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- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
references can be helpful, but only if done correctly. “This is something we continue to do, even with mid-level hires in mid-stage companies when the founder feels like a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
be more rewarding. The book weaves in the stories of high-achieving musicians, philosophers, religious leaders, scientists, and Olympic athletes—some who gracefully jumped to the second curve and others who... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
caution that it’s a mistake to dwell on the familiar for too long, because the real audience is looking for “what is new, fresh, and unique.” 7. Focus on the job to be View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
awards are more effective when they recognize good behavior in the past, rather than behavior going forward. Plus awards for past performance aren't likely to see as much gaming, he says. "It's motivational View Details
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
Instead, when the company wouldn’t pay them for their lunch hour, they intentionally scheduled deliveries to show up midday, when there wasn’t anyone working to receive them, sabotaging the project. “Top... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
I think, rather than asking what type of person is going to give, the more helpful question is to ask what can be done View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
To improve any business, managers need to understand how much it costs to produce a profitable product. It seems a simple task, but the process of securing and analyzing the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
needed an advocate in case of a serious health problem. In a sense, we needed inclusion and “voice” just as much as the employees Amy Edmondson wrote about in her book, The Fearless Organization. We needed access to the medical system and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
going for it. First, it has been shown to be incredibly effective in leading to economic growth. "We don't know any better way to solve this... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Article
The Decreasing Value of Our Research to Management Education
By: Jone L. Pearce and Laura Huang
For centuries we have expected the best teachers also to be scholars. The practice of scholarship should do more than make scholars more humble teachers; scholarship is expected to be more than an activity done for its own sake. Here we present evidence that our... View Details
Pearce, Jone L., and Laura Huang. "The Decreasing Value of Our Research to Management Education." Academy of Management Learning & Education 11, no. 2 (June 2012): 247–262.
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
pre-season, Sanders eats most meals in the dining hall with the team. After breakfast, he often gives short talks that touch on soft skills for sports and life, like the importance of being reliable. “Relationships are everything. I need... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
companies will be explicit about their cooperation and under scrutiny from investors, regulators, and their own legal experts. “Similar to airlines cooperating by purchasing jets together in order View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
relationship with your new boss, they need to work effectively with you. In the past, have you done a good job of helping subordinates make their own transitions? What might you do differently this time?... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
will allow you to bring your whole self and the value that you have to offer to your journey, whether that's in work, with family, or in the community. “Our View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
Summing Up Dependency ratios are useful as general indicators of future economic and social health. But they must be managed downward on both a micro and macro basis, in the opinion of the majority of respondents View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
schools-of-experience point of view. This can be done in three steps. First, imagine yourself at Pandesic on day one, when the executives were agreeing to start this disruptive... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
excellence in a single functional area to integrating consistency, cohesion, and alignment across many moving parts in the business unit. "When you're responsible for leading, it's not enough to do what... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
technology, there is no reason why directors can't get much more frequent reports about what's going on. The CEOs can also do some things themselves, such as writing memoranda and emails to the board between board meetings. There is a lot... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman