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  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

for grooming and shaving products. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA given your STEM background? At the University of Michigan, I majored in Mechanical Engineering and minored in Community Action & Social Change. I have always... View Details
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

than any other company." The case ends with key decisions for the future. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-054 Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

Bertram Gilman International, has to make a promotion decision. Should she choose the person she has been grooming for the position or another candidate recommended by central HR based on the firm’s promotions algorithm? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

as the "crown prince of a Swiss industrial dynasty," Ernesto Bertarelli took over as CEO of his father's company, the Ares-Serono Group, right after graduating from HBS. It was a natural progression: his father, Fabio Bertarelli, had View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

proposed that "the board could tie the CEO's exit package with the grooming of a successor." B.V. Krishnamurthy said that "the ultimate solution may be similar to the job rotation concept of the Japanese companies in their... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The Fight Beyond

people, the Holts, had owned mills throughout the state for a century, but when his uncle R.L. Holt died in 1923, it was Green’s father, Walter, who took over the remnants of his wife’s struggling family business. Their soft-spoken second son who introduced himself by... View Details
Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook
  • 08 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

sacrosanct time for such discussions, as Philips Electronics' board does at annual retreats, is an effective practice: After one recent retreat, Philips decided to exit the semiconductor business, where it was losing ground. Individual directors also must not shy away... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

challenges that thinking. The study examined how well companies performed 18 core management practices. It found vast differences in how they execute basic tasks like setting targets, running operations, and grooming talent, and that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

important responsibility—hiring the appropriate leader for the job: Companies are not grooming successors within the company. Many boards focus primarily on emergency succession in case something happens to the CEO, rather than keeping... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

has been to make the executives more accountable for spotting and grooming high-potential minority managers both in their own areas and across the business. Now that it's been made explicit that IBM executives need to watch for female and... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

performance of an under-performing company than on grooming leadership within the company. A famous CEO was preferred over a low-profile CEO, as the former was seen as a boost to public and investor confidence—and share prices—fast. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

candidates—one of whom may be suited to the increasingly demanding CEO role. The key? Groom "inside-outsiders." These leaders view their role through the lens of someone who just bought the company—unencumbered by the cognitive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

The Rankings Game

social enterprise.” To a lesser degree, the FT also rewards schools that turn out MBAs with high-paying jobs in financial services, basing 40 percent of the ranking on salary growth three years out. Meanwhile, the paper’s editorial pages frequently have taken business... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 08 May 2019
  • News

Lessons from the Ashes

very appropriate phrase, wilderness. It was. My wife's American, so we moved to the US early ’91. It was devastating. My whole life was spent being groomed to run this family media company. And now that was over. So what do you do now? I... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Making Their Way

next generation must be formally groomed to ensure we remain globally competitive.” As a group, the Chirchirillos have attended the weeklong HBS Executive Education offering Families in Business. Daughter Trisha (OPM 36, 2007) and son... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Making the Case for Leadership

Tushman and senior lecturer Mike Roberts, opens with Jamie Houghton (MBA 1962), the great-great-grandson of the company’s founder, taking over the corner office of his family’s firm. After a grooming process begun at a Corning lightbulb... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

he went on a trip he’d find a love note in his pajamas,” says Olsen. Despite Doriot’s singular talents, he was far from perfect. ARD should have never been incorporated as a publicly traded company. Doriot never groomed a successor to... View Details
Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

coming, and entered services. If you look at the store today, almost a third of PetSmart's sales are in services, things like grooming or hoteling—those sales aren't going away, they are not threatened by the Internet. And while the pet... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

franca, or shared language, or in a local language-does not guarantee high performance. Recruiters may favor fluency over other capabilities. They may rely on external hires with language skills rather than grooming internal candidates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Facing the Music

Music, WEA (Warner), and UMVD (Universal). Each conglomerate owns, in part or in full, various "labels" - fully staffed companies that sign and groom artists, guide the album production process, and market the final product. Labels such... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
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