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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and alcohol abuse counseling. I spent three years developing the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
on effective professional feedback, honing it in roles at tech icons Apple and Google. The idea? Radical candor, or as Scott (MBA 1996) defines it, caring personally while at the same time, challenging directly. At its base, she says,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
community together in a common purpose. "I'm a big consensus builder," he says, "and I love helping to motivate people." In addition, Hughes served on the HBS Student Association and was production manager for the HBS Show, the School's... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive
While diversity in hiring has increased markedly among professional service organizations, the changes are not reflected at the senior-most levels. For example, in US law firms, women comprise 46 percent of associates but only 19 percent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
preparing not for the next 9/11 but for the next 9/11 Commission. What has struck you most about your exposure to the intelligence community? When I meet people from the intelligence community, I am deeply moved by the sheer degree of passion they have to prevent... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
judgments." Several Bulletin authors considered the sometimes contentious relationship between profit motive and business responsibility in the politically tumultuous 1960s. "Is profit really our goal?" asked Harry L. Smith (36th AMP) in... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
policy, officials asked Ashraf to conduct research on how to change men’s preferences for having more children. “So I’m piloting projects on that right now,” she said. Ashraf is one of a small number of HBS faculty who pursue experimental field research. For her, it’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program, the two leaders and their team... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Principles Guide You by Bill Barnett (MBA 1971) (Stanford Business Books) Barnett approaches the construction of a long-term career plan by looking at the main challenges professionals will face: developing and reaching long-term targets,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
In Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices, HBS professor emeritus Paul Lawrence and professor Nitin Nohria explore one of the most basic questions of human behavior: What motivates us to act the way we do? Drawing on theories of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
John’s original objectives was to motivate young graduates to go to work in the nonprofit sector as their first or second job, and he has certainly done that at HBS,” says Rangan. — Deborah Blagg View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
competitive spirit. Section pride really helped motivate people to give,” said Michelle Grzan, who served as cochair of the class gift with Elizabeth Wesson. Sections A, B, and H each reached 100 percent participation. View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
difficult decisions regarding risk-taking incentives, leverage, and vesting since the goal of equity plans is to motivate long-run value creation in a cost-effective way. “The problem with equity-based pay is generally not that it fails... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
BollyX actually makes me better at both jobs. As a cocreator of the BollyX workout, I absolutely love teaching BollyX classes. Feeling the energy and vibe of the class participants keeps me connected to the mission and purpose of what I am doing—to View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
percent) were in management and another 37 percent were in professional positions such as accounting, law, medicine, engineering, and finance. The report attributed the shortage to emigration of highly skilled workers, immigration... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
which an organization can influence behavior. Second, their motivation to change — personal safety — was unusually compelling. But we did identify three conditions that could in theory exist in any organization. Having a connective... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
forward. Abrams and Hodgson also elevate and share the experiences of other successful founders including, Jules Pieri of The Grommet, Alisa Clark of Glory Professional Services, and Sheila Jordan of Knowledge Architects. Aramco Brat: How... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
been adopted by thousands of private, public, and nonprofit enterprises around the world. Professor Robert S. Kaplan, who created the concept and tool with David Norton (DBA ’73), explains the roots and motivation for their original... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
are derived from a study of 238 knowledge workers in seven companies across three industries. For an average of about four months, participants were asked to complete a confidential daily diary form asking them to assess their perceptions, emotions, and View Details