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- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
might not take much effort to train ourselves to engage in thoughts during the commute that prepare us for the role ahead. Knowing that a long commute can make or break the job for some workers, the research team hopes View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
"Four minutes," a triumphant Amy C. Edmondson exclaims as she arrives at her Harvard Business School office, clutching a bike helmet and explaining that her commute is 10 minutes faster by bicycle than by car. Edmondson, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
as to skills in selecting people. Next, as Debbie Lee suggests, " there has to be a great deal of training." Again, high-performance organizations train for skills, not attitude. Nari Kannan points out two other critical... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
has prohibited NCCs for many years. Many argue that it hasn’t hurt business in the state. After all, Silicon Valley, with all of its training and talent, has been able to thrive without NCCs, although... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
complicated—and instructive. Kodak suffered from a technology transition in which it lost the benefits of a learning curve to a general-purpose technology platform where there were no entry barriers. It also suffered from difficulty in scaling down its traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions, and what can be done about it? That's the basic question contemplated in a book of essays called, The Difference "Difference" Makes, edited by Debra L. Rhode. In the book, Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
Recruiters reviewing hundreds of resumes for highly coveted roles in private equity and venture capital will often see candidates with backgrounds in banking and investing. This training and experience provides candidates with excellent... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
clocks, with a large display, that were placed throughout the five sites for all employees to easily see the time.” Training the locals was very important, Shah says. “Our role on the business side was to... View Details
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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About
the world, providing hope and encouragement to other owners of family businesses. The foundation offers educational workshops and training programs that address key family business issues such as succession,... View Details
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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About
Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities The case and field methods, the hallmark pedagogies of Harvard Business School (HBS), are rooted in candid discussion, relying on the open exchange of information and... View Details
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Rafaella Sadun | About
Raffaella Sadun Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing Unit Strategy Contact Phone Bio Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a... View Details
- 10 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
business development roles. That class, called Launching Technology Ventures, is dedicated to helping train executives in the art of launching, building and scaling startups. Some people wonder whether... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?
designing a “similar survey to be administered to every group of stakeholder outside of the company organization, to get the feedback on ‘how it feels’ doing business with the company.” Lavinia Rasca said “the answer was given by Andrew... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 May 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
“We have spent a lot of time over the past couple of years laying the foundation for growth. There are pieces of our business that would be easier to scale, but no part is more representative of Tom’s experience than our body coaches,”... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
remember that it took me a while to become comfortable with the case method. As an engineer, I was trained to look for the right answer and to prove it with formulas and theorems. However, in an HBS classroom (and in real-life View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
Human error causes at least 90 percent of the 5.25 million accidents in the United States annually. Could driverless cars save lives? Yes, but it may take a long road to get there. “Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are never drunk or tired or inattentive,” says Harvard View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
outstanding service organizations, we have found that they invariably hire for attitude and train for skills. Are street smarts attitudes or skills? If street smarts are attitudes, should MBA program admissions offices look for them in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
policies make middle managers more critical than ever in coaching, mentoring, advising, and overseeing people working away from an office setting? If the latter, are middle managers getting the training and support necessary to help them... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
she set store standards, instituted training programs, and rejuvenated performance. Due to her success in operations over the next two years, this manager received two more challenging assignments. First, she became director of sales for... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams By: Bernstein, Ethan, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee Abstract—Holacracy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne