Reaching Your Potential - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

that the feedback giver has positive intent." To see what I mean, imagine being told, “You need to be more assertive” or “You need to show your potential more fully.” These types of statements, which women... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

Happiness can be dangerous as well, since happy negotiators tend to accept less than they might otherwise be able to get. "You don't want your happiness to hijack other emotions," says Wasynczuk. "What we teach is not to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

spiritual guidance in crucial decisions, especially those that affect other people such as employees, he said. Levy's guidelines are: Quiet the mind. Reach deep inside. Go beyond the ego to hear the inner voice. Don't fear ambiguity; rest... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

A colleague is out sick, and suddenly it's fallen on you to deliver a crucial client presentation. The saliva dries up in your mouth, your heart races. You briefly consider heading home sick yourself, before... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Fuller , and HBS alumni practitioners like Lisa Skeete Tatum (MBA 1998) and Chris Yeh (MBA 2000) Research-based and practical frameworks for scaling your venture successfully Opportunities to make connections with VCs and both founders... View Details

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

part of an effort to change the culture. This sounds like a lot, but the culture cycle provides a foundation for the creation of an organization capable of setting high goals and meeting them. Q: Your research produces an eye-opening... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

wanted time to carefully craft the words I would use. I wanted to give us both time to reflect and process. Selfishly, I wanted to spare myself from a potentially negative reaction. “I hope this doesn’t change anything between us. I am... View Details

07 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

coins and tokens—payments they often fail to disclose. Unfortunately for retail investors, following online crypto advice, especially from self-described “experts,” has the potential to bring significant financial losses, according to new... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

average annual growth of 4 percent for the two years after the buyout. “There is an enormous hunger for economic growth, and here we see dramatic productivity growth for these firms,” says Lerner. “That is potentially socially... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

09 Oct 2020
Blog Post

4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

a wide range of science electives to choose from. I am particularly interested in bioethics and regenerative biology, so I plan to take courses from those subsections of science electives. 4. The professors are incredibly impressive and become View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Strategy track. Introduction to Disruptive Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Disruptive Strategy $1,850 Next... View Details

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

ask for help. Need to learn about a new industry? Ask your classmates. Need a job? Ask your classmates if they can introduce you to someone you need to reach at View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

available university partners was somewhat limited. Some members of Posse's board wondered if the organization should broaden the criteria for potential partner colleges in order to more quickly grow the number of students it served. If... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

using combinations of four integers, about 4 billion possible combinations. The problem: Internet growth is so dramatic that potential IPv4 addresses are running short on supply. A new standard called IPv6 will solve the problem with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

things incomplete” Do you want customers to refer more of their friends to your company’s website? Ask them to refer friends in arbitrary “batches” of five at a time. Looking to increase charitable giving to View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Recent Alumni - Alumni

your city. MBA Admissions Partner with the Admissions team to support efforts with potential applicants, applicants, and admitted students, so that prospective students may experience firsthand the strength... View Details

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

building in the operations of a major Korean shipbuilder. While Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSHM) had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar... View Details