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- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
Repairing the damage With Uber’s daily management now in the hands of 10 executives—and Kalanick remaining on the board of directors—the company faces immediate challenges: It must fill several high-level vacancies, smooth over relations with its 14,000 employees by... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
to this story. Related Reading: The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales Birth of the American Salesman View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
difficult to create good in-house relationships and there were frequent changes of management, respond much as women do—by investing in external networks. Not all but some of their strategies at poorly managed firms resemble the strategies of women. Q: Are you seeing... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
arts organizations. He has served as a docent at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts, and currently serves on the board of the Jackalope Theatre Company, a black-box theatre startup. “I also recently lead a program on the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
as in wanting a female CEO or cabinet secretary at a dinner party and laughing at her jokes. When I examined success in the workplace decades ago for my book Men and Women of the Corporation, I didn’t want to focus on gender per se. I... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations
encouraged. Lastly, respond productively in recruiting by keeping lines of communication open. Transparency and a clear indication of next steps help to reduce anxiety. For more on creating a psychologically safe workplace, see Professor Edmondson’s book The Fearless... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
place.” None of it helps clean up a workplace mess. ADVERSITY TOOLKIT Managers can soup up resilience in themselves as well as their teams by making a shift in how they size up a challenge. Rather than dwelling on their misfortune,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
to have that element in what they do; I don't see it as a role for one person, I see it as something that every person needs to take on in order for a workplace to actually be inclusive. I'm figuring out what my contribution is, and that... View Details
- 18 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5
consequences your Black classmates face in the workplace or in the classroom. Yes, these conversations can be tough, but you have to get comfortable talking about race and racism. Unfortunately, your racial privilege means people are more... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
rigorous research in areas with a clear connection to practice. For example, to study the conditions under which workplace transparency improves performance, Bernstein embedded Harvard undergrads on production lines at a Chinese mobile... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
workplaces have resembled the secret ballot elections that we saw in the Soviet Union, where elections were conducted in an environment in which it was not really possible for people to make a free choice. What are the legislative... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
responsibilities do amplify the inequities we’ve found. Outside studies, for example, show evidence of a “motherhood penalty.” That could mean a workplace culture that makes it difficult for anybody who has family responsibilities or the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Zones: Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant Author:Michel Anteby Publication:Princeton University Press, 2008 Publisher's Abstract Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
solving a problem with varying states of interaction with teammates: zero interaction with peers, intermittent interaction, or constant interaction. “Once upon a time, work in real workplaces was intermittent,” Bernstein says. You would... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 31 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Bring your authentic self to work: Advice from HBS alumni
Mentors can also be found within your organization. “I was introduced to older LGBTQ+ employees at the firm,” shared John Davis (MBA 2020). “Being exposed to these individuals made it easier for me to live my life authentically at the View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies and investors. Q: How do your study's findings correlate with how and what you teach at HBS? A: When I teach, I have a few key messages. The first is that our students have agency and can make a difference in a system. Companies are moving to create more... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
culture and to protect organizationally powerful groups—in our case, men and the firm’s leaders—and in so doing sustain workplace inequality. Due to the social defense, two orthodoxies remain unchallenged—the necessity of long work hours... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
employers on this issue. Much of my research is about the impact of workplace transparency (the observability of employee activities, routines, behaviors, output, and/or performance) on employee productivity and collaboration. So these... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
mentorship programs. In the case of mentorship, it takes a thoughtful workplace to design programs that are not predatory in nature. By default, many of the members of underrepresented communities will have been expected to assimilate.... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details