Advice Giving - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

successfully devote itself to providing objective advice and solutions to companies experiencing management problems. In 1933 Bower joined a small Chicago firm of "management engineers," a phrase coined by the firm's founder and namesake,... View Details

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

put flesh on the bones of independence, the USA and USSR were eager to offer aid and advice to promote their own models. The PRC, suffering the consequences of a century-long tangle with imperialism and decades of war coupled with the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

Arizona, give their CEO updates on their respective projects via video chat. There are more than a dozen reports, covering everything from marketing to engineering to HR. Some are brief, some—a disagreement over a potential... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

HP, like Merck, has a basic interest in increasing the supply of scientists. NSRC has focused on curriculum design and teacher training. HP's technical advice and the active involvement of its scientists and managers have lent a valuable... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Managing Growth, professional intrapreneurship; 5 Giving Back, easy, satisfying, and a responsibility. Boards That Excel: Candid Insights and Practical Advice for Directors by Joe White (MBA 1971)... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

his teaching career at Wharton. As a newly minted twenty-nine-year-old professor there, he said, he found himself the recipient of a steady stream of practical advice from the senior faculty. Don't hang back by the blackboard when... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Feb 2021
Blog Post

The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard

classmates and many of her teachers, and making it a challenge to find clothes that fit. In the years that followed, Girard grew into “the sixes” now standing proudly at 6’1’’ and the idea for the business she would one day start, a business that would View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Jun 2015
News

Leadership on a Global Stage

visits for a mix of friendship and advice whenever he gets back to Boston. Jefferson has put his unique mix of military and academic leadership training to work in a variety of positions. His career path demonstrates his instinct for... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

poor managers because they persist in their behaviors as reps rather than managers. This article discusses why this is common, the problems with standard advice about how to address this issue, what it now takes to be an effective sales... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

JI: I was legitimately building relationships because I wanted to be helpful or I wanted to learn or I wanted to be a good colleague or I wanted to be a good friend. And I think people see that. You know? And when I give View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

Humanity by Kim Scott (MBA 1996) (St. Martin’s Press) Using stories of her experiences at Apple, Google, and several start-ups, Scott offers advice on such fundamentals of being a leader as how to give and... View Details

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

perspective and able to give myself a chance to explore.” The Journey Back to Brazil Westphal knew he enjoyed his work in private equity and would consider returning, but as he thought about how he wanted to spend his time at HBS, he... View Details

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

spending time with classmates at HBS who came from all different backgrounds really helped give me a broader perspective on all that it takes for an organization to be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at... View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

different backgrounds really helped give me a broader perspective on all that it takes for an organization to be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at HBS almost every day, and sharing them with my... View Details

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

supplier of nose cones and fuselages, a business that many would consider "core" for an aircraft manufacturer. Examples such as these are forcing us to rethink the advice we give about what parts of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that HBS offers incredible optionality and... View Details

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

they conclude they can’t stay given the requirements of the job. Unless employers assist them so they can stay in the job, they give up a productive worker. Their replacement is an unknown quantity. Employers constantly make speculative... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

help community organizers establish similar financing pools in which, instead of cash, the winners received building materials, including cement. In addition, CEMEX provided construction advice and blueprints to the winners. The program... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

organization. Having only worked as an investor professionally, I used to think about a given business simply through that investor lens, but spending time with classmates at HBS who came from all different backgrounds really helped give... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

humanizing effect on a lot of us and on how we approach business. I always knew that success would enable me to be able to take care of my family and have control over my own destiny. But what I didnÕt realize is how much it would mean to be able to help other people,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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