Gratitude - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job

Congratulations! After months of networking, interviewing, and sending out resumes, you’ve landed your next role. This is a huge accomplishment! Celebrate, rest, relax and show your gratitude to the people who helped you achieve this... View Details

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

“You don’t have to express gratitude only for things that help the company turn a profit. It could be as simple as saying ‘thank you’ for an email that allowed a project to go more smoothly,” she says. “If you can create a social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

know you. And then I prayed about it. I had a conversation with somebody who I have a lot of confidence in. And we read Psalms 91 together. And then I sat down on my porch. And I did my-- I wrote in my gratitude journal. I've been keeping... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

Fellowship Robert Duke Biederman (MBA 2014) created this fellowship in honor of his parents as a show of gratitude for their support, guidance, and encouragement. Biederman is the cofounder and CEO of the Boston-based business agility... View Details

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Africa - Global

networking and a shared commitment to advancing entrepreneurial excellence in Africa. Members of the HBSAN and ARC in attendance, expressed their gratitude for Professor Iyoha’s contributions and looked forward to the valuable case... View Details

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Human Relations and Harvard Business School – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Abraham Zaleznik, Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, notes. 2 In a letter to Donham in 1939, Mayo expressed his gratitude for Donham’s “steady support through difficult years and the part it played in the... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Leadership Transition for External Relations

MESSAGE FROM ANGELA CRISPI AND DEAN SRIKANT DATAR To: HBS Faculty and Staff From: Angela Crispi and Srikant Datar Re: Leadership Transition – Janet Cahill, External Relations We write to let you know that Janet Cahill (AMP 189) has decided to step down from her... View Details

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Japan - Global

extends heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported making this a memorable and enriching experience for the faculty. January 2024 IFC The Global Classroom: Student Immersion in Japan As part of the elective curriculum within the MBA... View Details

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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About

the best known entrepreneurial ventures of the 20th century, including Apple, Intel, Teledyne, and Scientific Data Systems. Expressing the School’s gratitude at the dedication ceremony, Dean Kim B. Clark observed, “Arthur has helped make... View Details

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Taylor Walden

share a raw concept, the excitement of inviting feedback, and the anticipation of what lies ahead. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I brought my dog, Rosie, and will be leaving with so much View Details

27 Jun 2019
Blog Post

My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

respective disciplines and environment through dynamic and ambitious leadership. As for me, I am excited to return to UnitedHealth Group's Optum for the remaining summer as a Business Systems Analyst. I am also looking forward to volunteering in the Nashville... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he received an outpouring of View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2018
News

Digital Transformation

only asset that you can hold on to for your entire life,” explains the Pakistan native. “My parents were big proponents of learning about how things evolve in the world. This fund tied in perfectly with their values and my own.” Creating it also gave Ahmad the... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

priority that his parents, especially his father who was orphaned at a young age, stressed to their three children. Because of them, Melwani was inspired to earn a degree in economics at Cambridge University, to attend HBS, and to prioritize education in his... View Details

01 Jan 2017
News

Improving Health Care Delivery

leading firm.” Jeffrey’s time at the School was especially meaningful because it was where he met his wife, Mary Ellen (MBA 1987). In gratitude for the education they received at HBS, the Jays recently made a 30th Reunion gift to... View Details

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

one. When he reached the number twenty-two, great relief passed over his face. They were all there! There was exuberance and deep gratification, maybe gratitude to him and other powers. Shackleton had achieved his objective. And then,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Cotting House | About

either side of the portico. One bears a sculptured representation of the Cotting family coat of arms: the other, a similar acknowledgment of the Winslow family, Mrs. Cotting’s ancestors. Expressing gratitude for Cotting’s gift, Dean... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

the immediate south lies a less glamorous prospect — several of the city's grittier neighborhoods, including blue-collar Dorchester, where Cronin grew up. To Cronin, the memories of his Dorchester days are as constant as the view from his window. With his down-to-earth... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

(DEI). The Feders met in 1989 just as Ben was accepted at HBS. They give to the School in part to express gratitude for the experience they each had and the doors that have been opened to them because they earned an MBA at HBS. They are... View Details

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

meaning and connectedness that people get or don’t get from their employment.” What better jobs means in practice for Medoff and the team he leads at Arosa is a dedication to people. They have a culture of gratitude that shows up in... View Details

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