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- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 21 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
future, 50 percent of all tasks currently done by humans could be done by machine learning and artificial intelligence,” says Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, assistant professor at... View Details
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
choose to spend time with—work colleagues or family—based on how their pay is structured, in particular whether they get bonuses for a job well done or earn fixed salaries regardless of performance. In fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
through consolidation than to excel on your own merits. Sadun: That may be true. I’m also starting to think that there might be some... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
suspect—compensation. To those of us who have studied organizations up close for decades, none of this is surprising. But what can be done about it? “Companies with healthy,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too big to fail. At the same time, the majority of financial firms that pose no systemic risk should face relatively light... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
consumers who used to be loyal department store customers. "I think department stores are in the process of significant change," said Pat Chadwick, senior vice president of northeast regional... View Details
- 22 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees
workers during the pandemic. “You have to trust that they are intelligent enough and well-intentioned enough to get work done no matter what it takes,” she says. This means... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
back to their original level over time. The improvements proved to be unsustainable because employees never made the transition from viewing the initiative as this year's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
insurmountable strengths. Incumbents, however, almost always lose battles where the attacker has a legitimate disruptive innovation. To create a new-growth business, companies—established incumbents and start-ups alike—must View Details
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
When we tell microfinance practitioners about this evidence, it can be hard for them to really engage with it because of their work on the ground and the anecdotes they hear about lives that have been... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
genuinely good plan, pursuing a great idea, or making a needed vision a reality might be filled with frightening risks—even though that is not really the case. There are all sorts of ways to create fear. You... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
engineering step forward. “This is going to be really important as we confront adapting to climate change, an area the Mittal Institute is exploring in a deep way with the... View Details
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
population is not who would be hired to solve intelligence problems for the Department of Defense." In terms of seeking out unique facts, the results showed that the most-clustered groups gathered 5... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
mentor-capitalists in our research in Hong Kong and Singapore," she elaborates. "First of all, we found that there aren't as many Internet executives who have been in their businesses long enough to View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
million, though the price may be negotiable. The other site, a former apple orchard of about one hundred acres, was acquired by a local bank through a foreclosure. The bank is preparing to list the property... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
highly reliable sources, are generally not believed unless they fit the company agenda." Others maintained that planning without prediction is impossible. After all, a plan is a prediction. As Vishu put it, "Managers should base plans on predictions. It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
though, may evolve into journal articles, books, or be used to feed broader research in which Latin American entities play a key role. According to HBS Professor Herminia... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work
things that affect our ability to do our jobs. Yet we want our leaders to be authentic, empathetic people we want to follow. If we don’t talk... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 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