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Nathalie du Preez
Why was getting a HBS MBA important to you? HBS, in particular, appealed to me for its general management focus, the diversity and quality of its people, its close alumni network, and of course, the case... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Late Start, Dramatic Finish
Peter Ware (left), a vice president at GSK, with team members Jeff Norton, Wes Brandon, Sheeba Philip, Edrienne Brandon and Lyn Baranowski Peter Ware (left), a vice president at GSK, with team members Jeff... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
my research,” Ferrazzi recently wrote in Forbes online. “Work today happens fluidly in networked teams, and the performance of these teams is powered by purposeful relationships.” That realization powers Ferrazzi’s recently published... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Action Plan: The Power of Story
HBS. From there he landed in Johannesburg, where he’s been based for more than two decades. His message: that honest, personal stories can go a long way in instilling values and bringing teams together. His work runs the gamut from... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 13 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
placed on inclusion. “Diverse hires are often junior hires and the people rising through the firm and reaching management levels are not the diverse candidates. Representation and mentorship therefore matter... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
focused, where people feel they are on a mission, actually inspires creativity. An example might be an impending project launch or a customer with a critical need. In these instances, the creative team is concentrating on a problem where... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Training Principals to Build Great Schools
(HGSE). Spearheaded by Grossman and Mary Grassa O’Neill, a senior lecturer at HGSE, the Certificate in School Management and Leadership is designed to give principals the tools to build and lead high-performing schools. The program... View Details
Keywords: University Collaborations
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
placed on inclusion. “Diverse hires are often junior hires and the people rising through the firm and reaching management levels are not the diverse candidates. Representation and mentorship therefore matter... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the OI Engine platform developed... View Details
- September–October 2016
- Article
What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Business is more complex, data more abundant, and more specialists are needed to stay up-to-date with functional best practices. As a senior executive, you can worry all you want about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. "What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales." European Business Review (September–October 2016): 10–13.
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
"Sarah and her team are tenacious and we think we'll learn a lot from them." Highland Brewing Company (Asheville, North Carolina). Cofounded in 1994 by owner Oscar Wong (SBA North Carolina Person of the Year), it began brewing locally in... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
wrong? In their article Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs, which appeared in the September 2011 issue of the Academy of Management Learning & Education, Ely and coauthors... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- July 2016
- Article
Under New Management: Equity Issues and the Attribution of Past Returns
By: Malcolm Baker and Yuhai Xuan
There is a strong link between measures of stock market performance, such as changes in Tobin's Q or past stock returns, and equity issues. Typically, this performance is thought to be a characteristic of the firm, not the CEO who happens to run the firm. In contrast... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, and Yuhai Xuan. "Under New Management: Equity Issues and the Attribution of Past Returns." Journal of Financial Economics 121, no. 1 (July 2016): 66–78.
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters
founder of Avid Technologies. He’s still on our advisory board, and he has also put us in touch with a contact at Lifetime Television. Since then we’ve produced two films for them.” Montage, with offices in New York and Los Angeles, sponsors View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
substantial sums on a few, while relegating others to learning traditional management skills. With the shift to collaborative organizations with flat structures, companies are recognizing the need to develop a much broader array of... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Balancing Act
In a snapshot of the PresenceLearning leadership taken this spring, CEO Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) stands, smiling, just right of center. She’s flanked by three other women and four men—the gender-balanced executive team she had been... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 1983
- Book
Decision Making at the Top: The Shaping of Strategic Direction
By: Gordon Donaldson and J. W. Lorsch
Donaldson, Gordon, and J. W. Lorsch. Decision Making at the Top: The Shaping of Strategic Direction. New York: Basic Books, 1983.
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the... View Details