Soft Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

remain unfilled? Because companies cannot find people with the skills they need. This skills gap presents opportunities for people seeking successful careers, to be found in the many educational options that... View Details

27 Mar 2023
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A Sporting Chance

required him to call on the soft skills he learned at HBS. "The people there are not profit driven or bonus driven; they are in life to help people and give back to society," he says. His goals for the... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

companies in South Africa and abroad, and sheds a light on the harsh realities of corporate environments. Drawing on her years of experience and research, the author argues that many young Black professionals struggle early on in their careers as they lack the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA

skills tied to specific disciplinary knowledge that are increasingly vacuous and superfluous.” And HBS professor Rakesh Khurana contends that many business schools have been complicit in creating recent corporate scandals by turning out... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

me afterwards and come to find out this particular gentleman had lost a child the year before. And something I said helped. Now, look, Dan, I'm not naturally like a real soft and fuzzy person, but when you can impact a person on that... View Details

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