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- January 2014
- Teaching Note
Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Children's Health Forum
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Malone
The case includes law, business, and public health perspectives on an African American leader's social entrepreneurship and leadership in other social movements. Later in his life, Dr. Benjamin Hooks championed the eradication of lead poisoning. Prior to that Hooks... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Innosight
industries to identify new growth opportunities, build new ventures and capabilities, and accelerate organizational change. Founded by HBS professor Clay Christensen, our cofounder and several of our Partners are also alumni, including our View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
world—characterized by the practice of the tried-and-true in management, and focused on the ownership, conservation, and growth of assets. Managers and their careers are a product of their beliefs and... View Details
- 23 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
Ostensibly, Shah was trying to refocus employees. New research from Harvard Business School Professor Joseph B. Fuller offers a different take. When workers feel tension between their work and private lives, they’re likely to quit or be less productive. Fuller’s latest... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- March 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Supplement
Lisa Sherman (B)
By: Bill George and Jens Audenaert
The case of Lisa Sherman (B) describes a highly successful executive at Verizon, who decides to leave the company because of the negative views of gays and lesbians expressed at a diversity training workshop, and her final meeting with Verizon CEO Ray Smith to describe... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Personal Development and Career; Retention; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Government and Politics
George, Bill, and Jens Audenaert. "Lisa Sherman (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-116, March 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 25 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
“occupational sorting,” with men choosing careers that pay higher wages than women do, labor economists say. For example, women represent only 26 percent of US workers employed in computer and math jobs, according to the Department of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Program
Leading Professional Service Firms
achievement Create an intimate, flexible culture that is inclusive, supportive, and collegial Help professionals manage rising expectations, remain productive, and grow throughout their careers Develop... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?
McKinsey, serving as managing director of the Boston office and leader of the global merger integration practice during that period. “These dilemmas will happen, and they will happen faster and sooner than you expect.” “There are few... View Details
- October 13, 2021
- Editorial
How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now
By: Daniel Stein, Nick Hobson, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Ashley Whillans
A year and a half into the pandemic, employees’ mental “surge capacity” is likely diminished. Managers must take proactive steps to increase employee engagement, or risk losing their workforce. Engaged employees perform better, experience less burnout, and stay in... View Details
Keywords: Employee Retention; Employee Engagement; Employee Relationship Management; Work-Life Balance
Stein, Daniel, Nick Hobson, Jon M. Jachimowicz, and Ashley Whillans. "How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 13, 2021).
- 2018
- Book
Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life
By: F. Gino
The world’s best chef.
An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing.
A magician known for his sensational escape acts.
A computer scientist who founded a world-renowned animation studio.
What do all of these... View Details
An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing.
A magician known for his sensational escape acts.
A computer scientist who founded a world-renowned animation studio.
What do all of these... View Details
Gino, F. Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life. New York: Dey Street Books, 2018.
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
your life will be judged”—one might add, both by others and by yourself. “Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.” Career planning provides... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
Make the Most of Your Relocation
Although the Covid-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Assignments far from headquarters can... View Details
Jon M. Jachimowicz
Jon M. Jachimowicz is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the Required Curriculum. He studies... View Details
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
organization than they did four years ago.” This raises the question of the degree to which management policies vs. employee attitudes toward work are to blame. Do people want to work anymore? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- June 2022
- Teaching Plan
GreenLight Fund
By: Brian Trelstad and Mel Martin
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 320-053. As Tara Noland, the Executive Director (ED) of GreenLight Cincinnati, reflected on her first few years on the job. Noland had delivered on what she had been hired to do in the city: work with leading philanthropists and nonprofit... View Details
- Program
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
Summary Nowhere has the impact of digital technology been felt more keenly than in the entertainment world, where it has dramatically changed how products are developed and managed—and how talent connects with audiences. In this entertainment View Details
Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.
As Dean, building on... View Details
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- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
looking to boost morale. “People are quitting, and companies are noticing that it’s harder to get people to join the company and hold on to them, so they’re going back to the drawing board.” Hall is working on a how-to guide about HR systems for View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman