Employee Promotions - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

think because they are so clear, it’s easier on employees to know what is expected.” At the same time, it’s important to be transparent when there is not a path forward for an employee who is seeking a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees' Career Development

so clear, it’s easier on employees to know what is expected.” At the same time, it’s important to be transparent when there is not a path forward for an employee who is seeking a promotion. “If a View Details

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

that you have reviewed employees at the same job band so there isn’t salary inequality around race and gender,” said Eliason. “Also consider who is being promoted within the organization and equity of... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

task force effort was consistent with IBM's history of promoting equal opportunity, the use of the task force structure to address issues of diversity represented a significant culture shift. IBM was an organization that had discouraged... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

$1 million annually in cash and in-kind gifts and helping the organization to expand nationally. City Year in turn played a central role in helping Timberland develop and implement its strategy for community service and a high-engagement corporate culture. City Year... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

30 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism

solves problems by self-correcting, there is still a belief that business leaders must act ethically. Light regulation across all aspects of the business world could promote greater transparency. To sustain market capitalism, businesses... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

salary inequality around race and gender,” said Eliason. “Also consider who is being promoted within the organization and equity of departures. If you do identify equity problem areas, build a strategy and plan to solve those concerns.... View Details

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Diversity | Employment

identities, interests, and experiences. Participation in staff affinity groups is open to all and supports our Institutional commitments focused on fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture for all members of the HBS community. African-American At Harvard Business... View Details

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

Summing Up What Isn't Off Limits When it Comes to Transparency? The discussion of this month's column on corporate transparency to employees made it clear that we have reached a point at which disclosure of pay information in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

City of Brotherly Love's 596 plumbers and plumbing firms at the time of the study. Plumbers were sent a questionnaire to measure specific trust with their current vendors. Six weeks later, the plumbers received a TrapGuard promotional... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

25 Feb 2020
News

The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

effects of organizations allowing employees to “work from anywhere” and why geographic mobility has led to increased innovation. The movement of employees, Choudhury found in one study, promoted tacit... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

personal computing and the power of the Internet. CEO Jack Welch responded with his typical high-energy enthusiasm. After seeking out a young mentor in the organization to help him learn, he “suggested” that his senior colleagues find fellow View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

or #2 or else fix, sell, or close. Yet, they reinforced a strong bond between the company and its employees as in the H-P Way or GE as the "boundaryless company." They celebrated and promoted... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

benefit companies of almost any size, but they're particularly crucial in large corporations where operating units have been granted considerable autonomy. Although giving business units greater freedom generally increases accountability, spurs innovation, and View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

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Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations - Recruiting

that encourages casual dress to promote individuality and comfort, it could fund advanced education and training, or it could establish a mentorship program to encourage professional growth. Another element of culture that impacts View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

building a network of mentors to support and advise them. To uncover the processes that promote the development and advancement of minority executives, Thomas and Gabarro embarked on a six-year study analyzing View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader

authority until people feel like they know you." Coming In With The Answer New leaders who show up with a single answer for complex organizational problems usually do so out of arrogance or insecurity, or because they believe they must appear decisive and... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins

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Bibliography - The Human Factor - – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Harvard Business School Press, 1987. General Electric Publicity, 1924: A Review of the Publicity Activities and Facilities for Promoting the Sale of G-E Products. Schenectady, N.Y.: Publicity Department, General Electric Company, 1924.... View Details

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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

prospective employees with college degrees primarily in engineering, science, and business. The brochure explained that “paths of opportunity in U.S. Steel offer the competent and ambitious college graduate[,] who may be selected for... View Details

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

policy and managerial questions. The students work with clients, applying behavioral economics to propose solutions to problems that require some nudging of citizens, consumers, and employees to promote... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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