Leadership Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2011
News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

jobs." Mills's introduction to government service came while she was still working in New York but living in Brunswick, Maine, with her three sons and husband, Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College. In 2007, she was asked by Maine's then governor John Baldacci... View Details

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Ken Zeng

into an exhilarating dream, like riding a high-speed train, gazing out the window at a captivating new world unfolding before me, both intimidating and eye-opening. What is your most memorable classroom moment? During a recent Leadership... View Details

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

in with David to see what it’s been like to make the transition to civilian life, learn more about his HBS experience, and find out how business school fits into his plans for the future. How did the military prepare you for HBS? The View Details

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

business school faculty, curricula, and research. Chuck Drobny commented, "If the institution places research-focused faculty or graduate students in front of students, and the students lack any perspective gained through experience, the outcome will do little to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

execution is paramount. Surveys should be short and focus on a few key points to encourage employee engagement. To promote the most candid dialogues, an organization should segment members by seniority and leadership levels. Leaders may... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online

areas: Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society Marketing Digital Transformation There are multiple ways for employees to learn. They can complete one... View Details

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details

October 2015 (Revised November 2024)
Case

A Challenger's Strategy: Pinar Abay at ING Bank Turkey

By: Paul Healy, Gautam Mukunda and Esel Çekin

In 2013, Pinar Abay was appointed as the CEO of ING Bank Turkey. At 34, she was the youngest bank CEO in Turkey's history. Her appointment raised eyebrows because of her youth and because her career at McKinsey had given her no day-to-day bank management experience.... View Details

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23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

a more resource-intensive field experiment,” Coffman says. “Plus, students are a nice population for an experiment like this because many of them will go on to have important leadership roles and make important View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

in how their jobs affect the customer in how their jobs can be improved in getting work done more effectively is most definitely welcome." Birgi Martin said, "I think self-management is needed at all levels of staff." Lavinia Weissman characterized... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

change management process. Morrell: You come into a new situation where you have a lot of veterans who've been there for decades and you are building on the skills, your listening skills and being able to react to people in general. I... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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Career Support - Business & Environment

School, you are part of a larger community that includes alumni working in many sectors and industries — often in key leadership positions. BEI maintains relationships with a number of organizations and individuals who can offer career... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

deficiencies—for example, that they lacked skills or were objects of charity, and also that they were not to be taken seriously as tech innovators. After establishing Code Fever’s Urban Innovation Lab in Overtown—a neighborhood that has... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

institution where the top twelve executives had Executive Scorecards detailing their goals, measuring their contributions, and defining their priorities. Because Executive Scorecards state the exact role that managers are to play, they are useful in assessing the View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation: associating, observing, quetioning,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

simplicity to free and empower employees in a similar way. Q: Aside from inspired musical choices, what leadership decisions by Davis enabled this creation? Carl Størmer: Davis was looking for ways to break out of the straitjacket of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

consumerism in health care, large tech companies and retailers are making bold moves into the industry. These health care “entrants” aim to leverage their general skills in serving consumers to address barriers in health care delivery.... View Details

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

EXPERIENCE Rocket Internet SE, Shopwings Australia Pty Ltd, Carmudi GmbH Erin Kaivan “HBS REALLY RESPECTS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.” HOME REGION Swoope, VA UNDERGRAD EDUCATION James Madison University, Political Science/Government, 2011... View Details

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

"...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible." © 2008 www.cartoonstock.com Nearly seven years after its collapse, Enron continues to fascinate those interested in corporate leadership and governance.... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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