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- 01 Feb 1998
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Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
businesses in this country. Without listening, the organization (and its stakeholders) can't properly adapt to customers or the marketplace. How do you motivate business leaders who are not good listeners to become so? Force of...
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- 11 Oct 2022
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Righting the Ship
When Ross Stuckey (PLDA 21, 2016) joined the NAVSEA Warfare Centers—a part of the naval research labs responsible for developing science and tech for national defense—as their capital improvement program (CIP) manager in 2016, he was charged with doling out $80 million...
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Maureen Harmon
- 11 Apr 2023
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Companies Need to Normalize Healthy Turnover
- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
beauty care routines, using fewer plastic items in our own beauty care routines or buying more from farmer's markets or local stores that don't use as much plastic. It's basically for us meant a shift in how we think about helping people View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
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But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
In 1978, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Boston Harbor was unceremoniously shut down because of contract disputes with its Algerian suppliers. In 1987, the terminal’s owner, Cabot Corp., tapped Gordon Shearer (MBA ’78), “a determined geophysicist...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
qualified leaders who fall below the sight lines of directors and their personal networks. In these uncertain times, in particular," he concludes, "the stakes are too high for such a narrow perspective." — Peter K. Jacobs Adapted from...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Breaking Free from Fear of Change
perform perfectly. They focus myopically on success. That drive can lead to tremendous professional achievements. But as careers progress, continued success requires the ability to change and adapt to new conditions, to take the risk of...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Competencies and Credentials
Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) American businesses can’t afford to ignore the reality: The nature of work is changing. If companies hope to hire and hold on to employees, they need to be ready to respond to the forces...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Case Study: Confidence Builder
Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Confi began in 2015 as a free online resource for credible and relatable answers to health questions that women weren’t comfortable asking their friends or partners. In its first year, the company, led by...
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- 20 Aug 2014
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With No Time to Lose
community for ALS research news and resources. “Prize4Life has proven very successful in its strategy,” says Kremer, who lives with his family in his native Israel and stays in touch with his Prize4Life teams via Skype and by using View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2013
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Batteries and Chocolates
Illustration by Adam Niklewicz/theispot.com by Debora L. Spar In 1991, when I joined the HBS faculty, men outnumbered women by two to one in the student body and four to one among the senior faculty. Back then, male students saw nothing wrong in circulating sign-up...
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- 16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Jules Kortenhorst (MBA 1986) is CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a leading think tank focused on sustainability and energy use. It has become a go-to source of analysis from the transformation from...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life
our business; (2) improve operational efficiency and use energy from sustainable sources; (3) develop climate change adaptation and mitigation programs; and (4) do a large-scale watershed management program to ensure sustainable raw water...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA
easily adapted to other wire-based products, such as WireWall security fencing, which has become one of Riverdale’s best sellers in the security-conscious, post-9/11 era. Like most companies, Riverdale Mills has experienced good years and...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Lessons from the Auto Industry by Pat Schuch (MBA 1986) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Schuch relates her adventures as a young wife and mother of two who embarked on a 30-year career in the auto industry in 1977. Her anecdotes describe her struggles and...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
there are really smart, talented people working to solve them, so work in this space is even more valuable and necessary.” For the last year and a half, HBS alumni and faculty have dissected and discussed myriad related issues, from opportunities to invest in negative...
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Jen Myers
- 04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We are only as good as our experiences. I think of every setback as an experience to make me stronger, more marketable and a better executive or entrepreneur. While I wouldn't wish COVID on anyone, since...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs
team, how to measure progress, and more. The Virtual Manager: Cutting-Edge Solutions for Hiring, Managing, Motivating, and Engaging Mobile Employees by Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) (Career Press) As more and more jobs can be performed from home, managers must learn how to...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan
in corporate social responsibility initiatives all will start attacking social issues in a much more disciplined way. Nonprofits too are very adaptive organizations. I expect to see some common understanding in the sector of what...
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