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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
who have already worked at consulting companies and I-banks arrive with the attitude of been there, done that, let's try something new." Creating Social Value For participants in the social venture track, the "something new" focuses on... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
reviews research findings on the leadership challenges of diversity, including the social psychology of similarity and difference, the value of multiple perspectives to problem-solving, the relationship between diversity and firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Blog
Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
year? We spent a lot of time over the last few months thinking about our mission statement, vision statement, and guiding principles, and how all those things align with the current community values and HBS mission. We've also spent time... View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
evokes values in a way that connects a person’s day-to-day work to the values or the purpose of the organization. And you say that this is a fundamental task of leadership in a deep purpose company. What is... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
book, and the last one of those is sort of counterintuitive. And it’s “share your pain.” A company goes through something like this—they’ve just lost money, it’s embarrassing. What is the value in sharing that story? Rothrock: Well, good... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
multiplier firms and megaprojects engaged in sustainability-related initiatives, we also explain the value of learning logic, in contrast to blueprint logic, for leading change for sustainability. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Leonard and V. Kasturi Rangan Periodical:Directors & Boards 3, no. 4 (winter 2006) Abstract Companies today face increasing demands for corporate social responsibility (CSR). Correspondingly, they have important new opportunities to build business View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
and accessible and taking action on ideas or reporting back on why action can't or won't be taken. These are behavioral skills that all of us can continue to practice and improve. These don't need to be grand, highly contrived actions. Some of the people we've... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
take the following proactive steps: I ask my clients to answer the question "Why wouldn't our company want to be that competitor?"— Liam Fahey,Leadership Forum Find your competitive comfort zone. Your obligation to maximize shareholder View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
had honed throughout his 33-year career, he overhauled the company’s culture, redefined its leadership capability, and increased earnings by a compound annual growth rate of 125 percent. In No Bullsh!t Leadership, Moore outlines his leadership principles, which include... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
Leadership and Corporate Accountability, Strategy, The Entrepreneurial Manager, and other required courses in a fully integrated fashion,” says Moon. A financial market simulation will allow students to act as investors valuing businesses... View Details
- September 2021
- Case
Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds
By: John J-H Kim, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
Founded in 1989, Posse Foundation was a nonprofit organization with a mission of developing future leaders who reflected the U.S.’s rich diversity. The organization ran a selective, localized admissions process in 10 U.S. cities to identify outstanding students with... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Higher Education; Decision Making; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Values and Beliefs; Geography; Geographic Scope; Growth and Development; Leadership; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Partners and Partnerships; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Identity; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Expansion; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States
Kim, John J-H, Robin Mendelson, and Julia Kelley. "Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds." Harvard Business School Case 322-016, September 2021.
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
Europe Research Center, which had already cooperated with me on the Total case, if we could take a closer look at BP. Beyersdorfer: During the case interviews, MacLeod, a former financial analyst, presented his project to us. He believed there was huge View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
“It may not be possible for every employee (to) value the company as if it were his own. The next best thing is to make the customer the focus of everyone’s work. When customer service is enculturated through policies and programs,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
is quite a bit in scoping out the right question with them so the community can be of value to them," Lipstein said. "If it's a simple question, there's no reason to crowdsource." DeJulio agreed that framing the question just right — free... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
over the past several years. Q: What is the greatest functional value the Apple Watch offers to the consumer? A: What Apple brings to the table is user integration within their existing ecosystem. In the same way that the iPhone did when... View Details
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
multiparty risk and disaster management, namely that the organizational challenge is to enable multiple actors and subunits with competing and often conflicting values and expertise to establish a virtual, well‐aligned organization.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
is advocating disclosure of CEO pay packages, including the value of large stock option grants which many might conclude produce similar pressures for short-term performance? What do you think? View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
but only by the firms that have employee longevity and a valued ... way of life." This may not mean retaining everyone, however, as Horacio Cavallero suggests in commenting that "I have always thought that it was very important... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
tasks: strengthening links between portfolio objectives and overall company goals; ensuring that the relationship among projects creates greater value and efficiency; and making sure that projects build organizational capacity to respond... View Details