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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
and hired my former staff assistant to succeed me. Neither of us fit the job description, exactly, but the Bulletin has nevertheless survived and prospered. There really were no institutional crises during my tenure as Bulletin editor. In... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- Profile
Jamal Motlagh
had, Jamal went to Microsoft as a junior sales associate. "Selling is my focus," says Jamal. "Microsoft promised me a full sales position when I reached its performance targets." Jamal reached them in just one year.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
“Parent” is the job title that Tom Fischgrund (MBA ’80) feels most at home with. He is also the author and editor of several books and president of Management Recruiters of Atlanta Perimeter Center. The father of three children,... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home
to be another person, getting an education.” Sherwood did just that, following through on her goal of landing a job on Wall Street by applying to various firms in her second year at HBS. She eventually landed a position at Goldman Sachs,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
gift cards for pulling off impressive projects, or even just by saying “thank you” for a job well done. “Cash matters in people’s lives, but it’s not all that matters,” says Whillans, who researches what makes people happy. “What really... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)
Above: photo by JJ Sulin My senior year of high school, I got a job as a teacher’s aide at an inner-city school in Hartford, Connecticut. I saw firsthand the difference between the education I was getting five miles away and the education... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
were little," says Blumkin, "but they were growing up and I was ready to come back full-time. We live in New Jersey, and I heard about the job at the Host Committee from a friend who worked there. I knew it was just a two-year... View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Abstract—We tested whether engaging in expansive (vs. contractive) "power poses" before a stressful job interview-preparatory power posing-would enhance performance during the interview.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
the public record—articles, speeches, and views from those with direct knowledge—that the CEO was concerned with developing a people-centric, high commitment culture. In effect, we searched for CEOs who were leading high commitment, high View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
assisting buyers with the move and with their decisions about what to keep and to discard. Sales took off. The key to successful innovation is identifying jobs that are poorly performed in customers’ lives... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Digging Into Data: Making A Career Change
exciting and challenging first project! What is your favorite part about working with data? I primarily work with first year students at HBS, and I love being able to help them perform important research while they figure out their summer... View Details
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Who We Are | Research Associates
with faculty, navigating the complex academic environment, and performing your job at the highest level. You'll meet RSS if you apply to be an RA and are selected for an interview. Visit Careers@Harvard to... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
businesses." Wulf hastens to say that the research is by no means a death knell for general managers, but their jobs may change. At the least, they will likely find themselves in more meetings than ever before. "The general... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
place them in a readily available collective. Paramedics are a telling example given the costly implications of malpractice in the United States. Paramedics are supposed to bring patients to attending physicians (most often in emergency rooms) and are not supposed to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
why. Key concepts include: Regulations and laws offer little guidance about what specifically boards should do, and, given this lack of specificity, most boards have gradually developed an implicit understanding of what their job should... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
who just happened to love Gregorian chant. He even took the lead in an HBS musical. “I realized at the very top of that pyramid was the intersection of business and opera,” says Weinstein, “and if I could get a job combining those two... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
with professor Robert Hayes. Key concepts include: Managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management that worked in the past. Companies must adopt a strategy for improvement that fits the specific needs of the organization at that point... View Details
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Let’s face it: 2020 was a tough year, as COVID-19 surged across the world, killing more than 1.5 million people, shuttering companies, causing widespread job losses, and fundamentally altering the way people work and live. Given the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
waste, and conserve natural resources. From 2005 to 2015, for instance, the company’s water and energy consumption per garment dropped by 60 percent and 40 percent respectively. Esquel also works to enhance the well-being of its employees. “Their health and safety,... View Details