Effective Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Dec 2020
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Why middle managers are feeling the most stressed out during COVID

01 Dec 2012
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Taking Time to Make Time

POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something... View Details

Keywords: Time management

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

burger joint all day, so I was very excited. The reality was a little bit different.” Early indicators: “My teachers on Long Island really took to me, and I bonded with them. Mr. Gallo helped with my first research project: measuring the View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

19 May 2023
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Quiet Acceleration

Photo credit: Tesla Photo credit: Tesla Four years into his tenure as Tesla’s CFO, Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) continues to draw notice for his quiet, effective ability to implement CEO Elon Musk’s vision to scale Tesla into the world’s... View Details

Keywords: financial management; auto manufacturing; supply chairn management; leadership; Tesla; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Feb 2014
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Don't Panic: How to Create Healthy Urgency

Keywords: communication; mission; leadership; management

01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

structure will help them manage their businesses more efficiently and responsibly.” The GRI is emerging even as institutional investors, NGOs, and governments intensify their scrutiny of firms in areas such as environmental impact, human... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

01 Jun 2023
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Buy Big, Sell Small

If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

10 Mar 2014
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CEO Succession

Keywords: succession planning; CEOs; change management

01 Apr 2002
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Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

to meet Hal and learn what it takes to live on the frontier of marketing practice for three decades." "John Deighton's passion for marketing and the art of managing customer relationships makes him the perfect candidate to broaden the... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

25 Jun 2024
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On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)

When Nordstrom announced the promotion of Alexis DePree (MBA 2007) to COO in early June, media outlets noted DePree’s expanded, end-to-end role in managing operations and customer experience in an increasingly complex retail environment. DePree joined Nordstrom in... View Details

Keywords: retail; customer service; supply chain management; career experience; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home

focused on helping nonprofits operate more effectively by adapting private- sector management practices. SPNM was developed both to share that information with nonprofits, which could test and refine these... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises