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  • 26 Apr 2024
  • HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

write a case study about how Sanders, known as “Coach Prime,” applies a military commander’s approach to motivating his team. “Deion reminds me of military officers I’ve served under because of the clear way he communicates and the... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

consultants than their traditional PR work. The CEO is pressured to find a compensation system that helps retain and motivate the firm's valued PR consultants, attract new talent, and get all professionals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2009
  • Article

Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work

By: Jennifer Kish Gephart, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino and Amy C. Edmondson
In every organization, individual members have the potential to speak up about important issues, but a growing body of research suggests that they often remain silent instead, out of fear of negative personal and professional consequences. In this chapter, we draw on... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Working Conditions; Research; Emotions; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Behavior
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  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

Motivation Authors:F. Gino and S. Wiltermuth Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We propose that separating rewards into categories can increase motivation, even when those categories are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

  Working PapersDishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting (revised) Authors:Lisa Lixin Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract People routinely engage in dishonest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

around the second year of it I changed the motivation and intention of the show. I went from just trying to be a talk show competing with everybody else in the rat race of ratings. And literally sat down with my producers and said, how do... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

what motivates others and appeal effectively to it, is most important in the United States and Europe at this point in time. It will become more important in Asia as living standards improve, knowledge workers become more important, View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 26 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

help companies quickly hire qualified professionals from racial minorities. Traditional platforms, where the average candidate was white, that employed this same transactional approach did not elicit the same reaction. ShopCo leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 03 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 3

  Publications August 2013 The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Do Analysts Follow Managers Who Switch Companies? An Analysis of Relationships in the Capital Markets By: Brochet, Francois, Gregory S. Miller, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

  PublicationsThe Paradox of Excellence Authors:Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011) Abstract Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2015
  • Case

Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry

By: Christopher Marquis, Qi Li and Guy Leung
After more than 25 years of operation, Beacon Group had grown from having 3 small classrooms on the fourth floor of a commercial building, to a network of 21 centers across Hong Kong with over 60,000 students enrolled per year. The key long-term challenge for the... View Details
Keywords: Online Education; Education; Tutoring; Incentives; Hong Kong; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Family Business; Education Industry; Hong Kong
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  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

Abstract An organization's compensation strategy plays a critical role in motivating workers and attracting high-performing employees. Most of the research linking compensation to strategy relies on the principal-agent model of economics,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

an organizational setting, have you talked to or researched creative folks in the arts or other endeavors? A: Several years ago, while a professor of psychology at Brandeis University, I studied professional artists who occasionally did... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

Entrepreneurial Leader: Peer Assessment.” Both are being prepared for launch in summer 2016. The team included Applegate; Janet Kraus, entrepreneur-in-residence; and Tim Butler, Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor to Career and Professional... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

avoidable ways. This article is based on the analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that involved high-level managers in their companies. The analysis uncovered four major types of actions that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • June 2011
  • Article

The Paradox of Excellence

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong
Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they could be? We argue that it's often because they're afraid to demonstrate any sign of weakness. They're reluctant to ask important questions or try new... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Innovation and Invention; Strength and Weakness; Performance Productivity; Risk and Uncertainty; Motivation and Incentives; Satisfaction
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  • 29 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

work over their personal lives are less happy." The findings have professional and personal implications for workers at a time when many business leaders are embracing performance-based pay. About 75 percent of organizations in the United... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

strategies for tamping it down. In one online study, participants were asked to read a biography by a fictitious peer who had achieved professional success, for example by landing a prestigious, lucrative job. People who read only about... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Jan 2021
  • Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

Silverthorne: You list four themes that contributed to the rise of American business: growth-friendly policymaking; business-friendly financial institutions; the professionalization of the managerial class; and the inventiveness and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

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