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Help Center Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship How can I find underserved markets as a black entrepreneur? Use these resources to validate the need underlying your business idea. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu to schedule a... View Details

25 Sep 2012
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Laboratory Study of Leaders Shows Surprising Result: As Responsibility Increases, Stress Decreases

02 Jun 2025
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Harvard Business Review Launches HBR Executive, a New Premium Subscription for Senior Leaders

01 Dec 2019
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Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

is that opportunities exist every day to make a difference,” says Serafeim. “The question is whether you are aware of the opportunities and of the agency that you have at every level.” As part of the School’s focus on shaping successful, responsible business View Details

Keywords: April White

2012
Book

Talk, Inc. : How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations

By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind

How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the "magic"--the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement--that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Spoken Communication

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02 Apr 2020
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What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

unprepared boards and CEOs from responsibility so their companies won’t be sued.” “In the corporate sector, the continuing effort to brand the COVID-19 pandemic as a Black Swan is a retroactive attempt to protect unprepared boards and CEOs” Regardless of what we call... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Dec 2018
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HBX Launches Course to Help Startup Leaders Navigate Rapid Growth and Change

11 Mar 2014
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HBS Associate Professor Amy Cuddy Named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

09 Feb 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Black Business Leaders Series: Putting Diversity to Work

Keywords: Re: Robin J. Ely

2018
Other Unpublished Work

Trump's Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand

By: Rafael Di Tella

In the 2016 United States presidential election, candidates from both major political parties used anti-establishment messaging to appeal to Americans, a theme that had been on the sidelines of US political discourse for decades. Donald Trump, in particular, played... View Details

Keywords: Populism; Globalization; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Government and Politics; Demographics; United States

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November 2012
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The World Bank in 2012: Choosing a Leader

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Ian McKown Cornell

In 2012, the World Bank faced important questions in terms of its future strategy and mission. Should the Bank continue to focus on micro-level development initiatives, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), or return to traditional macro-level financial... View Details