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- 03 Jun 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Inducement Prizes and Innovation
- 24 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World
but no bosses.” As Wilson expanded the organization nationwide, he instilled strong boundaries and a rigid sense of ethics. He insisted that all major decisions be made by local chapters. Wilson turned down Time’s View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 31 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?
out of expediency probably aren’t being honest. In a case like this, in which a coworker is visibly flouting the rules, however, speaking up is almost always the right course of action, Fubini says. The... View Details
- 25 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent of advanced degrees, yet they bring home less pay and fill fewer seats in the C-suite than men, particularly in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Sep 2023
- Book
Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You
with the lives of some people much worse than those of others. It’s up to us to decide how to react, though. Consider Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, one of many historical... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
showing attack strategies in action. It then provides several specific counterstrategies for each basic category the authors have defined—including the following: Death-by-delay: Your enemies push discussion of your idea so far into the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
Walton. His flair was creating a lot of what Newport had precious little of, excitement. Walton was repeating his high school and college experiences, becoming the most popular man around. And there was what... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty
effect, the researchers also documented that people who express anger appear untrustworthy and less authentic. In another experiment, the research team had participants read fictitious scenarios involving a man named Nathan who was either... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable
could be used for good?’” One particular news story in 2017 caught their interest: After United Airlines forcibly removed a passenger from an overbooked plane to make room for crew members, videos passengers took of the View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- What Do You Think?
How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?
(iStockphoto/josefkubes) Jack Welch’s leadership practices and accomplishments as CEO of General Electric for 20 years have once again come under scrutiny. He is the subject of two recent books. Their... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
also challenged older models of leadership, including the “great man theory” and competency-based leadership models. Previous generations of business people spent more time... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
president of Pepsodent, the thirty-four-year-old Charles Luckman, who was credited with the "discovery" of Bob Hope in 1937 when the comedian was used for an advertisement. Countway was a classic... View Details
- 31 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” “There are no gains without pains.” “One today is worth two tomorrows.” Some phrases are so familiar they seem to have always existed. Referenced in every imaginable... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
extent to which business had permeated American society. In America, Adams wrote, “unlike Europe, the business man . . . finds himself the dominant power in the life of the nation and almost alone in his... View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
constantly reiterating the organizational purpose and operationalizing it as tasks. Talk of vision and ideals may seem a luxury that a crisis does not allow for, but this is a tremendous mistake. “A man must... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
At the end of June 2022, a video was posted on TikTok with the theme, “I know Victoria’s secret.” The secret was that Victoria was “an old man who lives in Ohio making money off View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work
When Katherine Coffman presents her research findings about how gender stereotypes shape the behavior of men and women in the workplace, she is often asked: What about non-binary individuals? “People understandably keep asking, ‘What... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
investment concern. It then was an early entrant into China's telecom and IT wave of the early 1990s, and became a market leader. Li is a man who seeks to establish a positive legacy. He created a foundation... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 27 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
and money—served as a check against the captain’s authority. "Blackbeard’s ship was arguably more progressive and equitable than American or English society at the time." Except in the heat of battle, when the captain took full command,... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
eyesight at age 8 to retinoblastoma, has done. When he ran for lieutenant governor of Washington in 2016, well-meaning friends expressed concern about whether the blind man could handle door-to-door... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman