Emotional Experience Of Leaders - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

conduct laboratory experiments that explore how gender stereotypes shape beliefs about ability of oneself and others in different categories of knowledge. The data reveal two... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Meet the Latino Student Association

The Latino Student Organization (LASO) at the Harvard Business School is dedicated to fostering a collaborative community of aspiring Latino business leaders who wish to pursue a career in the United States.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

September 2019 (Revised June 2020)
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2U: Higher Education Rewired

By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Karim R. Lakhani

In its 2019 Partner Symposium, 2U, an online program management provider (OPM), showcased its new vision: “Career. Curriculum. Continuum. A construct for lifelong learning in the 21st century.” 2U, founded in 2008 and went public in 2014, was looking to expand beyond... View Details

Keywords: Digital Innovation; Architectural Innovation; Make V. Buy; Learning; Higher Education; Internet and the Web; Innovation Strategy; Transformation; Digital Transformation

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12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

all three of the creativity components in selecting people and assigning them to projects. First, of course, expertise is important — talent and skill, experience and training.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2024
Blog Post

The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business

in a thriving business when a job offer comes from a company you’ve always admired that’s on the brink of bankruptcy. The risks are tremendous but so are the potential rewards – to you and society. This situation brings to mind the View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

performance? What are principled choices its leaders must make if they are serious about building such a firm? What are the means for changing an average company into a HCHP company? What are the key design features View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers

One of the most important aspects of a Harvard Business School education is the experience HBS students get from learning among a diverse and international group View Details

12 Sep 2023
Book

Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

they’re leading a whole bunch of other people. So emotional management is even more important.” Brooks says the country, and maybe the world, is in a happiness slump. This epidemic predates the COVID-19... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

17 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

considered the path of becoming a medical doctor. However, a volunteering experience at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania drew my... View Details

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Jason A. Kilar

interviewed with Bezos in a professor’s office, flew to Seattle a week later, and accepted a job offer on the spot. He thought he would stay for two years but he spent the next nine years working alongside Bezos whom he called “the single greatest business View Details

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Leading in the Digital Era

that can transform your organization, deliver more value, and build competitive advantage, you will benefit from cutting-edge research into the culture of companies and leaders undergoing digital... View Details

19 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Ming Min Hui: Figuring Out Her Mission

Ming Min Hui (MBA 2015) had a very specific intention in mind when she applied to HBS. After an early career in investment banking and corporate strategy, “I wanted to apply my business skills to something more fulfilling and mission-driven,” Ming says. “A lot View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

confirm that homophily, which here likely arises from social influence, permeates all scales of human behavior. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51392 May 2016 Seminars in Oncology Nursing Transformation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)

worth because of emotions and other factors, a bias called the “winner’s curse.” Through this effort, the researchers collected more than 70,000 decisions. In the second part View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

21 May 2001
Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

professor Linda A. Hill. And leaders at the forefront of top companies in the future, she believes, already know that the key to competitive advantage is their own ability as View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

nonprofit board member must be cognizant. Some of the more important items are discussed in this section. Similarities There are a number of similarities between for-profits and non-profits which make people... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest

underserved communities. What has been the highlight of your HBS experience thus far? The highlight of my HBS has been co-planning and moderating a panel on health equity... View Details

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

were a dynamic experience from start to finish. I found myself surrounded by so many smart and inspiring people who collectively brought such diverse perspectives. My first seat-mates were-- on my left,-- a young man from Baltimore who... View Details

02 Dec 2014
Blog Post

Building a Consumer-Centric Strategy: Highlights from the Marketing & CPG Club’s Conference

featured 3 keynotes, 6 panels, a networking lunch and cocktail hour. As thought leaders in marketing, our keynotes delivered powerful presentations about how their company’s execute a consumer-centric strategy: Michael Moynihan View Details

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Case What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders by Avery Forman What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series View Details

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