Goal Setting - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

nature of a manager's goals drives her span of accountability (by determining the trade-offs she can make), the level, or difficulty, drives her sphere of influence. Someone given a stretch goal will often... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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Tricia Lee

divisions at Microsoft. It was an incredible journey, but I realized that to achieve the goals I had in mind, I'd need to round out my knowledge base. I wanted to learn the formal language of business (i.e. finance, ops, marketing), best... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

concerns can save lives, which directly aligns with healthcare professionals’ collective goals and individual purposes. Appealing to employees’ motivations enables leaders to help team members unite under a common goal. By extension,... View Details

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Jake Flomenberg

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to business school to find more personal meaning in my career and to build a set of skills that I can leverage to create a larger impact on the things that are important to me. I... View Details

Keywords: Technology

25 Aug 2022
News

Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

study the three together—and to start from the point of view of business. “Instead of beginning with technology, we will start with use cases,” he explains. In this conversation, Lakhani introduces the goals and key components of the... View Details

Keywords: April White

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

my professional goals and interests. Following 1L year, I wanted to see how private equity and M&A transactions were conducted from a legal standpoint. Following RC year, I hoped to apply the technical financial skills I had learned... View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

Setting Published: February 11, 2009 For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and performance in organizations. Advocates... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

set goals around creating value faster than costs (his preferred goal)." Deepak Alse reminded us that "the world of business is an unbounded system! The 'Corporation' is in effect an acceptance of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

with our goals and research interests. A classmate and I partnered with Young Invincibles, a non-profit research and advocacy group, to better understand the drivers of voter turnout among young adults. Using census demographic data and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

13 Jul 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

programs at 12 centers across the country, creating more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and 12,000 jobs. “Our goal has been to leverage the program through government organizations, given their vast resources and existing infrastructure to... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

2024) and Tristan Bagala (MBA 2023), who are set on a path to pursue personally meaningful work that contributes to the greater good of society. “What I hope to do is to help others. That is why I’m here. Through this funding support, HBS... View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Apr 2014
News

Speaking out on behalf of the disabled

“When I first came to HBS, part of my goal was not to be too loud, too boisterous—not to be the center of attention,” says Danny Lipsitz (MBA 2014). But Lipsitz, who has a hearing disability, found that his verbal discretion was... View Details

14 May 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

leader are more negative when the leader micromanages; provides nonconstructive negative feedback; fails to clarify roles and objectives; and avoids addressing problems. What's the best method for developing team goals? When Goal View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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Lily Wu

on your internship, what did the Whitney Museum do well to set you up for a successful summer? Open and constant communication is key to establishing trust and setting expectations. I was very pleased with... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Missy Blakeley

I'll share with you a dirty little secret: all these wonderful opportunities... scare the heck out of me...! When I was growing up, my parents told me I could do anything I set my mind to – yet I was still not allowed to bike past the... View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

bonds outstanding. Every day, public markets set prices for CEOs and CFOs, financial institutions, and investors, all seeking to raise and invest money in a way that drives the economy forward. A public exit - whether through an initial... View Details

08 Dec 2014
Blog Post

A New Way to Recruit

fortunate. Starved of the peer set we sometimes take for granted, most job candidates are forced to rely on google searches, and questionable third-hand accounts of how to procure and succeed at the jobs that interest them. I started... View Details

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Lauryn Hale

year. "I am learning how to lead my peers, who are all extremely talented and opinionated," says Lauryn. "You have to set common goals and establish a vision first – that means being... View Details

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Jessica Gelman

without hurting anyone. I was both realistic and idealistic in those dreams. Nevertheless, I am amazed at how my life, thus far, has mirrored those dreams. To set goals and achieve them is fulfilling,... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

a number of categories that will prove important when considering the CEO’s role: Direction: A core function of leadership is setting the strategy for the organization, and setting specific financial View Details

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