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  • 05 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

experience decreased by 8 percent between 1985 and 2015, while those highlighting collaboration increased by 37 percent. References to supervisory duties in Indeed.com reviews decreased by 22 percent, while mentions of collaborative/teamwork skills grew by 28 percent.... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 24 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 24

and more diversified since liberalization and since broad-based corporate governance reforms were implemented goes expressly against the prediction of prior schools of thought about business groups. We argue that the conventional wisdom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2017
  • Other Book

Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent
I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details
Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets
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Taylor, Matthew, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol, and Paul Broadbent. Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. London: Great Britain, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2017. Electronic.
  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

since the Great Depression. That is why Barack Obama and his team have been looking to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for help. The stimulus measure passed by Congress in February that includes money for building infrastructure, strengthening... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Book

Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters

them make smart decisions. Excerpt from Chapter 1: Personal Moral Wisdom The Fundamental, Inevitable Questions My conclusion, after three years of research and interviewing, is that our moral compasses – like our consciences, our values,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

commit to funding of any particular transaction. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-106.pdf Leveraging Team Familiarity to Handle Uncertainty: A Resource-based View of Team Performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

stories contain pearls of management wisdom for today’s executives looking to lead with excellence. “Without exception, all these people are opportunity seekers,” says Simons of the leaders profiled, which include former British Prime... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • Research Summary

Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

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

derived from accumulating wisdom over the last period of your life? Just want to give you the opportunity. Winfrey: I would say be easy with yourself. Be easy with yourself. And it's all going to work out. Because one of the primary, I... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 17 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

now-classic book is popular not just among newbies but also among leaders with decades of experience. “Unless you manage the context in which your team resides, there's no way that your team can be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

orchestrates, manages, and coordinates its network of hundreds of global partners." It just isn't possible for one firm to master all these skills. MacCormack and his team (Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher, all of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details
Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

of one of the largest semiconductor clusters in Europe. Contrary to conventional wisdom in the semiconductor industry, the Dresden team only copied from its home corporate locations in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks

support of founder Howard Schultz and his team in Philadelphia. Zuckerberg did not seem to rely upon the wisdom of Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg or lead board director Susan Desmond-Hellmann.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Technology; Food & Beverage
  • 19 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

When an algorithm recommends ways to improve business outcomes, do employees trust it? Conventional wisdom suggests that understanding the inner workings of artificial intelligence (AI) can raise confidence in such programs. Yet, new... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 01 Aug 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

the question is extended more broadly to organizations in general, there is little for us to go on in responding to the question. The impact of culture on performance has interested me for several decades, having teamed in 1992 with John... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

conventional wisdom isn’t enough to produce significant innovation; we must go further. Our thinking can too easily get confined by silos and structures that limit us to what is familiar, what we see every day, what the people around us... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

those on the receiving end. However, our data do suggest a high level of psychological engagement that we did not anticipate based on conventional wisdom and our reading of prior academic literature. When we put these patterns together... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Moreover, moral and ethical considerations may decisively influence how the law is applied. As a result, purely technical legal advice is often inadequate. CEOs should be looking for lawyers with wisdom and the courage to push back if... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

community influences on organizations; sheds new light on the temporal dynamics of both endogenous and exogenous punctuating events; and provides more nuanced understanding of corporate-community relations. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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