Executive Coaching - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 May 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

coach who has great individual parts but can't get them to synchronize. From HBS Alumni Bulletin. Key concepts include: A potentially great team with strong individual contributors can quickly be undone by issues around trust, conflict,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in the company has grown by 370... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

18 Apr 2005
Lessons from the Classroom

NFL Players Touch Down at HBS

make a smooth transition to life after sports; historically they've had a hard time," said former player Stacey Robinson, now a player development executive with the National Football League Players Association. Another key advantage... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

This curiosity needs to start with our existing team. Who is in our team and how can we map their skills to see the gaps? Then how can we approach the process of finding new people with a view of filling these gaps ?” NickC addressed the issue of training when he said,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

of agricultural workers in North America? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-031 Coaching Makena Lane Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

versus the inside. Marketing expertise depends on customer insights. These insights cannot be gleaned from looking at market research data on a computer screen. Just like politics, all marketing is retail. The customer votes every day at the supermarket ballot box. To... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

and marketing. Retailers, for instance, will be inclined to give bigger bets more shelf space, and we know that in itself is a key driver of sales. Q: If you were to pick a manager to execute a blockbuster strategy, what attributes would... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

development—such as case discussions, lectures, simulations, coaching sessions, live projects, etc.—in terms of their potential to develop executives for the future. We then examine the impact of the forces... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

faculty, access to such information has been made easier since the 1999 opening of the School's Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong, which has served as a jumping-off point for scholars who are involved in a fascinating exchange of ideas with many of the senior... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

hundred and fifty volunteers helped screen and interview the applicants who met the September 6 deadline. Winning applicants then received hands-on coaching from McKinsey & Co. and Springboard to help them refine their business models... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

for the creation of jobs and wealth among urban families. Moderator Randall Pinkett of M.I.T. Laboratory Anne Habiby, executive vice president of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national nonprofit founded by HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

planning shouldn't be so contrived and serious. "The corporate culture is such that line executives don't want to get playful," Deighton says. "As soon as you try to come up with your positioning line and try to translate that into... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

development—such as case discussions, lectures, simulations, coaching sessions, live projects, etc.,—in terms of their potential to develop executives for the future. We then examine the impact of the forces... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

retention in this Q&A. Making the Move to General Manager Managers face a critical transition when they rise from functional expert to general manager. It's an exciting shift but it's also fraught with pitfalls. A new executive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

business applications, aimed at empowering teams to better respond to changing customer and competitive threats, are already au fait with this idea of using military strategy to guide project decision-making. Many Agile-immersion workshops View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

01 Aug 2019
What Do You Think?

Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?

the impact of new technologies, new management techniques, and an increasing pace of planning and execution on teaching philosophies for management, such as the participant-centered case method. The rate of change in the past few years... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

casual but cultured lifestyle of California's Napa Valley, his coach Fern Mandelbaum, cofounder of toy maker Skyline, questioned whether other Americans shared his concept of Napa. "I thought, 'Come on, Fern, I will tell you what it... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

from schoolchildren to attorneys—and even carries the potential to help sustain life itself. Sarah Jane Gilbert: What led you to research football teams? Are you a sports fan? Al Roth: I'm a matching fan. Q: What is matching, and why should business View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

solve a problem or achieve a set of goals. “Companies aren’t hiring to fill a role,” says Ng, who is also a career coach and advisor at Harvard College. “Companies are hiring to solve a problem or achieve a set of goals. And if they are... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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