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- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
Managers who meet their teams’ bonding needs: Make employees feel a part of the team Are people-oriented Care about employees on a personal level. Start meetings with a check-in or opening ritual before diving into business. Think about... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
Managers who meet their teams’ bonding needs: Make employees feel a part of the team Are people-oriented Care about employees on a personal level. Start meetings with a check-in or opening ritual before diving into business. Think about... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Perlegen Sciences
By: Linda A. Hill and Nicole Tempest
As a biotech start-up company involved in studying human genomes, Perlegen needed to develop an organization that fostered innovation and teamwork among a group of highly trained professionals from both the science and technology fields. Perlegen's CEO, Brad Margus,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Groups and Teams; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Genetics; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Nicole Tempest. "Perlegen Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 402-026, October 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
Decades ago, a talented young musician pursued his childhood dream of becoming the world’s greatest French horn player, studying with great teachers, attending music festivals, and always earning first chair. At 19, he dropped out of... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- October 2023
- Supplement
Making Progress at Progress Software (B)
By: Katherine Coffman, Hannah Riley Bowles and Alexis Lefort
In this case, the Human Capital team at Progress Software has identified that some employees have a hard time understanding how to advance within Progress. This realization leads the team to develop several major people-process innovations: the introduction of... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Prejudice and Bias; Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Technology Industry; United States; Bulgaria
Coffman, Katherine, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Alexis Lefort. "Making Progress at Progress Software (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 924-011, October 2023.
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53512 Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling By: Ferreira, Kris Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based network revenue View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
customer, then the management is likely to chastise the salesperson for failing. But they could also realize that if the top talent has trouble with the sell, then maybe there is something wrong with the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
restrictions on the reporter’s movements and contacts within the company. But let’s assume for the moment that the article was even-handed and accurate. It portrayed an organization with a “churn and burn” personnel strategy offering exciting jobs, creative freedom... View Details
- 02 Mar 2012
- HBS Seminar
Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
such as talent and capital, away from wealth creation and toward wealth distribution. It distorts thinking. Restoring the balance of power is critical to the competitiveness and the health of the rest of the economy. Limits on the size... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
most talented entrepreneurs, I have been thinking more and more about what playing offense looks like in 2022-2023. Here’s the six-part playbook I’m hearing: 1. Acquire talent A few years ago, it was... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- Program
Value Creation Through Effective Boards
any industry, including: Members of corporate and public supervisory boards Members of managing and executive boards Top talent pools of listed and large corporations Particularly appropriate for: Board... View Details
- 2017
- Blitz Discussions
The Structured World and the Self
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
he says. For Breitfelder, however, managing the tension between what employees want and what companies need to do, in order to execute their strategy, is simply part of a talent leader’s job description. And... View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
- News
Rooms with a View
Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details
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Leadership Fellows
Hire Talent Leadership Fellows Hire Talent Leadership Fellows What is the Leadership Fellows Program? The Leadership Fellows program offers nonprofit and public-sector organizations the opportunity to... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
managers exposed to the business case were less inclined to promote a Black candidate than those who weren’t exposed to this messaging. Superficial efforts don’t stick, even if they generate early results Standing up an effective... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different management practices. Specifically, we argue that external constituents who interact with particularly influential corporate departments are more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
measures reduce US dependence on supply chains linked to China? And what should we do with prices of imports from Vietnam and Mexico on the rise? Paper on Global Supply Chain Great Reallocation CASE STUDY Acquiring and Engaging Talent for... View Details
- September 2009
- Article
Are You Having Trouble Keeping Your Operations Focused?
As a business broadens over time, it can lose the operational edge that led to its original success. Core strengths atrophy, efficiency or quality suffers, and sharper rivals close in to take advantage of the loss of focus. In his classic article "The Focused Factory"... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Operations; Performance Efficiency
Huckman, Robert S. "Are You Having Trouble Keeping Your Operations Focused?" Harvard Business Review 87, no. 9 (September 2009): 90–95.