Strength and Weakness - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

use of power is the objective, they ask, why is it that the wrong people often possess power? They point to several reasons. Power-seekers self-select. They appear to want the job more. They also impress us—“many of us are disposed to prefer people who project an air... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Portrait Project

Dallin McKinnon

processing the unbearable grief of losing her. My wife’s embrace assured me I wasn’t alone in carrying this burden. Her simple but profound gesture gave me the strength to continue. All of us, at some point—maybe many points in life—need... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

ever seen before that challenges conventional wisdom and poses new approaches to big social or environmental issues. Leaders must continuously make adjustments, review premises, bring the flexibility to pivot if necessary, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

a PM was created by interactions with others,” he says. When he decided to get an MBA to “learn how to commercialize a clean tech product,” he chose HBS for its general management strengths – and its... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

for the author's dealings with publishers in other regions. It now makes sense for the author to reject the publisher's low offer even though she has no other offers. This argument is likely to make the publisher rethink the strength of... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

2024
Working Paper

Does Private Equity Have Any Business Being in the Health Care Business?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Zirui Song

Private Equity (“PE”) has come under increased scrutiny by the press, academics, and policymakers, as well as the public, for its investments in health care delivery. This scrutiny has been exacerbated by recent high profile hospital bankruptcies following PE... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Government Administration; Acquisition; Health Industry

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04 Aug 2010
News

A Lonely Crusader

We’ve all read stories about those rare individuals who saw the financial crisis coming and profited handsomely from their contrarian insights. Add to that list of contrarians hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (MBA ’92), whose six-year... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

12 Nov 2015
Blog Post

3 Facts About HBS Discussion Groups

different strengths and weaknesses learn from each other to better prepare for class. By reviewing interpretations and numbers for different... View Details

Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

and email cover letter, you'll need a personal elevator pitch that will help you effectively convey your strengths and what you bring to the table. Describing yourself 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

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

Think of Rupert Murdoch, Al "Chainsaw" Dunlop, and Madonna. They're talented. They're shrewd. Now, are they successful? Or, as HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson framed the question at a recent presentation for alumni, would you... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Research Summary

Informing Brand Marketing Practice

Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

evaluate the performance of the CEO, identifying his or her strengths and weaknesses and helping the CEO to establish trusted leadership of the... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

Firoz Rasul "Religious practice without a social conscience is deceit," he said. The heart of social vision is providing care for the weak and vulnerable but "charity" that takes away... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

how aptly those words apply to her own inner strength and exceptional ability. Photography by Webb Chappell Shari P. Hubert Scott C. Bolick Herman I. Safin Margaret M. Crotty Christopher S. Yeh Raymond M.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

31 Jan 2007
HBS Case

When Good Teams Go Bad

What could better symbolize high-level business performance than an eight-oared crew team rowing in perfect unison, their boat powered by a selfless collaboration of strength, skill, and shared purpose? It's no wonder that advertisers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

08 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

have a career that spans the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Through the joint degree program, I am building skills that will allow me to leverage the strengths of each sector to drive economic View Details

Blog

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

save himself from his inner turmoil. Arthur Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at HBS. He is the author of From View Details

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Indoor Spaces | About

Room The Tim Day Fitness Room in Shad Hall was made possible through a generous donation from Timothy T. Day (MBA 1964) and the Timothy T. Day Foundation. The project, completed in the summer of 2019, united Shad Hall’s cardio View Details

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

very same people would talk about being insecure and feeling like they were falling behind others. One of the strengths of HBS is the supportive community-- as a section, and... View Details

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