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What Black Executives Really Want
isn't Black. So many Black executives feel they have to be very mild mannered and agreeable, because any disagreement will be perceived as aggression. At work, we are all being judged to some extent about our performance. But the level of... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
challenge on her hands. Perhaps you are attempting to manage your way through a similarly exigent scenario. Trying to accomplish everything that used to be done by two or three people, you may be feeling stressed, maybe more than a bit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
of stress. People were also asked whether they agreed with statements like “I feel burned out from work.” Based on these answers, the research team assigned participants different resilience scores. The results The first group of workers... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
what about?" With that attack, it's easy for a conversation to slide into endless side discussions about this and that, and that and this, and don't forget about . . . Eventually, people conclude that the idea has not been well thought out. Or they View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
Professor Esty emphasized the importance of having a viewpoint backed up by data—I feel better equipped going into the working world having been forced to reckon with my values and how that applies to corporate policy issues. Why did you... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
Wendy Zito believes that "when you feel you are being listened to then it helps you connect to the other person but it also helps you hear yourself." Gael raised the question to a more universal level with her comment: "Listening to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
gender or racial minority might feel pressure to fill stereotypical roles or represent their entire group. “It was unexpected to us that people would even be willing to put themselves in these situations,” says Chang, noting the vast... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
when other approaches would produce better results for customers, employees, and shareholders and foster better long-term performance of the company. “I’ve been a leader during three recessions, and I’ve never heard a management team talk... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
officers—some of the military’s most senior leaders—sometimes assume that great officers leave the military for the private sector because they want to make more money. In reality, some of those officers move on because their needs have changed, and perhaps they don’t... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
Habib. “I’d always heard about Magda and how she was an execution machine,” says Enan. Still living in the States at the time, Enan asked Habib out for coffee whenever she came back to Cairo. Habib was consulting after exiting Fawry—a... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
for. And that’s when the trouble began. Basically I changed the mission of the business from being a focused coffee and donut shop company to becoming a franchise business. Feeling that a 60-time multiple was extraordinarily intoxicating,... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
opportunity to explore, and examine, and observe the range of storytelling devices and storytelling features that brands use in this one moment and in this one platform.” Kenny: How has streaming affected the advertising industry? We've View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
academic community, with a feeling of emptiness, and of gratitude for all he did for us. Nancy F. Koehn Nancy F. Koehn, an authority on entrepreneurial history, is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
Sustainability, was among the first to take the stage. He spoke of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the consequences for the Earth. “Our present moment,” he said, “is one of both climate optimism and deep foreboding.” Oxford Dictionary defines... View Details
- Portrait Project
Emilka Valentova
investment opportunities, I saw random numbers scattered across Excel. I was a star extinguished. I planned to be no more. Diagnosis: depression. I heard it many times: Don't talk. Don't share. Don't show. A black cab picked me up from a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alexander Kamenskov
announcement in the news. Perestroika was proclaimed when I was born. Seven years of change, and my nation was still at a crossroads, yet again in civil unrest. On that day, shooting stopped. I was walking in the street with my parents View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
This scenario, inspired by a Harvard Business School case, may ring familiar. It raises an increasingly prevalent, and difficult, management issue: how much information to share and when to share it. You look up to find the concerned face of a key employee darkening... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
figures of Dominican bachata. “I loved Latin music. I loved Cuban music especially, but I had never heard traditional Dominican music,” recalls de Menil, whose own background is French and American. “When I View Details
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
is, on their own, without family involvement) and when they did, individual rituals were not associated with holiday enjoyment. In sum, three studies consistently demonstrate that family rituals on holidays are associated with feelings of... View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Section Life: Your HBS Family
Before I arrived at HBS, I had heard a lot about sections and how they really impacted people’s experiences as students here. People who graduated decades earlier told me how they still stay in touch with their section mates and how... View Details