Strength and Weakness - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

New research finds that companies that took steps to meet an international safety standard further improved their working conditions after adoption, logging 20 percent fewer cases of illness and injury than non-certified firms. The... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

successful. They should pursue situations in which their strengths are really needed, important weaknesses are not a serious drawback, and their core values are consistent with... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

Rights of first refusal are contract clauses common in such industries as entertainment. In 2001, Paramount Studios and the National Broadcasting Company negotiated the broadcasting rights for the hit show "Frasier." NBC held a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Video: MBA Moms Celebrate Mother’s Day

son. His name is Christian, born in my first semester of my second year of my MBA. Cecilia Liu: There's no best time to have kids. I had the kids before I applied for grad school. In fact, I think I find myself deriving a lot of my View Details

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

their actions, the strength of your BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement), and so on—there is a strong likelihood they will make better decisions. For example, if someone says "no" to... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

01 Sep 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)

realize that what you’re experiencing is not uniquely special, because others have struggled the way you’ve struggled. That understanding brings so much strength and resilience. Every single time we’ve... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; whistle blower; Facebook; leadership; social media

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

When CEOs speak with Rob Kaplan looking for answers, he usually focuses them instead on figuring out and discussing the right questions. "Show me a company, nonprofit, or a government leader that is struggling, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

company uses assessment tools and career coaches to identify employees' strengths and decide how to best leverage those talents for the company's good. The company also... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

09 Sep 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton S. Rose & Suraj Srinivasan

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Our Values | About

suggestions and ideas. We want our campus to be safe, secure, and vibrant. Closing Thoughts We must find a way forward. Why? Because if we can’t do it here—drawing on the View Details

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

nature," the strengths and possibility of a given person or enterprise, leaders must also be able to see an individual or organization's weaknesses. And the case points to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

of fun and speaks to the strength of joint degree relationships! Is the joint degree schedule really challenging? Can JD/MBAs still do extra things like the law clinics, law review? Although JD/MBAs... View Details

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

how brand biographies can be used strategically to strengthen the connection between consumers and a brand or to address areas of weakness that threaten consumer-brand bonds. For example, we look at how... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

unfair to high performers—that it was fairer to lay off the weak links and support the strong ones. “It’s a little surreal to watch a room full of people discuss what you did,” Cote said following the class... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

management and personnel, they said. What creates superior performance management? Attention to outcomes. Focus on stakeholders. (Surveys, satisfaction. How do funders and community perceive what we do?)... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

23 May 2019
News

Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Bond CEO and Cofounder, Social Finance Tracy Palandjian attributes her instincts as a social entrepreneur to her Chinese upbringing. “Master the basics, then innovate,” “Waste nothing,” and “Distance tests... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

Toffel and Levine, who expected perhaps a small savings if any. But the strength of the findings, they say, should persuade even skeptical antiregulatory critics. "If people are skeptical of OSHA, it's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

fellow alumni of the GLSA has proven to be lifelong. There’s a deeper layer of connection with people who’ve gone through similar experiences, and to have that bond mashed together with the aspiration of being business leaders—that’s been... View Details

09 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Building Community: Meet the HBS Latino Student Organization Leadership

strength at the 2019 HBS Latino Alumni Association’s annual banquet. That year, Mina Pacheco Nazemi, Paul Francisco, and others spoke about their achievements and efforts to... View Details

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