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- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
history, who continued to practice, focusing on shaving milliseconds off his time. Phelps never stopped improving. Similarly, consider the career of Dirk Nowitzski, the first European player to win an MVP award after moving to the... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
pad, we are seeing people who want to take a pause in their already accomplished careers so that they can develop personalized action plans to take back to their organizations," Simons comments. "It's a highly integrated... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
she says. "The backstory of organizations is now part of the value proposition for consumers. The lads from Dublin understood that early on and they still understand it." Koehn says the U2 case remains a work in progress and she believes... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
little progress has been made in reducing cost overruns even though more than 20 reform proposals were launched during this time. "Despite the focus and effort dedicated towards reform in the past fifty years, important systemic... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
Gawande, who explained one program's progress in a 2013 New Yorker article: "The field workers soon realized that having the mothers make the solution themselves was more effective than just showing them. The workers began looking for... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
On Friday, we will celebrate International Women's Day 2019, an annual event to promote the advancement of gender equality and gauge our progress across many domains. In business, researchers tell us, progress is happening but is still... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
task forces' progress at various junctures to IBM's Worldwide Management Council. Gerstner and Childs followed up with the task force sponsors to ensure that the groups were gathering meaningful information and connecting it to the... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
(iStock) iStock SUMMING UP Who Will Call the Shots in Stakeholder Capitalism? At one time in my checkered academic career I studied, researched, and published papers about interorganizational management. Specifically, I was interested in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
intermediaries—called outsourcing agencies—have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that agencies signal to employers that inexperienced workers are high quality. Workers affiliated with an agency have substantially higher job-finding probabilities and wages at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
racial diversity decreasing across businesses as a whole. “We may be overstating what progress has been made on employment integration,” the authors write. The reason for the step backward? Firm turnover is creating a racial divide. New... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
you can't prove who you are.” The scope and scale of the project, and its progress so far in already enrolling 200 million people, make this the largest-scale project of its kind in the world, says Harvard Business School Professor Tarun... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
forthcoming Journal of Accounting & Economics Career Concerns of Banking Analysts By: Horton, Joanne, George Serafeim, and Shan Wu Abstract—We study how career concerns influence banking analysts'... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
growth without undermining the progress achieved in reducing inequality and poverty. Can the Brazilian government reverse inequality and grow at the same time? What development strategy should Lula follow in his second term? Does Brazil... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
high turnover, waning commitment, missed recruiting goals, and officer retention nightmares. By studying the development of professional identity over time within the Army's career structure, we hoped to identify a conceptual leverage... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
made up 46.7 percent of the US labor force, and filled more than half of management, professional, and related occupations. If the strategy was to get more women in the workplace and let them naturally ascend to positions of upper management, it seemed the pump was... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
various parties, from governments to auto manufacturers to consumers. The fledgling company has made good progress in both Israel and Denmark as the first two launch locations but faces a series of decisions on the best course of action... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
coach or program of study, perhaps seeing things through diverse eyes and experiences might address a fundamental anchoring bias. I see the world through only my eyes. It takes more than the leaders to facilitate such progress ” His... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
together on diversity research for the past ten years. In an introduction to the session, Professor John J. Gabarro said gender, racial, and ethnic diversity have been the subject of much attention in recent years, including academic attention. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
2014' Significant negotiation-related achievements from the career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of his background and career. In light of these accomplishments, Koh was selected as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
burn cash faster than they make it. But already successful pioneers such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! have transformed industry dynamics, opened new career aspirations, and become emblematic of a new workplace style. The wanna-dots are... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter