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02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

each other. It takes time for cohesion to build to the point where people want to help each other, and where they trust each other enough to give and receive very candid feedback. Few executives have access to this kind of insightful and very helpful View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

Like: Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here? What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose Stereotypes and Politics Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

see our strengths and/or weaknesses, or identify areas for improvement, objectively. Tip: Get feedback from people who have skills you admire, and can help you envision a path toward their level of achievement. After you have gathered... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal

through e-mail and phone calls, Dolan and other members share an overall feeling of growth and enthusiasm for the Montreal club. “While we’re realistic about what people can and can’t fit into their schedules,” notes Dolan, “we’ve heard a lot of positive View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

wanted to say. I used this as a learning experience and decided to find a comment buddy—someone who would give me feedback and vice versa. After every cold call or participation, my comment buddy would send me a message with their opinion... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

that is necessary to make the changes in organizations that we are advocating involves the capacity to reflect on and learn from our own life and experience; to solicit and integrate feedback from others; to remain continually open to... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

participants proceed through the course at a similar pace and can take full advantage of social learning opportunities. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect you to offer feedback on others’ reflections and contribute... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

completion, we expect participation in the social learning elements of the course by offering feedback on others’ reflections and contributing to conversations on the platform. Participants who fail to complete the course requirements... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

feedback reports on their soap usage patterns. Another group was told their behavior would be tracked in a few months, enabling a precise test of rational habit formation—whether people would start washing their hands now if they knew... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

think? Original Article The week that I write this, I needed help programming a television set for recording purposes. Before being connected with the cable company service representative, I agreed to provide telephonic feedback about the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

months. During the test period, Bean encourages extensive feedback at all times, and formally solicits feedback at three points: when the product is first received, at the midpoint, and at the end of the... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Unsplash/Pedro Marroquin View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Feedback Sample Class Student engagement in the classroom can be influenced by discussion management, case content, and instructor teaching style. It is important to recognize that instructors do not need to generate high levels of energy... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

mock class to a lecture hall full of their colleagues, who play the roles of students and mentors in providing feedback after the fact.) Interactive learning through office norms Less formally, however, managers can create more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

people they oversee. Command climate surveys help direct reports and junior-level team members give honest, anonymized upward feedback to the organization and its leadership. Most importantly, the surveys assess overall workplace... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

one relating to deadlines or time estimates, you can also express those in a similar fashion. Please note that no preexisting familiarity or experience with generative AI is necessary or assumed to use the bot and, while we encourage you to engage with the bot and... View Details

21 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

visiting a senior center in a Boston suburb to understand how comfortable seniors were with technology. In Buenos Aires, the team used design thinking to identify new marketing ideas and iterate based on the feedback they received from... View Details

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

everyone's questions. We inverted the pyramid of the organization and made reverse accountability a reality." That's not all. Nayar makes his own 360-degree feedback open to 50,000 employees, and 3,800 managers participate in an open... View Details