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30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

recommended) being attentive to the changes in the external environment communicating with middle managers and leading by example, motivating employees to speak, listening to customers.” Several asked whether the phenomenon in question is View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

popular sentiment could prove disastrous for employers trying to retain professional and highly skilled talent. And while speed is required, leaders also need a long-term view. They need to envision the practices that will be common View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

sitting on a rare opportunity, and they must be systematic in how they take advantage of it if they want to make positive changes," says George, a Professor of Management Practice at HBS and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

truth. It turns business decisions into elaborate exercises in gaming. It sets colleague against colleague, creating distrust and ill will. And it distorts incentives, motivating people to act in ways that run counter to the best... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

01 Mar 2021
What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

consciously working with your superior to obtain the best possible results for you, your boss, and the company.” However, it didn’t trigger the amount of follow-on research that the subject deserved after early interest in the topic died... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

say, "Yes, my company is trying, but ." This was one of the most emotional research projects I have ever done. I rarely tear up in an interview. But on multiple occasions, I really had tears in my eyes hearing people's stories. It was amazing. I tried to walk in other... View Details

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

downside consequences are more certain. Google has some 700 employees in China, the best of whom are already finding alternative employment. So de facto, Google is going to be a much smaller entity in China. It seems unlikely to me that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

chlorine tablets to purify their drinking water? Behavioral economics has shown us that we don't always act in our own best interests. This is as true of health decisions as it is of economic ones. An array of biases, limits on cognition,... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

that you don't get to do things that people with resources get to do. But we tell all of our kids, ‘don't be afraid to try, to dream, to expand your horizons and go for the best that you can become.' It's an honor to work with them."... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Introduction Training Certificate Management Program Harvard-Radcliffe HBS MBA Program Methods of Instruction Theory to Practice MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 020, 019, 120 The Co-Ed Experience In December 1962,... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

includes reducing emissions, waste, and energy and water use; implementing green operation standards in building and campus maintenance; and promoting healthy, smart, and sustainable dining options. The campus is a living laboratory for devising View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in with View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

conversations with individual employees during this critical time. Conversations are the best way to get leaders and employees back into the practice of relating to one another in person. How are people... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

03 Jul 2008
What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

in large organizations. Participants work hard either in support of or against the policies and practices of their leaders. As Kellerman puts it, "they care enough to try to have an impact." Clearly it's in the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

development that occurs before achieving product-market fit. Assess different go-to-market strategies and determine which is best for your venture. Highlights Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant, Squire Co-Founders Paris Wallace, Ovia Health... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

personal growth, received the privilege of leading some of the best people I could ever meet. I developed a deep appreciation for the power of the human spirit, and am certainly a better man for it. Here at HBS, I am happy that I am... View Details

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

inequities in the business sector, and emerging best practices for combatting or addressing them. Our third cohort of Fellows will start in September 2024. Explore the BiGS Fellows Learn more about the... View Details

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

call,” says Ammerman, “that's perceived very differently than when your male colleague’s child runs in during his Zoom call. I think it just produces an enormous amount of stress.” Steps toward gender equality In Glass Half-Broken, Ammerman and Groysberg recommend a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

members of BTG Pactual's management team. Esteves was inspired to pursue this undertaking because of his interest in education and opportunities to improve management education in Brazil by sharing best View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jan 2013
News

Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

2002, 'venture philanthropy' as we know it today didn't exist, but we saw the opportunity to use business practices to create real social change," says Jacobson of the origins of Strategic Grant Partners, a coalition of 15 family... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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