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- 15 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work
You feel your career stalling, with no clear path for advancement or a raise. You know the right conversation, artfully navigated, with the right individual at the right time is necessary—but approaching that moment requires ingenuity and... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
effect of external agglomerations may be overestimated because the existing literature abstracted from internal agglomerations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52181 forthcoming Organization Science Sink or Swim: The Role of Workplace... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
The framework has two parts—a business analysis and a personal analysis—each comprised of a set of yes/no questions for critical assessment criteria. The note also offers perspectives on entrepreneurship, observations about combining an entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
during times of economic stress. During such times, the most important advice that one can give is first remember that the service profit chain starts with employees—therefore, preserve that resource; second, consider dividing jobs at... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
his career studying survival. “We are all day-to-day survivors. We are alive today because from childbirth our behaviour has adapted to our own particular environment,” Leach writes. “The danger arises when we are forced outside of our... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
book Step Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy Life. “We often get advice to reflect, and we often give the advice to reflect. But what is reflection?” Badaracco asks. “And how do busy... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
effect of external finance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-047.pdf Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship Authors:Ramana Nanda and Jesper B. Sorensen Abstract We examine whether the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity depends on the prior View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
firms will have a new CEO within the next four years; your company could very well be next. Senior executives know that a CEO transition means they're in for a round of firings, organizational reshuffles, and other unwelcome career... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
you. These situations can be very rewarding if you’re patient and you can always get outside mentors and advisors if they’re not available at this type of startup. “When we started, we got a lot of advice like: stay focused, don’t expand... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
We’re told that the secret to success is hard work. But the truth is, hard work alone doesn’t always pay off. After all, career advancement isn’t always neatly tied to your skills, effort, or even the quality of your work. Some people... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Dec 2023
- Book
HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
in her book, Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well.Also: Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You So many executives... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
used over several classes. The entire series, including its video products, was designed to be modular. The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Leaders Lose Their Way
highly successful in their respective fields and at the peak of their careers. This makes their behavior especially perplexing, raising questions about what caused them to lose their way: Why do leaders known for integrity and leadership engage in unethical activities?... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
Quelch is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is also Leonard M. Miller University Professor and former dean of the University of Miami Herbert Business School. You Might Also Like: How Leaders Should... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 16 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults
In 2015, preliminary results of a groundbreaking study found that the daughters of employed mothers often perform better in their eventual careers than the daughters of stay-at-home moms. Now the full study has been released, and it... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 2011
- Book
Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success
By: Thomas J. DeLong
Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Behavior
DeLong, Thomas J. Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One
done, who inspires others to do it in a critical moment. But I'm skeptical that in the countless meetings Jack Welch spent his career going to, in each one of these meetings it was the Jack Welch Show, and that he heard what everybody had... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
be constantly looking attentive for hours.” How managers can be mindful The pandemic workforce has created a significant challenge for managers, Sadun says. She offers three pieces of advice to leaders of remote workforces: Empathize with... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost