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- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
better,” says Lang, simply. “What’s good for women is good for the bottom line, good for men, good for business, good for customers, and good for communities.” That fact hits home for Lang, who retired from Catalyst in 2015 and remains a strong View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
priorities of shareholder management are clear: shareholders have the loudest voice and the greatest influence. Some may argue that this notion became distorted by an element of agency theory that advocated outsized incentives for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
decision that invites initiative and not followership." But John Inman's comments suggested a concern that was more strongly voiced by others, when he commented that "if you are a command and control manager keep away from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Stripped of his voice box and vocal cords, he had to learn to speak using his esophagus. Batten, an entrepreneur who thrives on difficult challenges, says that coping with cancer was one of the... View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
realize over the course of our first 200 or so cases, those are the questions I’d like to spend my career answering. What advice do you have for prospective students from the military who are considering HBS? I’d encourage prospective military applicants to recognize... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
goods can activate the concept of self-interest and affect subsequent cognition. Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers How can front-line workers be encouraged to speak up when they know how to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
times but crucial in times of uncertainty. Hitting the reset button once won’t be enough. It would be self-defeating to put voice to these unprecedented feelings of anxiety and uncertainty only to bury them away and trudge along as though... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
customer satisfaction and product excellence at least as important as profitability), a collaborative spirit between employers and employees , a long-term view , and a close relationship with suppliers." Several respondents voiced serious... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
seduced?— Vicki P. Haupt, Steuben Glass "As consumer knowledge and appreciation for chocolate developed, Godiva wanted a voice that continued to lead the category in a distinct and premium way," she explains. "This is about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
fans in Africa. But trying to create a distinctive character for the NBA, and a voice to engage and stimulate the fan base, I think, is really the near-term job.” One of the most important ways to do this, says Williams, is to create... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
look at our voice data, which is our receipt-based data. The second area is around operations, so we look very closely at service times, labor, and really just trying to understand the implications of changing our operations. And then the... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
health and well-being, and culture and learning. After Harvard achieved its 30% GHG reduction goal (and HBS achieved a 47% reduction!), the University launched a separate Climate Action Plan, which includes the goals of being fossil fuel neutral by 2026 and fossil free... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)
of capitalism. HBS gives me the business acumen, experience, and unfortunately necessary credibility to try and drive systemic change. It’s about finding ways to use a voice that statistically shouldn’t have made it here to challenge the... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
their work fits into the organization’s larger mission—and to their personal missions." Korn Ferry’s leadership guide notes that giving employees a voice is “good for the organization” because “leaders don’t need to have all the answers.... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
customers, investors, and communities a voice and a place at the table when corporate leaders address the climate issues their organizations face. This has manifested in over $30 trillion in investment product under the ESG “label,”... View Details
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
you like that? Why aren’t we like that? Because we are crazy-driven hard-working believers, that’s why! That “crazy” American work ethic has led to accomplishments from the Wright Brothers to the moon landing, the voice continues—before... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
recognizing the importance of business in shaping broad outcomes-including those related to the future of globalization. Globalization has gone into reverse before—between the two world wars—and could do so again. Some of the concerns View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
maintained their vision of an intrinsically shared humanity and the environmental responsibility found at the core of Indigenous mythology. Building off a deep personal connection to the history and mythology of the First Peoples of the Americas, Taylor Keen gives... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
invigorating, and I have found that it is important for me to use my voice and story to share what that means to me and to invite others to partake in my culture rather than to simply smile and walk away. Patricia Jiang – Class of 2021 My... View Details