Senior Leaders - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

people to do senior managers all want innovation and risk taking in principle, but they don't have ways of measuring and evaluating it in the short term. So focus generally wins in larger, well-established organizations " What to do... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

take root? It starts with the leader and senior team taking a hard look at management or organizational barriers, including the senior leadership team itself. To do this, they... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

Repeated and, as of this writing, ongoing revelations of corporate wrongdoing over the past two years have eroded public trust in business institutions and executives to levels not seen in decades. A recent Gallup poll indicates that Americans now have no more trust in... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

execution is paramount. Surveys should be short and focus on a few key points to encourage employee engagement. To promote the most candid dialogues, an organization should segment members by seniority and leadership levels. View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

“many are upset that we didn’t speak out against the bill.” He stated that leaders in the company were opposed to the bill, but chose not to speak out, instead working behind the scenes to stop it, “engaging directly with lawmakers on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

influence over the process of executing the strategy it helped to create. In our view, one unit should facilitate both strategy formulation and execution process, making an enhanced strategic planning unit a natural home for the OSM. The OSM can become an area where... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

a cultural double standard of unconscious bias that I don’t think is getting enough attention and HBS could help educate future leaders and change our culture.” AGE 48, WHITE, WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE, UNITED STATES Composition of View Details

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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

hiring scholars who study race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality —by assuring each unit that it can hire such individuals without diminishing its capacity to hire other candidates. The encouragement applies to candidates at the senior... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

Finance can be intimidating, and many business executives don’t even try to get their arms around it. But Harvard Business School Professor Mihir Desai says business leaders need to engage with the world of finance in order to succeed.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Harvard Business School

as an executive coach, corporate executive, senior military officer, top management consultant, entrepreneur, and social enterprise leader across many industries and functional endeavors. He has held View Details

09 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

leaders grappling with improving racial equity in the workplace, important changes need to go beyond actively recruiting, hiring, and promoting more minority employees—and toward implementing workplace policies that challenge the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

Profile

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

After applying his skills at ExxonMobil – "a very exciting time because of the company's size and its level of professionalism"– Ignacio moved to an agribusiness closer to his roots, Adecoagro, where he joined the planning team responsible for making... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

that move faster to meet caregivers’ needs. With those employees goes the substantial investment that companies make in recruiting, retention, and training, says Fuller, who co-leads the Managing the Future of Work project. Raman is the project’s program director and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

records of all one-on-one meetings between senior management and investors for an NYSE-traded firm, we investigate the impact of private meetings on investor decisions. We find that when investors meet privately with management they make... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

are increasingly examining the adoption and impact of ERM, but the studies are inconsistent and inconclusive, due, we believe, to an inadequate specification of how ERM is used in practice. Based on a ten-year field project, over 250 interviews with View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

seminars covering these subjects. Ava Labs itself was the subject of two cases, the most recent one written last year by Shikhar Ghosh, the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, and Senior... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

guidance for leaders considering these questions and can help them estimate their optimal span of control. The issues explored are ones many senior executives-not just CEOs-should revisit throughout their... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

should they balance operational activities and advocacy efforts? How can they better measure performance against their missions and improve accountability to stakeholders?" The authors discuss their book in the following Q&A. Quelch is the View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

each segment, for example, of both the seniors in the early majority and the seniors that are laggards less keen on taking the vaccine. The diffusion of innovations research indicates that a combination of... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

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