mindfulness - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

people tend to use whatever option is set up as the default, so resetting default options with inclusivity in mind can be a useful strategy. Companies can also consider increasing the prominence of their anti-discrimination policies to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

25 Oct 2023

2+2 Program and Admissions Information Session

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more about the MBA program at HBS including the 2+2 Program, a... View Details

Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

Search Firms the Right Way Networking is the most common path to a board seat, but search firms handle about 20-25% of board placements. Keep in mind that your current search firm contacts may work more with executive opportunities than... View Details

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

traffic controller and the first officer; everybody’s perspective was brought in. He considered many alternatives when most of us would have focused on the obvious one. He had this beautiful habit of mind that every time he walked into... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

McMaster University Develop techniques for building high-performing teams, coaching, delivering feedback, and handling stressful leadership situations. I'm now more mindful of how my colleagues are experiencing me, and less averse to... View Details

17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

for Western companies to see," says Shelman. Younger employees, for example, are encouraged to socialize over company-provided video games on their breaks. This practice serves several purposes: It eases the minds of parents anxious... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

derailing a negotiation, but also in helping both sides come to better agreement. "To strip away emotions wouldn't be desirable," says Wasynczuk —even if it could be done. "Emotions are an expression of how people are processing information, and can give... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

performance-based incentives are integral to many workplaces and can be effective in motivating employees. But with research showing that many employees are working even longer and harder than usual during the pandemic, managers should be View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

consultant, he has his sights set on opening a restaurant in Brooklyn—a locally sourced, plant-based venue. “While at HBS I’ve come to believe that positive, joyful experiences change minds much more than intelligence, academia, debate,... View Details

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2 Tips to Beat Imposter Syndrome - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

offer opportunities for learning they would have to entail enough variety of content to generate novel or problematic situations that trigger the itch of curiosity. It is this itch in the incumbent's mind that activates the drive to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

develop, and integrate smart minds governs how prosperous you will be.” Studies on whether immigrants to the United States take jobs away from Americans or constitute a drain on social welfare are mixed, says Kerr, with some research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

need to acquire an airfreight company so they can compete in multiple forms of transportation. Similarly, there has been a tendency to define industries as global when they are national or encompass only groups of neighboring countries. Companies, View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

of subduing individuality and ensuring conformity. Culture offers an inexpensive and informal way of regulating behavior that is all the more effective because it occurs inside the minds of employees and relies on peer pressure as a... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

just came to mind is the young CEO of the Momofuku restaurant group. Her name is Marguerite Seybar Mariscal. What I love about her as a storyteller is she's not afraid to use all kinds of different media. So yeah, she's telling the story... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

over and over, “We believe in you.” Repetition helped overcome the negativity bias—that it takes five positives to overcome one negative. She reinforced her optimistic message in actions as well as words; showing up face-to-face in a principal’s office was one... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

Feeling that the gun had been aimed at me too, I was scared and felt alone in this world. No one knew what was going through my mind these days, because no one knew that I could have been there myself that night. While I was scared about... View Details

09 Aug 2023

2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session