Career Progression - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

FatCamera In an interview with Harvard Business School Professor Teresa Amabile for a study on retirement, one man on the cusp of exiting his career spoke openly about how the transition was making him question his identity. “After I... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

Academy, on Job-Hopping Toward Equity, published recently in the MIT Sloan Management Review. A changing labor landscape The difference in pay that comes from job-hopping only helps to shrink—not eliminate—a longstanding gender pay gap, but any View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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 history. The tight job market... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

done, who inspires others to do it in a critical moment. But I'm skeptical that in the countless meetings Jack Welch spent his career going to, in each one of these meetings it was the Jack Welch Show, and that he heard what everybody had... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

imperfect—it is a "stretch" (in terms of talent, not values). These assignments are riskier, since the manager is more likely to make mistakes that might set back his or her career progress or have... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board of Longitude to administer a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

real sense of purpose and a "flatness"—in career and in life. They often go through patches of life without creating or enhancing meaningful relationships, and even lack strength to deal with life's failures. A former chief... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

individuals responsible for the actual purchase decision do not want to absorb the career risk of overpaying. In our personal lives, if we overpay for a product, we suffer some marginal consequence. In business, it can literally end the... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

in America, and Work in Progress (co-authored with Michael Eisner, chairman of the Walt Disney Company). Schwartz is now president of LGE Performance Systems and co-created its Corporate Athlete training program, which aims to apply the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

Pacelli’s research shows how disclosing genuine progress in inclusion can give companies a competitive edge in attracting talent and, ultimately, fostering innovation. Pacelli coauthored the August working paper with Jung Ho Choi of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

but in many other countries also. Its early "localization" policies opened up the most senior positions within operating companies to nationals, enabling Unilever to tap high-quality staff all over the world. Unilever managers were given extensive training,... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

domains. Studies have found that viewing photos of famous female leaders or reading about women in their intended career field empowered women to: Give longer, better speeches that are equal in length to those of male peers. Eliminate... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

sure that short-term objectives support long-term goals. Andrus's strategy appears to be working well. She still has her sanity, and her team is moving ahead: "It's been a slow start, but we're making faster progress every month. So... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

that a senior executive is making a poor decision. "Shouldn't we tell her?" he asks his boss, who laughs cynically. "Yes," the boss replies. "Let's end our careers by challenging a decision that won't change.... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

pictures of trees, is said to make people happier, and trees are a great carbon-absorber. I’m always interested in progress for women. I will dip into Creating Gender-Inclusive Organizations, edited by Ellen Ernst Kossek and Kyung-Hee... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

company made steady progress in both areas. For the six years preceding July 2010, Campbell's cumulative total shareholder return was 64 percent, nearly five times the 13 percent return of the S&P 500. And by 2010, the Gallup Employee... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

regarding female labor force participation were more progressive than those of women in the accounts-only group. Their husbands’ beliefs remained unchanged, but the men’s perceptions of women and work became more progressive—a result... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs as opposed to making it simply contractual.” In the executive education courses DeLong teaches at Harvard, he has conducted a simple exercise—asking participants to write down the initials of people in their business View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

percent said that caregivers are perceived as less committed to their careers 55 percent said caregivers are less likely to progress as fast as their peers, even if they put forth the same effort 47 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

04 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

male employees were earning 13 percent more than male employees who had female managers. In contrast, women progressed in their careers the same way regardless of whether they had a male or female manager.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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