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- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
returns on the investments in our assets. And then we will be able to grow and deliver more health care to more people." But what was most distinctive was the extent to which Gooding galvanized the turnaround by seeking to change the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
which means that all employees are “really focused on efficiency,” Wallace says. They developed a multilayered interview process to match the right person for each job, as the wrong hire can be extremely costly. It culminates with a two-... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
scaling local knowledge. Back in the United States, that realization led Hunt to explore other aspects of the health care industry’s value chain, from billing to insurance to product development. “I loved the sense that I was working in... View Details
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
Gogula put it, "While protecting the short term interests of shareholders and avoiding a depression of stock prices may be a tempting recourse for a Board member to take, long-term shareholder interest is what the Board needs to take View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)
South of the border: “Both sides of my family are from northern Mexico; my mom’s side is from Hermosillo, Sonora, just a four- or five-hour drive from Tucson.” On the beat: “I was captain of the drumline in my high school marching band and played in the jazz band with... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Minal Mehta
challenging. I have found that giving team members a real sense of ownership and being invested in their personal well-being has allowed me and my team to build a strong community." Can you finish this statement? "A great... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
as breaching those values. Obviously, greater agreement about the values' meanings would have helped to prevent their reactions. At the same time, we believe that leaders should not clamp down hard on how employees interpret corporate values, because it is in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
"Everyone in this program has earned their stripes at a very senior leadership level," Simons notes. "It's important to have that kind of person because participants work in groups and in very intensive classroom... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
spending needs as well as economic factors such as rising interest rates that affect different assets in different ways. Viceira's research analyzes asset allocation strategies for personal and institutional investors. He teaches... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
hits its mark in sustainable and responsible sourcing efforts. You personally are in the midst of developing a task force in central Florida to combat the opioid epidemic. Talk about why social responsibility is important to Red Lobster,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
by excesses in diet and lifestyle.” Lessons also emerged from “failure.” After weeks of training for a climb to the top of Papua New Guinea’s 14,800-foot Mount Wilhelm, Ehrenberg abandoned her quest within sight of the summit to care for... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
whereas South Korea has 216 cases per million. "South Korea created a vast number of testing sites, which included not only big hospitals but local clinics and public health care facilities." What South Korea teaches us is that proactive... View Details
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
do you have to stay home and care for your young child? Those things seem to be the bottleneck.” Just 5 percent of the total scientists responding to the emailed query reported working fewer than 42 hours weekly before the pandemic... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
business seemed to be the clear reason why. "Consider two vehicles of the same make, model, and usage, both tested in the same month in the same city. You'd hope the only thing that would sway whether these vehicles passed would be how well they were taken View Details
- Profile
Jamira Cotton
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? My undergraduate education in engineering shaped my ability to think analytically about solving rigorous problems. Additionally, while serving clients at McKinsey I constantly learned to apply this problem solving rigor... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
The spotless, brightly lit corridors of Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital are filled with the ebb and flow of the human condition —people from around the globe and around the corner who come here seeking the best possible care for... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
now. One manager recently told me this about his life: "I wanted the promotion so badly I could taste it. The truth is that as much as I tried to quell my personal ambition, it was still a strong and sometimes overriding force in my... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
longer-term success. Q: What personal or professional experiences or observations led you to concentrate your research and thinking on this time period for executives? Why have you found this period to be so rarely studied? A: I started... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
market—they must demonstrate to an independent panel from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) that a new product works better than existing options for an identifiable group of patients. The rule doesn’t apply... View Details