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- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
onto, but at the same time, it’s not really fair, and it won’t capture what regulators are hoping to capture,” Rouen says. Once the new SEC disclosure rule comes into play, firms should brace for some worker disgruntlement. “When you disclose compensation, you View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
When evaluating whether to invest in a new idea, senior executives often rely on experts. But these advisers often favor ideas that are easy to execute over tough-to-pull-off but potentially groundbreaking plans. The risk for companies: Brilliant innovations might... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
percentage rent above a specified revenue threshold. Normatively, the industry seeks to spend no more than 10 percent of revenue on occupancy costs, but when entering leases, restaurateurs may well be optimistic about their projected revenue and therefore agree to a... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
at 3:00 a.m. and asked to perform. We call this pattern your trust “anchor.” Your anchor is the attribute that’s least likely to get wobbly on you, even when the proverbial clouds start to gather and winds start to howl. Reprinted by... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
in school with the option to join the company when they graduate, Fuller’s analysis finds that three-quarters of employers wind up happy with their trainees and two-thirds of apprentices go on to college or career. “Employers see a real... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
customers. Eventually, of course, the integrated mills ran out of markets to flee to. 3. Disruptive opportunities require a separate business-planning process. All innovative ideas start out as half-baked propositions. They then go through a shaping process as they... View Details
- 18 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal
its emphasis on individual heroes, cycling is very much a team sport, one where the team supports the leader and works for his success. Riders help shield their leader from other cyclists in tight packs, draft in front of him to reduce View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
indeed, Scott became a martyr, a great hero for English history. This meant that Shackleton was perceived to be out of the loop when he started to raise money. And as the winds of what would become World War I started whipping across... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
Markets," looks at a wide range of practices, legal and illegal, from dwarf tossing to slavery to California's ban on the human consumption of horse meat, and asks how economists can find a common language, if not a common point of view, with the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
was sentenced to 24 years and four months in prison. Level Three: Chameleon At the next level sits Chameleons. These are the "leaders" who bend with the wind and strive to please as many people as possible at all times. In some... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
The pandemic is winding down, and the world is moving toward an endemic approach. In the world's COVID-19 epicenter, New York City, businesses, restaurants, and Broadway have reopened now that 4 million New Yorkers have been vaccinated.... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
analyze in advance exactly what would happen the day the article came out and what precisely he should do to channel fear, anger, and confusion into a determination to act fast and succeed. The day came. A full-blown crisis was created. The CEO waited for a great View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
"I don't want to take people off their urgent duties, but at some point in the next hour or so I need a full update. Williams will get wind of this soon " "He has already " " and I need to know what to tell... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
IT-enabled competitive applications, like many competitive advantages, don't endure. Even historic strategic systems like American Hospital Supply's (after a decade of financial malnourishment) may wind up turning into a strategic... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
people for whom that pattern of behavior made them a success, but there are a lot of people who have that same pattern of behavior who wind up as drunks in the alley." Success is a tough problem for other reasons, too. Times change;... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
prevalent characteristic these days, business leaders who stay focused on their mission and values and have the courage to deploy bold strategies building on their strengths will be the winners. Those who abandon core values or lock themselves into fixed positions and... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
it sold as part of its service package, to help hospitals schedule similar procedures better, cutting down on lost time. Another successful example is GE, which has developed sensors for wind farms. Attached to turbine blades, the sensors... View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
conflicts between employees’ personal and professional identities, decreasing their performance and commitment. “Employers should understand the fundamental shift in employees’ lives and recognize that they have to radically alter their work expectations until this... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman