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- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
Engaged workers are more productive. (iStock) iStock SUMMING UP: How Can We Prepare Leaders to Engage Their Associates? This month’s column elicited a number of reasons on why organizations around the world do such a poor job of engaging their employees. The dominant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
conversation. Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What’s this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
Think of famous brands you know: Hallmark cards and Coca-Cola soft drinks, for example. What do these products have in common for consumers? An emotional meaning that taps into thoughts and feelings related to the positive aspects of... View Details
- Web
Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity
research investigates how organizational and social network processes shape gender and race differences amongst employees in the workplace. I do this by examining the roles of culture, cognition, and emotion in organizations using field... View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
emotional element to using the product. It can often be about reconnecting with one’s past or a nostalgia. But it’s not just that. For just pure nostalgia products, you have collectors. But they’re a very small group. They often will... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
also indicated the extent to which they experienced a variety of emotions on a scale of one to five. The results showed that the low-power participants felt dirtier, and had a higher preference for cleansing products, after professional... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
emotions and shield moments of openness. Was I really a proud and openly gay man if everyone, except my dad, knew? My apá is a stoic man; he has never been a man of many words or emotions. Like many immigrant parents, his hands are tired,... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
effect. Another time she told the dealer she wanted a car with a manual drive. “No you don’t,” the salesman snapped. Says Avery, “I felt disrespected.” “I’m happy with the car, but it was a roller coaster of emotions going through the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
in the alarm clock market since the 1950s, when General Electric-Telechron started selling clocks with snooze buttons. "For some reason, we had relegated the alarm clock to be a low-involvement, low-cost item with no emotional... View Details
- Web
Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
emotional sustenance, and a team of expert advisors who can help you blaze your trail and stay on the path. Entrepreneurship at HBS Harvard Innovation Labs Harvard Innovation Labs supports alumni entrepreneurs who've graduated to the next... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
INTIMACY: The authors note that intimacy need not require physical proximity, which would be impossible in a multinational company where employees are separated by thousands of miles. Rather, it requires emotional or mental intimacy.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
readers. They've connected with consumers' desire to be with others who are like themselves. The Swiss understood the importance of helping consumers build an emotional connection with their watches. My sense is that the same holds true... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
during this period. Walker’s openness about the separation showed a vulnerability that even some of his best friends had never seen—and which would eventually help him forge deeper emotional bonds. WW: As I told people that Sheila and I... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sharyar Aziz
and emotional battle for me, including complex surgeries, my jaw wired shut, and an all-liquid diet. The sensational nature of the incident generated global media coverage. Headlines such as “Men’s Singing Group Beaten in Anti-Gay Attack”... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
leisure. We know that countries that value leisure more than work are happier and are better able to handle the emotional consequences of financial shocks like economic downturns. We know that happiness increases productivity. So the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
satisfied, invested in, and committed to their relationships than couples who don't bother with them, according to an April article in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, Rituals and Nuptials: The Emotional and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date
potential job, that you are an engaging listener with high emotional intelligence. Plus, the manager may like you more. “We don’t have many evidence-based prescriptions about what you can do to become more emotionally intelligent or to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
a family business raises the stakes of—and often complicates—a family negotiation. Consider first what sets family relationships apart. Relatives (especially in nuclear families) typically have long-standing relationships that are based on strong View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
best fights, this one is personal. Steve Jobs is going to best Bill Gates. This fight is Shakespearean, elemental, and emotional ...” Jobs had complete, dictatorial control. He selected his own Board of Directors. He was the dog that had... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman