communication skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Sep 2013
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Connections Add Up

Nan Morrison and Sally Wood It takes a village to raise a game-changing non-profit, and Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) and Sally Wood (MBA 1983) have found a community of support among their HBS friends and fellow alumni. "I'm proud of my whole... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

22 Feb 2016
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Cooking Up America’s Food Culture

historian’s eye to topics like farmers’ markets. One of Duda’s current projects is the resurrection of the Redland Farm Life School, near Miami. When it opened in 1917, the school taught sewing and other homemaking skills to girls and... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

camp in Uganda, and you heard a woman's song. Heaney: I was over in Africa doing some work, and in Africa, many of the organizations need very specific skill sets, medical training, logistics experience. I didn't have those, so I had to... View Details

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Kayode Ogunro

employer. How has HBS prepared you for your new job? My job will require a substantial amount of travel to Europe and Africa and more hands on management of deals and projects than I would face with a typical investment firm. My HBS experience has definitely helped me... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

27 Mar 2023
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A Sporting Chance

in fall 1994. Coming from an engineering background, he found the School's approach of building broad general management and leadership skills a bit foreign at first but has come to rely on those practices over the years. "I specialize in... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

22 Sep 2015
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Redesigning Schools for Today’s Learners

mindset and skills to find success over their lives. In this video, Childress explains the basis for these ideas. “The current way schools are designed and organized was really developed over a century ago. And so today, what we have are... View Details

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Collaboration Across Knowledge Boundaries within Diverse Teams: Reciprocal Expertise Affirmation as an Enabling Condition

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Kate Roloff and Lucy H. MacPhail

We review research on expertise diversity, psychological safety, team collaboration, and role identity to propose a model in which reciprocal affirmations of expertise identity among team members—a feature of the team environment that we conceptualize as a dimension of... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Experience and Expertise; Learning; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Identity; Cooperation

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01 Jun 2020
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Homeschooled

Math is where, historically, you see the biggest learning loss occur, and when those skills atrophy, it’s very hard to engage in the next level. Everything builds on the level before it. That’s true in other subjects as well—reading is... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; online learning; Educational Services

30 Oct 2019
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Creating Agents of Change

health, education, and empowerment through life skills and employment. “Success for us is that, by the time the young adults leave our program at age 24, they're living above the level of poverty in their country. In most cases, this is... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Clubs Hopping

York as those most in need of skilled midlevel workers and focused on community colleges as a solution. In partnership with the LaGuardia Community College in Queens, the group... View Details

Keywords: April White

09 Jun 2023
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Learning Curve

professor, and Shara Bumgarner, a Houston elementary school teacher. Melcher located some classroom space and then watched as her daughter began to acquire social and communication skills in the new... View Details

28 Sep 2016
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Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project

Like many of my classmates, I embraced this type of leadership prior to HBS by volunteering with community organizations. I came to HBS knowing that community leadership would live alongside my professional... View Details

March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law

By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details

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Fatou Bintou Sagnang

and how the world hangs together, then bringing it down to the corporate and personal levels." She references a case study about a young HBS graduate who assumes an executive position, bringing analytical skills more mature than his... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Tech

10 Aug 2020
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HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

and in-tune with the communication and leadership styles of others. This internship is my first time starting a new job with career experience under my belt and the skills I've learned at HBS gave me a new... View Details

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Predoctoral Research Associates | Research Associates

Predoctoral Research Associates Predoctoral application Predoctoral Research Associates are recent college graduates and early career professionals interested in exploring and refining their research skills in preparation for a doctoral... View Details

14 Sep 2021
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How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

what the employee can do to grow their skills and what extra opportunities they can take on,” said Fitzpatrick. Then, as extra projects will often be within different teams, communication between managers is... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Sep 2021
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How to Support Your Employees' Career Development