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02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

seen it with the inception of the Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. And, really, the interest is global. What do you think is behind this rise in scholarly attention? Arthur Brooks: Two things. The View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

May 2024 (Revised April 2025)
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Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Cat Huang

In 2023, Cindy Rose, President of Microsoft Western Europe, faced a critical decision. Rose grappled with the potential impact of widespread layoffs on psychological safety and the cultural transformation she had championed since her arrival. When Rose had first joined... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Problems and Challenges; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Business or Company Management; Technology Industry; Europe

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Tools & Training - Alumni

careers. This Key Job Search worksheet might be helpful to generate ideas. Career & Life Criteria Examples Check out some Career and Life Criteria examples. As you read them, you might begin to reflect on what your own criteria might be.... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

projects rather than purely increasing patenting. April 2014 Article Botsourcing and Outsourcing: Robot, British, Chinese, and German Workers Are for Thinking—Not Feeling—Jobs By: Adam Waytz and Michael I. Norton Technological innovations have produced robots capable... View Details

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About - Global

Development (FIELD) course. This first year of the program culminated in over 900 first-year MBA students traveling to 10 countries on a weeklong immersion. 2010 Harvard Center Shanghai opens. 2008 The School's Centennial year culminates... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

the first campus construction projects completed after the launch of the Advancing Racial Equity plan , the renovation reflects the School’s efforts to partner with minority-owned businesses and bolster job... View Details

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Develop Your Career Vision - Alumni

Careers Develop Your Career Vision Careers Develop Your Career Vision Your career and life vision is unique and evolving. It encompasses what you want to be doing holistically – from work to family to free time – and ultimately anchors your View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

business My First Job Alumni share stories, strategies, and lessons learned from their first jobs—from golf club caddy to lobster shack waitress. The Lessons of All-Day... View Details

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

five tips below, based on advice in the book, are intended to help further your career, whether you’re hunting for a first job or find yourself at a key inflection point: frustrated with your current... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

caregivers on the margins of the workforce and helps current employees succeed. Read the report Featured Articles Companies Need More Workers. Why Do They Reject Millions of Résumés? By: Kathryn Dill 4 SEP 2021 | The Wall Street Journal Automated-hiring systems are... View Details

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Jun 2024
News

In My Humble Opinion: Career Change

When Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) was 13 years old, her father’s new job took the family from their home in Tokyo to Jakarta. It was a big change, not just geographically but also culturally. Tanaka enrolled in an international school where she was encouraged to have her... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

unemployment has been hovering at historic lows; in April, it sank to 3.4 percent, a figure not seen since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. US Chamber of Commerce analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the first part... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

disqualification or else simply stay home because they would be disqualified from the award regardless. Also, while punctuality improved during the first few months of the program, old patterns of tardiness started to emerge in later... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

certain firearms from stores and restrict gun sales. 8. You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life Before you give notice and go on a vision quest, consider this: Fulfillment doesn't require big change, says research by... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Nov 2017
What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

leadership might begin by changing the Visions and Values section on the current company web page to read: “We believe in our vision and values more strongly today than we did the first time we put them on paper more than 20 years ago.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

48 percent net internal rate of return (IRR) for investors over the course of the firm's first four funds. Given that success, investors are ready to substantially increase their capital commitments to the firm's next fund. ABRY's fourth... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

reportedly linked to job-related misery. In a landmark ruling in 2019—the first of its kind—a French court found that a number of executives at France Télécom had fostered an environment of institutional harassment in the ruthless means... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

Business leaders can't develop and execute effective strategy without first gathering the right information, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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