Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (163) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 4 of 163 Results →
Sort by

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web
  • 22 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 22

  Publications August 2013 PLoS ONE Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In three field studies, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats Abstract—A long line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

whether they’re staying or leaving. Also, schedule introductory conversations with key customers and employees. You may even want to approach some former employees or board members and ask for their... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

sciences and materials sciences provide sufficient growth opportunities to sustain consistent and superior performance? Would DSM’s 21,000 employees worldwide embrace the DSM Strategy 2018: “Driving profitable growth through science-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

debt, it was forced to declare bankruptcy. The bank was sold to ING for just 1 pound. Twelve hundred employees lost their jobs, some of them his friends. And Leeson was sentenced to six and a half years in a Singaporean prison. How could... View Details
  • 07 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

colleagues and lower-level employees.” Encourage impromptu meetups, not just scheduled meetings. “Have more informal lunches and conversation,” she says. The more opportunity there is to share and exchange opinions, the more included... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 03 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 3

in Teaching Hospitals By: Huckman, Robert S., Hummy Song, and Jason R. Barro Abstract—We consider the impact of cohort turnover-the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2015
  • Case

Clifford Chance: Women at Work

By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly and Stephanie Marton
It was October 2013, and global law firm Clifford Chance was coming under fire for the second time in less than a year for reputedly failing to provide a supportive work environment for its female associates. A memo entitled "Speaking Effectively" was just issued to... View Details
Keywords: Women; Law; Fairness; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Human Capital; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Work-Life Balance; Public Opinion; Problems and Challenges; Legal Services Industry; United States
Related
  • 07 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

more about colleagues than was possible in the office, as videoconferencing offered glimpses into people’s home lives. But as they interviewed employees at the firm they studied, the researchers found that View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518046 Harvard Business School Case 518-061 Kellogg Company/eighteen94 capital With 33,000 employees and revenues of $13 billion in 2016, Kellogg Company was the world’s largest producer of branded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

Brodsky. “With idle time, the organization is often hurt by it, and it’s not enjoyable for employees either.” Involuntary idle time can have a variety of causes, including built-in excess capacity, in which a company intentionally View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

workers' capacity for growth, and conduct data-based project reviews. To counter the bias toward action—and the unthinking perpetual motion and exhaustion that ensue—leaders can schedule more work breaks and make time for reflection. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

research typically prescribes task sequences implemented by managers. Yet employees often have discretion to deviate from their prescribed sequence. Using data from 2.4 million radiological diagnoses, we find that doctors prioritize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

International Airport in the summer of 2010. The need for capacity expansion was driven by significant challenges faced during the previous winter combined with substantial scheduled growth for the upcoming winter. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

How companies can help Companies can help an older employee ease into retirement by organizing a send-off with a personal touch or ritual that expresses how much the worker is appreciated. “If the company treats people with dignity and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 21 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

model that explains employees’ moral evaluations of and reactions to referral practices based on the power relationship between a referrer and a hiring manager. Specifically, we predict that employees are more likely to see the acceptance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

don’t forget these: Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails How often should employees come to the office? In the first large-scale study of its kind, Prithwiraj Choudhury finds that hybrid View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

Executive Education programs. With the COVID-19 pandemic transforming our lives at every level, a growing number of students and former students have sought my advice about how to lead in a time of great uncertainty and unprecedented View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web