Filter Results:
(324)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,481)
- People (6)
- News (324)
- Research (855)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (195)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,481)
- People (6)
- News (324)
- Research (855)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (195)
Sort by
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
us to hire consultants who have little interest in self-aggrandizement," he wrote last year in the Harvard Business Review. "We must hire people who are team players, who get more pleasure from the group's success than their own... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
urgent systemic changes needed to address climate change. By doing what’s right for people and the planet, pep+ will help position our company as a consistent top market performer by generating stronger, more loyal connections with our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Starting Off on the Right Foot
with executives in transition: the tendency to assume that “everyone is just like me.” “You are not the person in the next office,” he emphasizes. “Most of us imagine that other people share our values and are View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
motivated. You have to understand how and why people are motivated so that you, as a leader, can help them do their best work," she says. The lesson has translated profoundly at the research-focused AFS,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
sister. Understanding the drivers that motivate other people in a fraught situation (of which there are many in business) and reacting in a way that drives progress doesn’t come naturally. So what better way... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem
In the late 1990s, when the UK recruitment firm started in 1960 by his father, Sir Alec Reed, won a government contract to provide welfare-to-work employment services, James Reed (MBA 1990) knew success would require some innovative thinking. “Our strength was placing... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling
Every day, Americans throw away enough cell phones to cover a football field. That kind of disturbing statistic is what motivates Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008) to extract precious metals from the 50 million tons of electronics discarded,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in business and in public education
As cochairman of the board of Loews Corporation, Andrew Tisch (MBA 1977) has played a leadership role in one of the largest diversified companies in the United States. He is also using his skills to help improve inner-city education, working along with his wife to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
being burdened by typical levels of debt. “I am motivated to determine what I actually want to do and go do it, because a lot of people don’t have this kind of opportunity, and I don’t want to waste it. I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Research Brief: Hear Me Out
their conversational partners will perceive them to be a good listener. In their article, “Are You Listening to Me? The Negative Link Between Extraversion and Perceived Listening,” Zlatev and co-authors Francis Flynn and Hanne Collins report that the one-sidedness goes... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly... View Details
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
what’s our strategy for doing so, how we’re going to partner with organizations around the world, and how we build and motivate a team of scientists, doctors, as well as fundraisers, to deliver that mission collectively. “If I give you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
The Difference Fellowships Make
The Transformational Power of Diversity Each year the School welcomes more than 900 MBA candidates from all over the globe. These dynamic young people hail from a remarkable range of industries, regions, and life experiences. Some are the... View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
on plastics and climate change—and educating people about the water crisis—it could be really interesting to do something good while doing something good.” Kauss also discussed her environmental motivations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
in 2013. I was stationed in a tank unit out in Colorado Springs when the Vietnam War started up. I didn’t think I wanted to be in a tank in Vietnam, so I volunteered to go to flight school. Six months later, I was in combat. I was a 24-year-old captain supervising... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
professional sports. Ferguson's talents include deft management and motivation of some of the world's greatest (and most high-strung) athletes, staying current on the latest training regimens and technologies, and plotting strategy both... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
situations, people are motivated at least as much by behavioral norms, such as pride in their work, as by money. We think there’s a significant, unrealized opportunity—whether you’re looking at managers,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
transition process of passing responsibilities for SPI's primary operations to vice president and general manager Dean Urmston, a veteran of the seed industry who is based in Bakersfield, California. What motivates this compassionate man?... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
A lemonade stand. And then Burger Chef, where you could say I helped serve their demand chain. Learned at HBS If you want to help teams achieve their very best, work at understanding others. Understand each individual's assumptions, perceptions, and feelings — the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Management Déjà Vu,” by asking his audience about their concerns, as owners and operators of small businesses. A number of issues were voiced: sales and marketing; cash flow; hiring and motivating employees; smooth succession within... View Details