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- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
experience working on supply chain challenges in China, doesn’t dispute China’s interest in regaining “their historical hegemony over SE Asia.” However, he stressed the need to recognize “we are in a hyper-connected, radically contingent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on neuroscience. There I was part of two academic labs, one focusing on the impact of stress on the immune system, and the other on translational bioengineering. Looking at my long-term goals,... View Details
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dwight Raiford
national Little League board of directors, stresses “building big-league citizens, not big-league ballplayers.” But winning has its thrills, such as being invited to Wall Street with the team last year. Says Raiford, “After 25 years in... 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
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
aid but also took out student loans. Did you have any anxiety or stress related to debt or how you would pay for HBS? If yes, how did you manage those feelings? Finances were top of mind throughout my two years of school. I knew I wanted... View Details
- 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
- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
Milestone” (ECM) which designates you as a “competent engineer.” Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? I felt that I could really throw myself into my three years of working and learning and figuring out what I was passionate about instead of... View Details
- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
jobs is not expanding,” says Simons. “People feel more pressure to own their roles and they’re stressed because they’re being pulled in a lot of different directions, but they’re not getting the help they need.” The idea that an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 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
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
close-knit community where his father owned a trucking company. Although neither of his parents finished college, both stressed the importance of education. After skipping two grades and gaining admission to the academically rigorous... View Details
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
organizations wanting to create social value. The researchers stressed the importance of synergies between Economic Value (EV) and Social Value (SV), calling them "two sides of the same coin." By aligning EV and SV, both... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
example. "You get this stuff for free out of your faucet," he says. "With Evian or Dasani you pay $2, $4, and that's the reaction consumers have: 'You are just attaching a fancy name on it, which costs me money.' " It's up to the company to add... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
jury, Salter discussed Enron's legacy: What happened, why, and what has been learned? "I want to stress one point: Enron is all about us," said Salter. "It's not just about some Dummkopfs in Houston. If it were just about... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace