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Brandon Tieu

answer or path forward, but not choosing a single path was even worse. While he emphasized the importance of meticulously weighing the known pros and cons, he noted you have to make a decision and live with the consequences. As leaders, we will be routinely View Details

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

just as painful as stress from overwork, Brodsky says. “There is an optimal level of psychological arousal—we don’t want to be overstimulated, but we don’t want to be under-stimulated.” Adds Amabile, “Some idle time can be welcome to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

worked as a summer intern at Bain, a position he applied for simply because it paid the most; he used the entire sum to help cover his younger brother’s tuition fees that fall semester at Cornell. Despite the stressful circumstances,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

mind. One is Coca-Cola's "I'd like to teach the world to sing," which invokes the deep metaphor of connection and the ability of the brand to bring diverse people together. It also engaged the deep metaphor of social balance by View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

themselves: What is it about my organization’s culture that is contributing to such a high level of mental stress for my employees? Why are people leaving my organization or refusing to return to the office in such high numbers? What is... View Details

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

likely to under-achieve your potential." Do You Have A Succession-planning Process In Place? Kaplan stresses the importance of developing potential successors for key positions in your company-including your own-and creating a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

stress those results are only illustrative. Their main purpose in writing the paper, they say, is as proof of concept in opening up the conception of what kind of data machine learning can effectively analyze. “There are so many new forms... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

they find most interesting and fulfilling: Do I like collaborative work? Do I tend to become the leader of groups in which I find myself? Have I ever volunteered to coach or tutor others? Do I find it intriguing to work on thorny, ambiguous problems? Do I cope well... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

left for undergrad. There, I quickly joined a fraternity, where I lived for four years. It was also there that I had my first relationship with another man. I remember lying awake night after night, in the fraternity house, both stressed... View Details

26 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

talking about academic institutions of higher education.” Even though the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) stresses the amateur nature of intercollegiate sports, college programs have grown into a multibillion-dollar... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education

23 May 2018
News

Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987

a secretary at the University of Chicago. She admires his optimism, curiosity, and humility. “He’s proud but not boastful,” she says simply, adding that they’ve made a life together that is focused on helping their country succeed. In raising their two daughters, the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

manager can say, ‘It’s 3 p.m., and it’s been a tough week. Take the rest of the afternoon off and spend time with your loved ones.’ You’d be meeting people where they are by recognizing that everyone is stressed out,” Neeley says. While... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as mindfulness and meditation-based stress reduction. This first group logged in to complete various activities and games at least twice per week that showed them, for example, how to savor the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

only on paper.” There were several criticisms of the fact that the research identified correlations, not causes. Norman Toy made the point by stressing the especially mischievous nature of the use of correlation in this case. In his... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

a real day by day, week by week, very stressful experience. Rosenberg: It was. It was a very trying time. It was a frightening time. We were basically struck by a greenmailer at the very end of the 80s, which was the end of the hostile... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

having to let someone go, or having them quit, and finding a replacement not only stresses out the manager and team, but there is a productivity hit to all while you go through the process. Even though it may feel like you’re moving... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork inside firms is just as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

are evaluating an executive decision or a family matter. "Whenever you implement something, if it fails, then almost invariably it did so because there was an assumption in there that, looking back on it, clearly was not plausible," he explains. How Will You Measure... View Details