Public Speaking - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

not at the top of organizations. They don't have the spotlight and publicity on them. They think of themselves modestly; they often don't even think of themselves as leaders. But they are acting quietly, effectively, with political... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change

Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

collaborated with Deloitte on TrustIQ, a proprietary tool that measures key elements of trust in major corporations and public sector organizations. “An increasingly large number of issues are piling up in front of companies, issues that... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

comprehension portion of the English test; financial markets opened an hour later to ease traffic and make it easier for students to reach testing centers, where anxious parents bowed and prayed outside. When he arrived in the United States, Kim says, “I didn’t View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

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Events - Business & Environment

Policy Pathways, speak at HKS on Wednesday March 26. Rachel was the former Deputy Director of Food Policy for NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Food Policy Pathways is empowering the next generation of policy leaders, shaping a skilled workforce to... View Details

26 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

by third-party product reviews at 59 percent, and beauty professionals at 55 percent. Company advertisements ranked much lower at 44 percent, and public figures and celebrities garnered only 34 percent. In evaluating beauty products, the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

in society. Meeting this aspiration requires equipping them with knowledge and tools that will enable them to understand what it takes to have a positive impact in the world. In line with this objective, this module note focuses on how leaders who are not part of... View Details

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FAQs - Doctoral

courses, preparing for summer graduate school entrance exam, or engaging in full-time public service projects are not eligible to participate in PRIMO. Returning undergraduate students in good academic standing are eligible to apply, but... View Details

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

companies, and, more often than not, business leaders remain silent on the issue. That cloak of silence from the top tends to enfold all employees. Ellis Cose, an author of several books about race and public policy, writes that young... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

No IPO in recent memory has received as much negative pre-public publicity as WeWork, which provides shared workspaces and services for startups and other enterprises. The outpouring of criticism has focused on a number of items including... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Health Care Club, Co-President, PRIDE Club, Soccer Club, Tech Club, Management Consulting Club Christina Byrd “While working on cross-functional and strategic initiatives at Uber,” says Christina, “I realized how important it was to speak... View Details

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

the satire publication The Onion headlined, "Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn't Be In Poor People's Grocery Carts." This study's results could have implications for everything from social and economic policymaking to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail

engage in public speaking despite our fear of failure. With less than 5 minutes to prepare, many of my classmates courageously took the stage and addressed the entire class. When it was my turn, despite... View Details

Profile

Maha Malik

View Video Born and raised in Islamabad by two parents actively involved in the public sphere—her mother worked at the Ministry of Labor and Manpower, her father at the World Bank—Maha Malik (MPP/MBA 2019) appreciated politics at the most... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Symposium: Virtual Edition The 2021 Gender and Work Symposium, held virtually, spoke to the various crises that have so strikingly come to the fore this past year, here in the US and across the world. To name just a few, we have witnessed civil protests over the... View Details

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Werker Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

causes, including LGBTQ rights, immigration, the environment, and racial equality. Not only are CEOs speaking out, but they’re flexing their firms’ economic muscles by threatening to move business activities out of states that pass... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2023
News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

in shaping the quality of strategy-as-learning, as psychological safety enables speaking up, error reporting, dissenting, and candidly discussing risks. Without these behaviors, especially at the executive levels, organizations are at... View Details