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- May 2011
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The Power of Small Wins
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and...
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Creativity;
Interpersonal Communication;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leadership;
Performance Effectiveness;
Emotions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Groups and Teams;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Working Conditions;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Skills;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Productivity;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Happiness;
Perception;
Trust;
Time Management;
Resource Allocation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Managerial Roles
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "The Power of Small Wins." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
School Hillsdale, NJ WI Jackie Jecha New Berlin MiddleHigh School New Berlin, WI TN Kristi Jeffers Powell High School Powell, TN NC Tripp Jeffers Parkland High School Winston Salem, NC MA Eric Jeffords New Mission Collegiate Academy...
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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment
that address all aspects of the climate crisis. Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard - Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab The mission of the lab is to advance our understanding of how digital transformation and the use of...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
gain at HBS, in general, and in this course, in particular, students will be uniquely positioned to help transform their countries,” he says. “That’s a powerful way to deliver on HBS’s mission to educate leaders who will make a difference...
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Jennifer Mele
- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
may be around what counts as impact,” De Freitas says, noting that managers need to communicate the organization’s higher mission so that they can clarify an employee’s role in achieving it. It doesn’t take much to live a life with more...
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by Shalene Gupta
- Web
Greenhill House | About
the MBA class is international, and 31 percent of alumni live and work outside the United States. The Greenhills’ generous endowment supports a broad range of activities that are critical to the School’s educational mission in an era that...
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- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
in influencing younger generations of leaders. In numerous instances, so did the continuing influence of the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. “[In India], our protagonists talked, unprompted actually, about a sense of mission for society, the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Gona: Great Farm Key concepts: Agricultural Development, Strategy, Nigeria Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution Tesla in 2024: Holding on to the EV Lead? What IKEA Do We Want? Key concepts: Business models, Customer relationship management, Disruptive innovation,...
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- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
organization to be successful, it needs to be led, managed, and governed well. Leading, Managing, And Governing Governance provides a broad sense of purpose or mission for the group and gives the group a sense of stability. Without...
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by John A. Davis
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
(board member), the ELCA Fund for Leaders in Mission (leadership council), the Dartmouth College President's Leadership Council, and the Wake Forest Parents' Council, and is a guest lecturer at various business schools. He and his wife...
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- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
a same-day reply by phone or email. The rules aren’t mission statements, but rather a way to make learning experiences easier to adopt and follow. McDonald adds, “Even simple rules can outlive their usefulness.” 6. Make the new look...
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by Lane Lambert
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
extraordinarily difficult and controversial management task." And therein lies a big problem, because how effective an organization is at making high-quality decisions consistent with its mission and objectives, the experts note, is...
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by Peter Jacobs
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Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
What is the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative? The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative applies innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. It's grounded in the mission of Harvard...
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- 2023
- Book
Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership
By: Geoffrey Jones
Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should...
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Corporate Responsibility;
Business Ecuation;
Socially Responsible Investing;
Business Education;
Ethics;
Leadership;
Business History;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Religion;
Social Enterprise;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Banking Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Computer Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Education Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United Kingdom;
Germany;
United States;
Japan;
India;
Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey. Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023.
- August 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
PayPal: The Next Chapter
By: Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Annelena Lobb
Can a social purpose and stakeholder capitalism confer a powerful competitive advantage in the age of COVID-19? For PayPal, the answer is yes. After spinning off from eBay in a 2015 IPO, the company declared its purpose as "democratizing financial services" by ensuring...
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Mission and Purpose;
Finance;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Competitive Advantage;
Financial Services Industry
Porter, Michael, Mark Kramer, and Annelena Lobb. "PayPal: The Next Chapter." Harvard Business School Case 721-378, August 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- 09 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech
gene therapy company to apply my newly acquired knowledge of the health care industry to a biotechnology company led by creative thinkers with the mission of transformative care. In my first few weeks at the company, I had the opportunity...
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Regional Winners - Alumni
provides motor manufacturers with large sources of gains and cost reduction, reachable only through disruptive computer calculation and inaccessible to engineers' "creativity". Thomas Baudin, MBA 1997, CEO & Founder Region: Europe Globalcare Our View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
make the decision, do the right thing, even if it’s hard, it’s true to those values, it builds trust. It builds belief. And it reinforces the mission that we stand for, our purpose, and it reinforces the values, our culture.” Book Excerpt...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
Corporate culture is often thought of as a hard-to-define, or soft concept in management circles. Soft not in the sense that it isn't important—most CEOs will tell you that their ability to inculcate values and mission into the DNA of a...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young - MBA
the 2+2 program? The biggest advice I would share with prospects is to embrace the introspection that the process requires. The Admissions team knows that you can’t perfectly predict what your path will look like leading up to HBS, but certain things like the passion,...
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