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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
careers and team chances of winning championships. The aches, pains, and strains that these professionals endure are also a personal concern for weekend warriors and anyone who works in physically demanding environments: “We are all... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
proposal to analyze the wreck and film a documentary at the site has been awaiting a decision from a High Court judge in Ireland for the past year. In June, Bemis made an unofficial visit to the wreck, training for the record-setting... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
Jones. That's why he and twenty-nine fellow players from around the National Football League have exchanged play books for business books this spring at Harvard Business School, where they were immersed in a three-day program to learn skills in finance,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
new job. In other words, is there a self-selection bias in studies of the effects of job on a person's chemical makeup? As Stephanie Smith put it, "Perhaps it's a case of either the hormones and natural adaptability of the person... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- August 2021
- Supplement
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Sports Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris. "Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 421-710, August 2021.
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
front of the other until you hit the finish. Everyone has a different take on training protocol, but for me all that mattered was that I believed I could do it and therefore decided not to quit. Second, View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- 2012
- Book
A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills for Real Jobs--With Real Success
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Training; Equality and Inequality; Income; Competency and Skills
Chertavian, Gerald. A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills for Real Jobs--With Real Success. Viking Press, 2012.
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
The U.S. Army is one of the best training institutions in the world, says HBS professor Scott A. Snook, a retired Army colonel. How does the Army develop leaders? Snook discusses his new book, Making Sense of Officership: Developing a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
seniors' money by offering a caregiver-managed debit card account with personalized spending controls and extra protection from fraud and scams. Johnston likens the growing opportunities in aging to the old high school science lesson of... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
Ultimately, some extra patience might be required. “You’ll have to set expectations and train people, especially managers, that they cannot expect answers instantaneously,” he says. “You’ll have to be patient and wait for the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- December 13, 2022
- Article
6 Ways Companies Fail to Help Workers Grow
By: Joseph Fuller, Matthew Sigelman and Nik Dawson
The authors recently studied Fortune 250 companies and ranked them based on the lived experience of three million of their U.S. workers. One of their key findings was that even top-ranked firms fail to deliver consistently on worker advancement. To understand why this... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Training; Business Model; Outcome or Result; Performance Evaluation; Opportunities
Fuller, Joseph, Matthew Sigelman, and Nik Dawson. "6 Ways Companies Fail to Help Workers Grow." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 13, 2022).
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
impact on their choices about career. And it struck me that these women were among the best and the brightest. They were very ambitious. They had invested a lot in their training at HBS and in their career development. So it probably was... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
casually dressed person is a big shot and why do we do it? What's going on psychologically?" Bellezza says. Keinan and Bellezza, teaming with HBS Associate Professor Francesca Gino, conducted a series of studies to gauge how people react... View Details
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
Editor's note:When it comes to improving your leadership abilities, Professor Robert Steven Kaplan is a big believer in starting with a look in the mirror. In fact, he wrote a book on that subject: What To Ask The Person In The Mirror:... View Details
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
you can mobilize colleagues to overcome the roadblocks. What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training Teaching negotiation skills to young Zambian women can greatly improve their health and educational outcomes.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
mission to ride a motorcycle on all seven continents. Friedman completed his mission in December of 2019, and in this episode of Skydeck, he and I talk about the challenges he faced during his epic journey—and why he believes that getting out of one’s comfort zone and... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
it a fad that amounts to little more than sensitivity training in New Age clothing, or does it reflect something more profound about the way we are beginning to conceive of and relate to work? In the following pages six HBS alumni who are... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
of the marketplace" and exemplify not just honesty but "the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean that a person of integrity has to do it. —Constance Bagley Corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Brisbane, Australia. The building was four times larger than she needed for classrooms and a serious stretch for her balance sheet. “I was scared to death,” Russo says, looking back on the experience. It was a risk she didn’t need to take. Her job View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
Happy Because He’s Blind
forward,” he recently told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. At a month-long training program with a seeing-eye dog, Foster met others with multiple challenges: in addition to being blind, some had mental impairments, kidney failure, and... View Details