purchase the...
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- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
intent on dominating, and who refuse to engage in problem solving. Skillful negotiation starts with having a clear sense of when to walk away, in order to avoid being browbeaten into accepting unreasonable terms, he explains. It also...
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by Katie Johnston
- 01 Sep 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?
controversies, trade continues. It’s perhaps evidence that sanity still prevails in the business world. But it raises the question of whether it’s time for the US to send a message, however small, of positive intent toward China by...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
requires that you understand the other side's interests and constraints, and that the other party understands your interests and constraints. Most family members are typically well intentioned when they negotiate, and one would think that...
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by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 01 May 2020
- Blog Post
5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
Aaron Hancock is a member of the HBS Class of 2021. He serves as Senator for Section H and is the Chair of the Senate Clubs Committee. He is also one of the incoming Co-Presidents for the African American Student Union (AASU). Aaron is originally from Charlotte, NC and...
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- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
three dimensions) intent (oriented toward the greater good of others), reliability, and competence.” Paul Browning’s research “uncovered 10 practices that leaders can develop to enhance the trust people have in them.” Presumably, they can...
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by James Heskett
- 2010
- Book
Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down
By: John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead
You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead,...
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Communication Intention and Meaning;
Cost vs Benefits;
Problems and Challenges;
Interests;
Value
Kotter, John P., and Lorne A. Whitehead. Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting
about it.” The book describes the experiences of African American workers and offers advice to black employees who seek to advance in their careers. It also provides these recommendations for companies that are intent on building diverse...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated...
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- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
Someone is out to shoot down your best ideas. Do you know how to defend yourself? In their new book, Buy-IN: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, HBS professor emeritus John P. Kotter and University of British Columbia professor Lorne A. Whitehead teach how to...
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by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
link strategic intent to the implications for integration that result. It stands to reason that executives overseeing each of these activities face different challenges. If you acquire a company because your industry has excess capacity,...
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by Joseph L. Bower
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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity
conducting research on identity change and career intentions of first-time pregnant professional women, as well as on how women “firsts” explain their advancement into top leadership positions. Vanessa Conzon Vanessa Conzon PhD Candidate...
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
largest investors in fossil fuel development around the world. In contrast, Walden Mutual supports lending to our region's most sustainable farm, food, and natural resource businesses.” Nisha Desai MBA 1997 | Founder & CEO, Intention...
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