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- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. But it’s not just businesspeople who palter. Donald Trump has done it. Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, too. Chances are you have paltered. “People seem to be using this strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Jun 21 2017
- Testimonial
Appreciating the Art of Negotiation
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
The problem with using crises to reduce complacency and create urgency is that the tactic is a potential diamond sitting on a rock surrounded by quicksand and very nasty beasts. Any naiveté about the downside risks can cause disaster. Big... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
feeling. What can be done to improve the office environment? Research by Harvard Business School professors suggests these problems are not only common—but solvable. Here are some of our most insightful stories about unmotivated employees... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
turbulence, Sucher says. “There’s a tendency to think that our rules, or any way that we interpret the law, is universal,” she says. “It’s just not true.” 2. Reduce costs without cutting people Layoffs can be effective in certain... View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
negotiations be secret or open, separate or collective? How can you avoid being harmed by the sequencing tactics of others? Here's some advice: Study Patterns Of Influence And Deference Would-be coalition builders View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
empower the people they're leading Frei: First, you have to learn how to unleash the potential of one person. And that's what we describe in the chapter we call “Love,” because we think it’s the utmost... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
new shares you suddenly own of a company that you never intended to buy in the first place? Logic suggests that you would be likely to sell those shares. But research by Associate Professor Malcolm Baker, Professor Joshua Coval, and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing
biology, physics, economics, and nanotechnology, among others. As part of that effort, Duede and team had surveyed authors of papers in their dataset in 2018, asking them to rate the degree to which their scientific thinking was... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 10 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?
Harvard Business School who co-authored the report. By 1980, 15 years after the law’s passage, Black voter registration had increased by 23 percent in southern counties covered View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
Starbucks' announcement that it will close 600 stores in the United States is a long-overdue admission that there are limits to growth. In February 2007, a leaked internal memo written by founder Howard Schultz showed that he recognized... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
from Anywhere or Co-locate? Autonomy versus Learning Effects at the United States Patent Office This study of a real firm presents robust econometric evidence that "work from anywhere" organizational policies can have positive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
failed early in their careers often accepted jobs at a lower salary than their previous roles. “That literature portrays failure as a stigma,” says Gompers. “It might make you think that if you start something and fail, people aren't... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)
workforce is, says a recent paper by Harvard Business School researchers. Even when a company’s numbers aren’t ideal, their transparency sends the message that they’re trying to change, the HBS authors write. “There’s definitely a... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
better-performing companies. Learning from the network If this intensive style doesn’t come naturally to a founder-manager, the good news is it can be learned, Koning says. “What’s encouraging about this paper is that we found that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
Delta employees—which was considered a bold action by a high-profile CEO, Hill says. That summer he went on a “listening and learning tour,” holding in-house sessions with Delta’s Black workers and meetings... View Details
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
For refugees fleeing troubled regions as disparate as Afghanistan and Ukraine, finding meaningful work in the United States is not only key to their own success, but also crucial for businesses navigating labor shortages. New research offers lessons for policymakers... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
street-to-prison cycle that had ravaged his youth. He had passed a high school equivalency test and had earned a college degree, and by that point could envision a bright future as a budding accountant at Arthur Andersen, the firm he... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
training, I thought these positive market forces might counterbalance or dominate any potential learning or herding behavior. But it turns out that, on average, the perception of increased failure risk is stronger than the draw of less... View Details
- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
management may have won the CEO his job, these tools alone will not keep him there. Finally, the CEO must not get totally absorbed in the role. Even if others think he is omnipotent, he is still only human. Failing to recognize this will... View Details