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- 15 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy
Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message? How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Adobe/SasinParaksa View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Employers Favor Men
Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults What do you think? Have you discriminated or been discriminated against because of gender beliefs? How would you coach a hiring officer through this trap? View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?
small acknowledgments over the years, but not enough to move the needle. “Maybe a company says, ‘We’re going to have a support group of workers with special needs kids who can meet monthly in a conference room.’ But less than half of... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
There's no longer Twitter, yes. Goldberg: You can X it. Brooks: That doesn't sound right. Goldberg: Let me let me ask you this. On behalf of Harvard Divinity School-- Brooks: His daughter is a student at Harvard Divinity School. Goldberg: Yeah. One one of my View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
different loans, and they can be duped into choosing the wrong ones,” Di Maggio says. “But if 10 years from now one of these kids gets an employment shock and loses a job and they want to file for bankruptcy, the student loans don’t go... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023
story. How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’KKR turned around a struggling door company and sold it for 10 times its investment—giving factory workers a life-changing cut of the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams
It’s a manager’s nightmare: A customer pulls into a drive-thru after a long day at work with children in tow, everyone looking frazzled and famished. After waiting patiently in line, the customer grabs her bag of burgers through the window and happily zips away—until... View Details
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022
Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message? It takes more than grit to succeed in a world rife with systemic inequity. So why don't we tell children that? Research by Ashley Whillans and colleagues shows how honest talk... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
seem to get past, no matter how qualified and reformed a job candidate may seem. It’s time for business leaders to rethink their hiring practices and start giving the formerly incarcerated more opportunities to prove themselves, the authors say. Miller’s incredible... View Details
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
be combined. Thomke's experience goes back a long way—as a kid growing up in Germany he participated in a LEGO competition. As an adult, though, his interests lie more in the business behind the bricks. "When you've written many... View Details
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
called Clockiddie or Clockiddo that will not only wake kids in the morning but also tell them bedtime stories and sing songs at night. "She realizes that for kids it's not just a struggle to wake up,... View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
the same ones who say, 'I want my children to be happy. All that matters is that my kids are happy. But if they don't get in the right school they won't be happy and I won't be happy.'" "Ideally, what would be your satisfactions... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
to drive to the grocery store to pick up the kids and go on errands, rather than pushing it to its limits on the open road. They were not interested in the racing heritage of Porsche. The commentators would say things like, '[Cayenne... View Details
- 13 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores
Source: iStock If you’re stressed out because it feels like there are never enough hours in the day, here’s a solution: hire a housecleaner, order takeout, and pay the kid next door to mow the lawn. In other words, buy yourself more free... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
way we spend our time? Spar: At a minimum, parents should give themselves a break in this COVID moment, when they are trying to juggle their jobs, their parents’ health, and their kids’ screen time. We don’t know exactly how many hours View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do
to consider which of two charities should receive a $100 donation: Kids Korps USA, an organization aimed at engaging young people in volunteerism, or charity: water, which brings clean drinking water to people in developing nations. The... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
schools are closed in a majority of states, most child care services have ceased operations, and a majority of couples with school-age children both have jobs. "These working parents are logging on after the kids are asleep and answering... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
The problem is that most of us naturally do notice each other's racial differences, regardless of our employer's policy. “Very early on kids get the message that they are not supposed to acknowledge that they notice people's race—often... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
police, telling these kids what to do.” That observation led to another insight: Tutors, charged with pushing behavioral standards associated with a college-bound, middle-class, professional culture, were questioning their role in the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
that some kids are just not college material, and thus contravening the script of the American dream,” says Fuller, who wrote the report along with Rachel Lipson, director of the Harvard Project on Workforce; Farah Mallah, a doctoral... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding