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  • 02 Aug 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

leadership talent with the attitude, training, and willingness to devote the time to this difficult task of engagement, which can have a significant impact on performance. Too much emphasis on “making the numbers” to the exclusion of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Apr 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

faculty; the program is also supported by a very professional and skillful administrative team. Although it is a new program, GMP actually grew out of two other longstanding programs with a deep tradition and knowledge base at the School, the Program for Management... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 25

evolving context of industries shapes leaders in turn. This co-evolutionary process of leadership and industry development is told through the story of the American airline industry across the 20th century. Entrepreneurs, who explored a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

learned--and that many of these skills require executives to rethink their conception of what a superb leader actually does. Developing and practicing these skills requires hard work and may demand that View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO Harvard Business School Case 307-056 GE believes its ability to develop management talent is a core competency that represents a source of sustainable competitive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Nneka View Details
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

high commitment culture and the talented people it took years to develop and impregnate with the company's DNA? Or will the HCHP organization be able to negotiate the crisis without liquidating its social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

new. Q: Is there a way innovators can encourage good accidents? In other words, is there anything we can control to foster this process? A: Great question. Artists think they develop a talent for causing... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 09 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

School who has created a new MBA course, Public Entrepreneurship. "The course allows students to consider the alternative that government can work—or they can help make it work." “We have many talented people in government, but... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

in the multi-agent settings in which these decisions typically occur. In this paper, we develop a model that extends neural nets techniques to capture recognition processes in groups of decision-makers. We use the model to derive some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

intermediation and may have slowed employment gains in trade and services. Development lending goals were met, but these had no impact on the real economy. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

management don't listen or don't know how, we can't tap the full power of the amazing talent in our own organizations. Listening is learning." Rosa Urtubi added that "listening is assuming the responsibility, generosity to do something... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

the Impact and Sustainable Finance Faculty Consortium for the course, "Investing for Risk, Return, and Impact," developed with Shawn Cole. Rebecca M. Henderson : Winner of the 2021 Responsible Research in Management Award from the Fellows... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

Fall 2016 Journal of Economic Perspectives Global Talent Flows By: Kerr, William R., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and Çağlar Özden Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

solar-powered phone charger,” he recalled with a smile. Having spent the last few years as a venture investor, Hilton continues to use his education, experiences and passions to build clean technologies. “I was drawn to venture because I get most excited about the... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

response to it, particularly in the developed economies, fits this description. Environmentalism, as we have known it since the 1960s, has been grounded in the physical sciences, law, economics, and public policy. Advocates for strong... View Details
  • 19 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

embracing—this shift. Many are using systematic approaches to gather employee insights and turn them into tailored workplace cultures and policies. These efforts usually culminate in a strong talent management strategy, with a deliberate... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
  • 04 Feb 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

that success requires some talent and some luck, while great success requires some talent and a lot of luck. The importance of this observation is that systems that involve significant amounts of luck, such... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

determining their influence, developing a communication management plan, and influencing stakeholders through engagement.” One difference between shareholder and stakeholder management may be in the identification of those carrying the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett