Emotional Experience Of Leaders - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

viewer's attention cannot be purchased by an advertiser but must be gained by the ad. Thus, he is helping advertisers to make online video ads so riveting that users want to watch them. His experimental research looks at the emotional... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

10 Feb 2020
News

The Executive Success Factors That Lead Directly to Jail

13 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Staying Curious with the Harvard Innovation Labs Ahead of the 2021 Virtual President’s Innovation Challenge

will continue to be challenged by physical distance. As we keep our focus on innovation happening across Harvard, the question becomes, “How do we bring the physical and emotional connections that keep us human into the digital View Details

26 Apr 2024
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Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

Leaders intent on boosting team performance could learn from the old-school, military-style approach of Deion Sanders, a former star athlete and now the unorthodox coach behind the revival View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

30 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent with Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie

to the class the African context and peculiarities. Many of these peculiarities also apply to emerging markets in general. By inviting leaders and practitioners from the continent there is a sense View Details

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

failure is stigmatized, the quintessential example is Japan. Japan has a very, very tiny entrepreneurial ecosystem.” Second, the message that a startup failure can provide worthwhile experience for entrepreneurs is a valuable lesson for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2014
News

Why You Must Pay Attention to Bad Vibes

February 2001 (Revised February 2002)
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Leader's (Dis)Advantage, The

Provides a rigorous description of the economic dynamics that may produce inherent advantages for large and/or first-mover firms within an industry, as well as those factors that may result in disadvantages for such leading firms. The leader advantages discussed... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Semiconductor Industry

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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

their final project: a set of clones, their resumes and a career strategy. Module 3: The revolution of the knowledge-service industries: We will examine the organizational and technological changes taking... View Details

08 Nov 2024
News

Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference The Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) spoke with Adam Nathan, one of the leaders of the 2014... View Details

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

How Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) Transform Your MBA Learning Journey

students. We interviewed two students about their experiences with SIPs, taking a closer look at their time in the Spiritual Lives of Leaders and Personal Finance courses.... View Details

2010
Working Paper

Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton

This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that... View Details

Keywords: Spending; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Happiness; Motivation and Incentives; Welfare; Uganda; Canada

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Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS). He currently teaches and serves as the course head for... View Details

Keywords: advertising; airline; education industry; nonprofit industry; publishing industry; service industry

14 Jun 2023
Op-Ed

Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't

assignments and formal education programs. Little-T leader development, on the other hand, should deepen the employee's expertise in the organization's practices. This approach might include stretch View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson

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07 Dec 2021
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Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

enterprise-level leadership. The goal is to build technical competencies in both directions. While the T-shaped manager framework has many advantages, it has a critical flaw: It overlooks the importance of View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle

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Michael has experience in both lecture-based and experiential education teaching methods.

He designed and teaches a 2-day professional development course at Harvard titled “Collaborative Leadership: Building the Organization of the Future” that provides... View Details

11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

candidates—one of whom may be suited to the increasingly demanding CEO role. The key? Groom "inside-outsiders." These leaders view their role through the lens of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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