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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?
As you rise in your organization and gain more management responsibility, you may be wondering what you can do to foster a more inclusive and equitable culture within your team and across the organization. That's a big question, so here... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
August. The program provides an overview of Harvard Business School and a window into research and research support at the School, the case method, and the classroom experience. Teaching faculty join study groups and practice preparing and opening a case, and then... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
reevaluate. Maintaining culture change requires measurement. Leaders should constantly reassess their progress by collecting feedback from a random representative sample at random intervals. The View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 04 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World
mindful of different cultural perspectives. For instance, when the FBI tried to get access to iPhones, Apple refused. While consumers in the US might view this as a step on privacy protection, perceptions can vary globally. I've seen... View Details
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
Recruiting Black talent from the outside isn’t enough. The company must do what it can to upskill people internally for career-sustaining positions and develop inclusive, welcoming cultures for all employees. “People who are stars at... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic
post-COVID collaboration in organizational cultures reshaped by remote work. Research by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership at HBS, and colleagues sheds light on the interactions that were lost during the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?
Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
business leaders came to us over and over to say, ‘We have a cultural problem and an inability to perform. How can we create a more effective organization?’” Beer says. “We’ve seen this process work.” Getting the ball rolling To start, a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
Account of a Research Program Conducted by the Western Electric Company, Hawthorne Works, Chicago (Harvard University Press, 1939) Edgar Schein, Organizational Culture and Leadership(Jossey-Bass, 1985) Your View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Skydeck - Alumni
Innovations Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) , Chief Operations and Strategy Officer at Major League Baseball, on building and nurturing an organizational culture of innovation—and what his experience at MLB can teach any business leader.... View Details
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
Burnout, retention, and renewed labor organization are critical challenges for leaders, especially amid COVID-19 and a looming recession. Leaders must ask themselves: What is it about my organization’s culture that is contributing to such... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 26 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Lingo 101
School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative. Students can test their ideas, get feedback from industry experts, and win prize money. PARTNER: About 15% of students come to HBS with significant others.... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
people (zones of attention), between feedback and evaluation (zones of judgment), between decision rights and improvement rights (zones of slack), and for set periods of experimentation (zones of time). By balancing transparency and... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
“How will we educate our kids?” is similar to “what kind of company culture will we have?” There are philosophies on which to reach alignment: “Where will we raise our family?” is similar to “will we have a home office or remote-friendly... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 28 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Master the Team Meeting
meeting. Information sharing could be a product demo or draft of a presentation someone is seeking feedback on before it goes out. Always send the agenda for the meeting 24 hours in advance. This sets expectations and ensures no surprises... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
senior leaders continued to revise the compensation formula based on feedback both internally and from the public. Particularly, they hoped to strengthen the link between pay and performance, which in the current version of the formula... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2022
- What Do You Think?
Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?
the question is extended more broadly to organizations in general, there is little for us to go on in responding to the question. The impact of culture on performance has interested me for several decades, having teamed in 1992 with John... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 05 Jul 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?
into inventory management formulae, be the order of the day? Have we seen the peak use of “just in time” inventory management? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Editor's note: Heskett explores the leader's role in his book, Win From Within:... View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
the hiring process for as long as possible in the early stages. The first 10-15 employees will set the culture of your company, and how you lead them will set the tone for leadership going forward. As you start to bring on more members of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne