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22 Oct 2013
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manage talent effectively. It illustrates how law firms can significantly increase the performance, engagement, and retention of their lawyers by giving them the tools to develop View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

controls to not have it arise again.” Lambert: Is it helpful for such companies report violations? Or should they just go ahead and cooperate with investigators? Soltes: On the one hand, there are many incentives to self- report because... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Feedback Show Hide Details Concepts Your Network Managing Up and Down Managing Your Direct Reports (Coaching) Adversity and Stress Rising to Leadership Responsibility Featured... View Details

27 Nov 2006
What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

category who may be given help or advised to leave the organization. Proponents of forced ranking claim that it is more humane and effective than most qualitative systems for employee appraisal in which employees don't View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

Leadership and Happiness, you note that the course “aims to give students a competitive advantage.” How can understanding happiness, both that of our colleagues and our own,... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

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supportive,” notes Christina. “But I can’t imagine it’s stronger anywhere else. The section experience, the PRIDE Club – people here want to do their best by each other. I love the community MyTakes talks – you realize how real people are, true to their core. I love... View Details

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Instructor Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

their performance and receive developmental input. Feedback may come from students, in the form of non-verbal signals and direct comments,... View Details

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

which a person is given an amount of money, and then must decide how much of the money to give to a partner. Every dollar participants give is tripled. However, it is the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

wanted time to carefully craft the words I would use. I wanted to give us both time to reflect and process. Selfishly, I wanted to spare myself from a potentially negative reaction. “I hope this doesn’t... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. She's also a startup adviser and angel investor. This article originally appeared on her blog, Being FA and Other Ponderings. You Might Also Like: Who Will View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

(the quintessential two-sided platform) must serve both men and women. Q: Please give some examples of these markets. A: Examples are pervasive in today's economy and range... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

04 Apr 2023
What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

they have decided to give up their weekend to come up with a better idea? Would they have agreed to break the routine of Mondays working remotely to share their response in the relative privacy of the office (vs. online)? Would the five... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

and assignment completion, we expect participation in the social learning elements of the course by offering feedback on others’ reflections and contributing to conversations... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

people (zones of attention), between feedback and evaluation (zones of judgment), between decision rights and improvement rights (zones of slack), View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

ever seen before that challenges conventional wisdom and poses new approaches to big social or environmental issues. Leaders must continuously make adjustments, review premises, bring the flexibility to pivot if necessary, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

company can divest a subsidiary through a tax-free spin-off, management must first decide how corporate overhead will be allocated between the subsidiary and the parent. The allocation decision can be complicated by management's... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

balance of software and tough tech (e.g. robotics, space, biotech), I decided to shift away from software this summer and try tough tech for myself. I ended up being very fortunate to View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

$40,000 concession. There are other reasons to make concessions in installments. First, most negotiators expect that they will trade offers back and forth several times, with each side making multiple concessions before the deal is done.... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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