Reaching Your Potential - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

designing interventions to increase vaccination levels for specific populations. I am helping reach vulnerable groups such as older immigrant adults, incarcerated adults, and home health workers, using focus groups and other market... View Details

11 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS

HBS and recently admitted students, I thought I’d share a few of my observations: 1. Vulnerability - The students who had the courage to reach out to let me know when they were struggling helped me in adapting the class, resulting in... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

and to explore the fundamentals of power in interpersonal relationships, in organizations, and in society. In doing so, it will lift the veil on power, revealing to you what it really is, and how it works, ultimately unleashing your View Details

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

ethical dimension, we ask them to prepare for the very question they hope won't be asked. When preparing for a job negotiation, for example, we encourage them to be ready to field questions about other offers they may have. Otherwise, when a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

standard-deviation increase in both bank-relationship strength and cross-selling potential is associated with a 16 basis point (5%) decrease in spread and a 0.4 point (7%) increase in the Maximum debt to EBITDA covenant. This translates... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

about the potential dangers of unlimited states, and with deep knowledge of how power is practiced in whatever regime they are in. “I suggest students think in terms of political empathy—asking how different constituencies that matter to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2023
News

So You Want to Join a Startup

Startup Lottery: Your Guide to Navigating Risk and Reward. It's a guidebook for people considering a career in the world of startups—or in the midst of navigating its complexities. And in this conversation, Bessalel tells us why job... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

What lessons could the humid shores of the Caribbean, the freezing heights of the Himalayas, or the farthest reaches of Earth's atmosphere hold for your company or organization? Although those places... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

11 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

also reached their natural endpoints—either scaling or failing—more quickly. “Firms that adopt A/B testing are more likely to hit zero page views, which we take as evidence of shutting down, but they’re also more likely to have extreme... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

chunk of potential managerial wealth, and shareholders can remain assured that incentives are well aligned. Managers will not, however, know if they should try to accelerate earnings or delay them. They will not know what stock price they... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

ideas, assesses their importance today, and explores their potential for the future. Through its wide historical focus, this Reader challenges the widespread assumption that creativity research is mainly a product of the second half of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—How do you... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Leadership Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

benefits for the crucial work being done by your organization and the sector at large. Your Investment Investing in the program is a one-year commitment with the potential to... View Details

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

He also cited the company's rapid expansion and the potential "commoditization" of the Starbucks brand. "[W]e desperately need to look into the mirror and realize it's time to get back to the core and make the changes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

subtitle of your book talks about a broken medical system, and I wonder if you can tell me when you first started seeing those cracks and what they looked like. KG: I saw them right away. I couldn't believe that I'd be sitting with a... View Details

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

technologies are reshaping work and life in potentially emancipatory ways. Many of these redeployments and innovations are aimed at advancing equality. Which of these tools hold promise, and which are fundamentally incompatible with that... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Leadership Transition for External Relations

MESSAGE FROM ANGELA CRISPI AND DEAN SRIKANT DATAR To: HBS Faculty and Staff From: Angela Crispi and Srikant Datar Re: Leadership Transition – Janet Cahill, External Relations We write to let you know that Janet Cahill (AMP 189) has decided to step down from her... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Up Your Team for Success Model of Team Effectiveness Key Challenges to Teams 7-9 hrs Module 3 Unleashing Potential in Yourself and Others Understand the dimensions, functions, and drivers of View Details

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

founders or senior partners. Significantly, they are more likely to be penalized than white-owned funds when they underperform, and they are less likely to reach fundraising goals. The opaque, risky nature of private equity—whose American... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

demographic groups—to pick up concerns as well as hopes. Polling and people are your eyes and ears; without them, you risk flying blind into a killer storm. Identify and nurture potential allies before you... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

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