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- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
also attempting to raise awareness about gender inequality for early- and mid-career professionals as well as women at the senior executive level. Although significant progress has been made over the past 50 years, women still hold only a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
retention efforts should incorporate the tenets of cultural intelligence, which address if an individual is consciously aware of others’ preferences, knowledge of norms and practices, a drive to learn about differences, and assessing what... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
Gompers recommends first and foremost being aware of one’s own biases that can influence them to hire homogenously. “Most people aren’t bad people, but we have these internal biases to think that people who look like us are smart and... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many clusters are also driven by external forces, such as foreign direct... View Details
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
invested in working and speaking together, Neeley says. Managers should also be aware that workers often underestimate their language capabilities. In many cases, testing and offering benchmarks helps calm anxieties, as can limiting... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Teaching Interest
Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)
Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
book with me after she raved about it and we both continue to reflect on key learnings. I swiftly followed this book with A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, which contributed towards my cultural awareness learning; it is also an... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- Research Summary
Overview
Grant uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to harness consumers' cognitive and affective resources to increase their well-being. Consumers make countless daily decisions in the pursuit of happiness -- whether and how to spend or save their money, what... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
ritual." Norton says some businesses already seem aware of the power of rituals. Years ago, for example, Starbucks put the slogan "Take comfort in rituals" on its store doors, along with an image of a steaming cup of coffee. "Starbucks... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
business journalists aware of the research, and encouraging them to write about it themselves, in news articles and feature stories. Talking to journalists is an effective way to publicize research, but there are translation risks. For... View Details
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
the pandemic has affected the team’s budget and partnerships with other organizations. Leaders must make sure team members are aware of what is still within the team’s toolkit as they press forward. Understand members’ constraints: A... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
that health care organizations typically fail to analyze or make changes even when people are well aware of failures. Whether medical errors or simply problems in the work process, few hospital organizations dig deeply enough to... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
it wasn't personal." Levitt's habit of throwing chalk at the blackboard, he says, was a symbol for "think harder." "He subjected himself to a greater discipline than he ever subjected his students," adds Berolzheimer. "I don't know if... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
certain amount of self-awareness. Maree Conway said that "Our worldview conditions what we accept and don't accept as real, and this conditions how we make decisions. Being aware of your worldview and biases is the first step to wise... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
to sort of leverage this subtle change in the founding story over time,” he says. When startups are pivoting to adapt their product or service, they need to be aware of how they frame those changes for external stakeholders and their... View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
is Veritas. I tried to provide a truthful, objective account of Andy Grove's life and times in this book. However, the reader should be aware that Grove is a magnetic man. It is impossible, for me at least, to have spent as much time with... View Details
- 12 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy
time has come. The spread of integrated reporting will drive better understanding of how companies use resources to create value, improve governance and management, and engage stakeholders. Eccles has developed and is pursuing a plan to create View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
competence, particularly when they believed the person was aware of the established norm but deliberately chose to make a fashion statement by wearing a standout style. This person was often viewed as autonomous; confident enough to act... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel