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  • March 27, 2018
  • Other Article

Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand

By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
In this podcast, we discuss the emerging phenomenon of CEO activism. We explain how political polarization in the U.S. and employee expectations around company values are pushing corporate leaders to enter into controversial political and social debates. We also hear... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Social Issues; Values and Beliefs; Communication Strategy
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  • 19 Sep 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems

showed, adopting radical simplicity can be the best approach to team creativity. Perhaps the best way to bolster innovation in employees is to draw a curtain around them, literally. It could well be that the best career decision you ever make is to View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Taking Flight

office in Naples, Florida. Despite his full-time schedule, Thayer says that he doesn’t feel like he’s working. His advice to other alumni who are thinking of making a career change: “Do something you would be happy to do every day for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • 08 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

New Year, New Career Goals: Coaches Offer Advice for 2019

For many people, the New Year can mean new beginnings. Now is a common time to make resolutions, so we asked our coaching team their advice on what to keep in mind with your own professional development. Welcoming the New Year often... View Details
  • March 2012
  • Article

Anxiety, Advice, and the Ability to Discern: Feeling Anxious Motivates Individuals to Seek and Use Advice

By: F. Gino, A.W. Brooks and M.E. Schweitzer
Across eight experiments, we describe the influence of anxiety on advice seeking and advice taking. We find that anxious individuals are more likely to seek and rely on advice than are those in a neutral emotional state (Experiment 1), but this pattern of results does... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
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  • 23 May 2016
  • Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

like the natural choice for a couple of reasons. I wanted a program that was focused on delivering a solid general management and business education, and one that had a history of developing leaders.  I also wanted to attend a school that pushed people to View Details
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership

clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. When, after World War II, Meyer left the Post to become the first president of the World Bank, he asked his daughter's husband to take over as the paper's publisher. "Neither I nor... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

episodes with the question: What advice do you have for people considering a career in business and climate change? Below is a distillation of the responses from some of the podcast guests over the past two years: Find your passion and... View Details
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

can be the best time to explore an unexpected path, professionally or geographically. Harvard Business School faculty share their viewpoints on the ever-changing job market, with a sharp eye on what it means for corporate careers from consulting to private equity. Paul... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 27 Mar 2018
  • News

Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand

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  • Article

Human-Algorithm Collaboration with Private Information: Naïve Advice Weighting Behavior and Mitigation

By: Maya Balakrishnan, Kris Ferreira and Jordan Tong
Even if algorithms make better predictions than humans on average, humans may sometimes have private information which an algorithm does not have access to that can improve performance. How can we help humans effectively use and adjust recommendations made by... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Digital Marketing
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  • 17 Aug 2016
  • Video

Take Charge of Your EC Year

  • 27 Oct 2017
  • News

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes During Spring reunions, the Bulletin team asked returning alumni one simple question: What was the best business advice you’ve ever received? In this special edition of... View Details
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

many retail speakers as I could, typically 1-2 presentations a week, covering everything from large fashion brands to small e-commerce start ups. I found I always learned at least one useful thing per session that helped boost my knowledge of the industry and informed... View Details
  • August 2007 (Revised July 2008)
  • Background Note

Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network

By: William R. Kerr and Daniel J. Isenberg
Diaspora networks (DNs) are an important resource for global entrepreneurs. Discusses several features of DNs, combining both academic and practitioner perspectives. Describes the history and prevalence of DNs in many ethnicities, documents the broad resources DNs can... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Markets and Industries; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 21 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

We asked Harvard Business School experts who study well-being to share strategies for coping with this unsettling period to prevent the coronavirus blues from taking a huge toll, both personally and professionally. “You're not going to be... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
  • 22 Feb 2021
  • Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

other business function. But the ROI is disappointing because much of the training misunderstands how salespeople learn, is classroom-centric, and fails to take advantage of new tools that stimulate peer learning and enable the use of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 06 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

Months of binge watching, doom scrolling, home schooling, and stress eating have left many people more determined than ever to start a new fitness regimen in January. Even a global pandemic that is closing gyms and keeping people indoors won’t deter many from pursuing... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

different times and came from many countries, the alumni who filled Burden that morning all shared an intense curiosity about where the new Dean intended to take their School. Just shy of 100 days into his tenure, Nohria came prepared... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
  • 17 Sep 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

million emails and 80 million meeting invitations. Shortly after a new CEO takes over, uncertainty among employees dampens communication within a company. However, after about five months, internal chatter sharply intensifies as managers... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz