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- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
Sitting in the comfort of Spangler makes my time in the Army seem so distant The rain less wet. The body odor of Soldiers in the field less pungent. The forced marches in the night less tiring. The stress of leadership less severe. What... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
can accomplish will depend on whether they can make headway in their quest to heal the national divide. They must deal with recalcitrance in Congress and public cynicism, along with outright opposition. He can use his message and personal model to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
the airline business was "the closest thing to war in peacetime." He welcomed the stresses the job could bring, explaining: "Life to me is a competition, and you distinguish yourself by succeeding in the competition."... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
remember Doriot vividly. He stressed commonsense themes such as self-improvement, teamwork, and contributing to society, while spicing up his philosophy with practical and pithy words of advice: “A real courageous man is a man who does... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
capitalizations are afraid that a return to the wasteful state-owned enterprises of the past is imminent. In this essay we propose two alternative views. First, we stress the resilience of state-owned enterprises, which have been around... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
have a three-year-old and a demanding job, but at the end of the day, staying healthy is my job number one. But I would be lying, if I didn't tell you I had ups and downs. And for me, stress is a trigger and as I have periods of stress, I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
taxi drivers," Mukhtar notes. "They are typically an older group, and their occupation by its nature is a sedentary one." The drivers' diet is poor (too many irregular junk food meals consumed on the go), working conditions are stressful... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
reminiscent of FDR's New Deal. Here, McCraw details that putting money into people's pockets and into institutions is politically easy and economically sensible. But, he stresses that if the government doesn't reinvigorate regulation as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
whole approach to decision making. It made me want to get the smartest people I could find who disagreed with me so I could stress test my opinions. I used to think there was making money and there was philanthropy. Then I realized... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
global south to explain how clusters work as major tools for international business. Particularly in the developing world, multinationals have used clusters as platforms for channeling foreign investment, knowledge, and imported inputs. The study concludes by View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
should pause and ask, "Are we working the way we want to work, have conditions changed, should we do something different because we have a new CEO or because the new CEO is a more experienced person in whom we have more confidence?" It is important to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
impact. We connected with faculty who were creating the curriculum and started a mentorship program to connect the impact investing alumni network with students. I cannot stress enough how amazing the alumni community is. On the... View Details
- Web
2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
cutting-edge research on stress and workplace culture. Her research has been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, Fortune Magazine and Scientific American. Dr. Purdie-Vaughns currently serves as a consultant for a variety... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
important to me as a kid, even if I now consider myself somewhere between an agnostic and a believer. The cultural values of trying to heal and do good in the world have stayed with me.” Singer’s father had always stressed the importance... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
offer. “Whether students see the contest as an immediate payoff or as a way to gain a credential in the future, I think they believe it is something worth doing,” says Hart. In conversations with past contest participants, each stressed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
countries? That’s Not How We Do It Here! A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall—and Can Rise Again by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber (Portfolio) The authors use a parable of a stressed meerkat community in the Kalahari Desert to... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
just filling up your gas tank with stuff is very helpful from kind of a liberal arts point of view, if you're entrepreneurial. The other thing that liberal arts really stresses is critical thinking, critical reading, and I hate to say it... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
Sigman Abstract—We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Stress the contributions of immigrants to their societies. One notable example is that of sport, where many stars—from soccer to basketball—are either naturalized immigrants or have foreign-born parents. Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini