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Fangfang Wang
says Fangfang. “I saw a lack of soft skills, such as critical thinking. We had lots of ‘yes men,’ but few people capable of innovating.” With that insight in mind, Fangfang wants to “work as a content provider to cultivate softer View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
leads off with a quarter of required “Management Perspectives” courses designed to provide students with an integrative overview of management challenges and to develop soft leadership and communication skills, including courses in... View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming to HBS after Military Service
in a high stakes environment forced me to be comfortable with analyzing information, deciding on a way forward, and implementing a course of action. The opportunity to gain these soft skills at a relatively... View Details
- 10 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Why the MBA is Still Relevant
Some people pursue an MBA because their professions require it; others because they are looking to switch careers; and yet another cohort seeking to formally build upon business skills obtained on the job. And although I had received... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
consumers can be assured of the quality and effectiveness of the resources they are procuring. It appears you plan to have a measurable way to assess the technical and soft skills of the resources: Consumers... View Details
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
required him to call on the soft skills he learned at HBS. "The people there are not profit driven or bonus driven; they are in life to help people and give back to society," he says. His goals for the... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
favored white males, hunted for clues to candidates’ soft skills over dinner or coffee, and hired people based on résumés that revealed little about job fit. Yet Polli knew that scientists possessed a... View Details
- 05 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA
excellent training ground to develop these soft skills. The case-based teaching methodology is a very good training ground to learn to ask the right questions, hone communication and listening skills and... View Details
- 03 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities
role—with significant levers for impact, whether that’s as a budget owner, product lead, or operations manager, and wield your HBS-refined soft and technical skills to integrate climate considerations into... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
organizations and non-profits since I was child, and working in public service in New York City after college, my pivot to HBS was to dive into the hard skills and action-based work that I was missing to make my community development... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
“There are so many industries that have a history of relying on the "soft stuff," and the soft stuff has worked in the favor of a particular kind of individual. The truth is the soft stuff is often a... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
have a history of relying on the "soft stuff," and the soft stuff has worked in the favor of a particular kind of individual. The truth is the soft stuff is often a euphemism, in many cases, for bias; for... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
most crucial in today’s world have very little to do with what’s being taught in a lecture hall. We like to say that the traditional soft skills—empathy, self-awareness, resilience, creativity—are actually the power View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
being mindful of constraints, focusing on the tangible impact of actions while recognizing their symbolic significance and combining formal power with legitimacy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54691 Making Sense of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
you can’t study a leader in isolation; there’s a relational construct between a person and society. Clinical psychology gets into the underlying motivation for people who seek leadership positions. In political science, we saw the distinction between hard power, which... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
A strong commitment to community service is a given for most HBS clubs — the challenge lies in determining the most efficient means of leveraging the skills and interests of club members to create change. New York, Boston, San Francisco,... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
as if little has changed. Their employees are responding to their expectations by working themselves even harder. Enough." "Thank you." Say it with sincerity and say it often. Along with empathy and emotional intelligence, kindness is one of the most essential View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
But the leadership development industry is in a state of upheaval. The number of players offering courses to impart the hard and soft skills required of corporate managers has expanded well beyond... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
includes a dozen years at General Foods, “our strengths were highly flexible assets and a deeply skilled workforce. Our niche clearly was in products where skilled cheese making was more important than... View Details