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- January 10, 2022
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The Secret Ingredient of Thriving Companies? Human Magic
By: Hubert Joly
The traditional corporate approach to motivating people has been a combination of carrots and sticks: a system of financial incentives designed to mobilize everyone around a plan designed by a few smart people at the top. Multiple studies have confirmed that, for any... View Details
Keywords: Meaning; Purpose; Organizational Culture; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Performance
Joly, Hubert. "The Secret Ingredient of Thriving Companies? Human Magic." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 10, 2022).
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Longtime Harvard Athletic Director Retires
colleagues. “I have been so fortunate to have worked with and for great people during my time at Harvard. I am proud of what we have built together View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- News
What it Really Means to Give Back
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
choice of non-pension assets or capital structure. In the late 1990s, as the focus of tax-deferred investing drifted away from defined benefit plans and toward individually... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
reported a greater sense of meaning at work and lower turnover intentions. These effects were most pronounced among employees reporting high... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
research and development centers fostered more patents than those who had not crossed borders. Since then, the geography of work and innovation... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
collections and for exhibits linking the past and present, such as the recent “Buy Now, Pay Later: A History of Personal Credit”. Conservation View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- Research Summary
Meaningful Work as the Recognition and Expression of Deeply Embedded Life Interests
A large part of my research efforts over the past twenty years has been focused on the understanding of meaning as the recognition and expression of "deeply embedded life interests", an aspect of the psychology of human personality that has a long tradition... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women
That means everyone is missing out from the lack of women inventors, Koning says. “Inclusion matters not just for who you work with, but also what your products View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Jul 2012
- News
Your mean boss could be insecure
- Web
Retirement Plan or Life Insurance - Alumni
it Works To name HBS as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, contact your plan administrator to request a Change of Beneficiary form. Harvard’s... View Details
- 23 Sep 2011
- News
Environmental policy globalisation means better reporting
- 02 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?
It’s a sticky but common dilemma for managers: A valued employee finds out that a coworker earns more, gets upset, and demands a raise. If gender or race figure into the wage gap, tensions can escalate fast. Companies, including Whole Foods, Starbucks, and the social... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 12 Jun 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO
Longtime GE CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) announced his retirement Monday, set to take effect on August 1. John Flannery, president and chief executive of GE Healthcare, was named... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- News
What Does It Mean to Lead?
- 21 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
What Does PRIDE Mean to You?
community. Before coming to HBS, I worked in finance, and through joining LGBTQ+ mentoring programs like Out4Undergrad and founding pride networks at prior companies, I... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree
renewable energy technologies in off-grid communities. I traveled to a number of remote villages in Peru, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Mali and Madagascar, visiting projects View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping others means "everyone wins"
Cynthia Busbee (MBA 1978) talks about her career in business, acting, and marketing and her current work as a mentor to other women. (Published April 2014) View Details