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- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
where distant employees work sequentially around the clock, can work well for highly routine, simple, or administrative tasks that require little real-time communication. But opposite schedules are less effective for complex, team-based tasks. “You’ll have to set... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
As Major League Baseball camps reawaken for spring training over the next few weeks, the same scene will repeat across the country: A pitcher will take the mound. A batter will stare back. And behind him, an umpire will tense in... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
than experiments. But Huang and her co-authors, Brad N. Greenwood, of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and Seth Carnahan, of the Washington University in St. Louis, offer a few suggestions. One reason may be that training is... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
diversity training programs aimed at attitudes are less effective than putting men and women together to accomplish tasks, which makes both competence and compatibility salient. FOSO is reasonable for some... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
have to go to women for your budget, you don’t dare disrespect those people in power.” Sexual harassment training and more training Simple policy changes can go a long way toward preventing sexual... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Supplement
OneTen At Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In January 2023, Delta Air Lines (Delta) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ed Bastian and his team had just launched the third iteration of an internal skills-first apprenticeship program, designed to move frontline employees into "merit" positions in four job categories.... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Race; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Human Resources; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "OneTen At Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 423-073, March 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
had the opportunity to lead training programs, conferences, and other activities in a lot of different fields. I’ve had the opportunity to hang out with people who were attempting to create change and had big platforms. That encourages... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
while hiring and assigning conventional managers to deal with more familiar and common tasks and goals.” “The right question is therefore not the amount of ‘rebel talent’ but how to focus it on the right causes.” Grace was more cautious. “I applaud Ms. Gino for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
impact on their choices about career. And it struck me that these women were among the best and the brightest. They were very ambitious. They had invested a lot in their training at HBS and in their career development. So it probably was... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
candidacy requirements and training programs. Promote constructive engagement in the workplace. Implement policies that encourage respectful dialogue and acknowledge diverse political views among employees.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
this requires formal training programs. "Companies hold numerous meetings related to diversity training to make the workplace comfortable for people of different races,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
Business School Professor Paul M. Healy in a recent interview. "The firms in the business have much more complexity in the types of the risks they are managing, in the types of diversity of the businesses they are in, in terms of how... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
challenging areas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55885 Learning or Playing? The Effect of Gamified Training on Performance By: Buell, Ryan W., Wei Cai, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Gamified View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
deployment, and management of multiple brands as a coordinated portfolio of meaning-based assets that address the needs of diverse customers in a marketplace and maximize return while minimizing risk. It specifies the optimal portfolio of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we consider how the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
if city regulators wanted to see the impact of licensing three new businesses on a particular block, they could monitor changes in Google Street Views, cross-referencing that data with online reviews in the neighborhood and housing estimates by real-estate sites such... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
methodology. The need to put together a diverse group, say Leonard and Swap, immediately challenges the assumptions of many managers, who tend to subconsciously select people like themselves in training and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from diverse ethnic, racial, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
lawsuit: training systems, selection systems, and a career posting center. By 2010, Sodexo, North America was continuing to gain traction on its diversity strategy, and a global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
sneakers. Maria Lin, a partner at the intellectual property law firm of Morgan & Finnegan, worked with Chinese leaders in the early 1980s to develop the country's patent laws and, as a trained scientist, was involved in a number of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna