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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
sister. Understanding the drivers that motivate other people in a fraught situation (of which there are many in business) and reacting in a way that drives progress doesn’t come naturally. So what better way... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
Private-equity boards are typically composed of members with substantial wealth at risk. Private-equity boards know how to structure financial incentives that deter reckless gambling and reward profitable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
including venture-based approaches that consider the ROI necessary to attract investors. “Delivering philanthropic and investment dollars into the areas with the most potential for accelerating cures is our top priority,” Giusti says. “We... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
In the Hot Seat
Illustration by Ket-le / iStock; photo courtesy of Jeff Immelt Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1 The makings of a CEO and lessons in leading change Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2 Case studies in crisis management View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
career coach throughout their searches. The reason? Job hunters learn from each other’s strategies, help each other, and help motivate their comrades. The average résumé is reviewed for only ten seconds.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
From its seat at the tip of South America, belted by the equator, Colombia enjoys fairly steady temperatures—an evenness that’s counterbalanced by the seesawing of two rainy seasons and two dry seasons every year. Those peak periods of... View Details
- 31 Dec 2013
- News
Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
Guthrie’s “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd”: Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen.  Sam Heffner (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Squeaky Clean... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Bringing Out the Best
relatively young leaders. It’s a huge priority to understand what motivates and concerns them,” she notes. Curry says she values great leadership and agrees with Dean Nitin... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
As an MBA student, Leng Lim (MBA 2001) found his motives and goals were questioned more than most. “People say, ‘You’re a priest? You’ve abandoned God for money?’ My response is, ‘Why is it OK for you to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01) and Heather McLeod Grant (Jossey-Bass) What makes nonprofits great? The authors studied twelve nonprofits that have extraordinary influence —... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
another because they see no point in being candid when the boss is present? 3. Does your company argue about the actual workings of the business or about the motives and methods of the people putting forth... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program, the two leaders View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
High Stakes on the High Seas
winds; when it was over, only 43 boats had crossed the finish line. Six sailors had died, more than fifty others had to be rescued, and 12 boats sank or had to be abandoned. G. Bruce Knecht (MBA ’86), a Hong Kong-based foreign... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
guest counts on a daily basis across the restaurant portfolio as well as operating metrics such as speed and accuracy of service and food quality. Also very important are customer View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
perspective, he says the 2008 crisis can be seen through the lenses of bad beliefs and bad incentives—the latter being the idea that there was a common understanding of risk in the financial system, but people were View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
by moving from employer to employer every couple years. They’re not going to take the information and go off and start their own business. They’re committed to the organization where they’re working View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students
breaking, a law. That is followed by subsequent decisions driven by elements such as greed, a belief that one won’t get caught, a sense of entitlement, or rationalizations that “everyone else is doing it.” Of his presentation and the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
Student Association president, Bolick has put his personal imprimatur on the Army's notion of motivating people and achieving results. Above all, he remembers the encouragement of that Army instructor who... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
School in the fall of 2008, he had been a US Army captain serving in Iraq, but it wasn't until his second year at HBS that a chance conversation directed him to a Veterans Administration program that ultimately paid for his MBA. Motivated... View Details