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- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee
Neeley Know Your Team Onboard New Employees Effectively Onboarding remotely is a different experience than an office tour and handshakes around the room. As a manager bringing on a new team member, or a new employee integrating onto a... View Details
- 17 Sep 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills
Patriots, explores the sometimes intense role that emotions can play in negotiations and when passion is a positive at the table. Send The Right Message before Talks Begin Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Trust Me
trust. “The aspect of a contract that hurts the building of trust is its binding nature. When I know that you are forced to cooperate, it takes away all of the risk. If I leave some element of risk in, by using a contract that isn’t completely binding — like a verbal... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Arthur Rock (MBA '51)
fortune on the venture. With a simple handshake between the two, northern California was changed forever - Fairchild Semiconductor, the first company to work solely in silicon, was born. Later, several spinoffs would emerge, including,... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
potential to lower the incidence of "false negatives," by allowing projects the option to receive multiple evaluations and reach out to receptive communities that may not otherwise be represented by experts. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
“Venture capitalists admire tenacity and resourcefulness, both qualities that an entrepreneur can and should exhibit from the first e-mail, phone call, or handshake with a VC.” View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
folks aren’t without blame. Because of their need to be on-the-ground, in-the-moment thinkers, it can be difficult to get them to look beyond the next handshake and sealed deal. To combat this, Cespedes has written Aligning Strategy and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
Frida Polli (MBA 2012) came to HBS as a neuroscientist in search of a business problem to solve, and she found it during the recruitment season. All of these companies and job-seekers searching for hints of a good fit in handshakes and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
force behind the company. The other founder kept her other job and contributed far less to the company, but still owned the same amount of equity in the company. The founder-CEO now says, "That was a really stupid handshake because... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
the closing day, Minden calls the guys over to the shade of the tack room porch. In front of a smattering of friends and family who’ve come out to honor them, Minden tells the graduates how proud he is of them and the work they’ve put in. One by one, they come forward... View Details
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
gave me the courage to come out to my friends and parents. And it turned out well. My father expressed that he wished I’d told him sooner, so that I wouldn’t have had to suffer with a secret for so long. My mother was more inquisitive – she asked me if there’s a secret... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101
not the fact that I invested 40 hours in information sessions, 60 hours in interviews, 40 hours of preparation for those interviews as part of 20 job applications and approximately 200 handshakes and 50 glasses of wine in networking... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
his marketing endorsements in exchange for McCormack's services. Of course Palmer later emerged as one of the greatest players in the history of golf, and the agreement was an extremely lucrative one for both parties. Their handshake... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
anticipated to nudge governments from polite handshakes to cash commitments. One problem: the price. Although originally envisioned as the "$100 PC," OLPC has struggled to bring the price below $175. And now it faces competition... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
your structure. “Our internship looks wildly different from when we first started. You need to be dynamic with this process and get feedback. Then if something isn’t working, don’t try to force it.” Onboarding Remotely A remote onboarding experience for your interns... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
Middle East, running a huge sovereign wealth fund, took it over. He was a royal family member. And I had never met him before, so I was going to be the first person who managed money for this giant institution. To meet him, it was going to be a five-minute View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
venture track, Sana Care wins with its low-cost mobile technology solution to performing cardiac diagnostic services in emerging markets. With trophies hoisted and handshakes all around, another contest comes to a close. A winning... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
emerging markets. With trophies hoisted and handshakes all around, another contest comes to a close. A winning participant bounds up the stairs of Burden before the crowd has even dispersed — for him, and others, the next chapter begins... View Details