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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
them? I’m still on the listening tour. Do you have a particular approach when it comes to motivating people? I believe people are motivated by being given responsibility,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
Indian paneer, Palestinian Ackawi, and a range of Hispanic cheeses, such as asadero and Cotija. “Business is pretty simple,” Scharfman told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Identify a market need, figure out how to do it, get access to capital. I add a fourth, which is... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
BollyX actually makes me better at both jobs. As a cocreator of the BollyX workout, I absolutely love teaching BollyX classes. Feeling the energy and vibe of the class participants keeps me connected to the mission and purpose of what I am doing—to View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
on plastics and climate change—and educating people about the water crisis—it could be really interesting to do something good while doing something good.” Kauss also discussed her environmental motivations... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
guest counts on a daily basis across the restaurant portfolio as well as operating metrics such as speed and accuracy of service and food quality. Also very important are customer and people metrics. The success of our business largely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Roadmap for Moms
stay-at-home moms to return to work? Money is probably the biggest motivation but not just for itself. Often it’s a desire to be able to spend one’s own earned money. People often measure how successful they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company. When George joined Medtronic in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
in 2013. I was stationed in a tank unit out in Colorado Springs when the Vietnam War started up. I didn’t think I wanted to be in a tank in Vietnam, so I volunteered to go to flight school. Six months later, I was in combat. I was a 24-year-old captain supervising... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
last-place aversion by putting 99 percent of the population in “last place,” behind the wealthiest 1 percent. He sees potential to use this aversion to motivate people to be more proactive in their own... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
“ Of everything that can engage people deeply in work, the single most important is simply making progress in meaningful work.” —HBS professor Teresa Amabile, discussing her long-range research on what View Details
Keywords: quotations
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Self-awareness is important if you want to be a good general manager
role that is part ambassador, part recruiter. “I will pay attention to job opportunities in the Greater China area,” he says, “and pass the information along to the club members and also coordinate when people from China come to campus,... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Field 2 Gives Students Hands-On Exposure To Business Practices In Malaysia
the culture, she wasn’t fully prepared for how dynamic Kuala Lumpur has become. “It is an impressive city where people are very smart and business-driven, and where there is a strong focus on innovation,” she explains. Henderson was one... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
adversary for a range of reasons. “We have a divisive president—and the extremes get the air time, both among our political leaders and the media. The algorithms created by our social networks fuel the fire even more. This all reinforces a narrative that View Details
Keywords: Government
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
reconnecting with the community, being able to walk the streets and talk to leaders, I saw that there is an opportunity for a real galvanization of optimism. People have an optimism and motivation to make a... View Details
- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Using Technology to Help Reclaim Lives from Addiction
motivate healthy behavior. “As a student at HBS,” Loeb reflects, “I thought I would pursue a career at the intersection of television and computers. I never dreamed that, many years later, I would be using that concept to help View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
professional sports. Ferguson's talents include deft management and motivation of some of the world's greatest (and most high-strung) athletes, staying current on the latest training regimens and technologies, and plotting strategy both... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
competitive spirit. Section pride really helped motivate people to give,” said Michelle Grzan, who served as cochair of the class gift with Elizabeth Wesson. Sections A, B, and H each reached 100 percent... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
interest in global health to the realization that an estimated 13 million people die each year for lack of low-cost products that could save their lives. Over the past seven years, she has conducted research projects in Zambia aimed at... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
why people might go into frontier markets. The first is that there is a perception arbitrage opportunity. In other words, the perception of the country is that it's quite bad, but the reality on the ground is different, and there actually... View Details