Self - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

Owners & Entrepreneurs. The answers are already starting to come in, thanks to initial results from a pilot test of “The Entrepreneurial Leader: Self Assessment” survey taken by 1,300 HBS alumni. Results allowed the researchers to... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

lives. For example, one participant described a warm colleague this way: “His wife just had a baby and he’s the happiest guy in the world right now. So he posts a lot of baby and wife photos on Facebook, all very cute and charming.” We’re told to ‘bring your whole... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

power mapping. Through the work and life experiences you expose yourself to, the books you read, the media you consume, the practice of self reflection, you can see the world as a web of interdependencies, such that our power is someone... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

10 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

called “The Transformation of Self Employment,” details a stark shift over the past 50 years in the composition and earnings of the independent workforce, says William R. Kerr, the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

how it can help us understand difference. Frei: I recommend that you bring together a group of people who are having challenges or feeling frustrated, center on them, and then ask them: What have you experienced or observed that is getting in the way of you being able... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

03 Oct 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

making a simulated climb up Mount Everest. ‘Big Teaming,’ Audacious Innovation, and the Uncompleted Dream of a Smart City How do you organize a project that spans professions, industries, and even nations? Related Research Papers Research Paper: Preparing the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

IT firms experience. "In that case, the loyalty might be more to self rather than to the organization," he says. A definitive answer to the question of why the Taj employees behaved as they did may not be possible; but managers... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

soul destroying fiefdoms of self interest.” The dilemma of nature and nurture was framed by David Massello when he said, “Ah trust—starts at birth at least between baby and parent. I think people already own the capacity to create trust.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

makes sense for me at this moment.” It’s at this self-interested point when ethics are most likely to fall by the wayside. 3. Recalling what happened after the negotiation: During this last phase as they reflect on the give-and-take, a negotiator's should View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

decision making? Researchers are finding a link between luxury and self interest, an insight that may help curb corporate excesses. Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets. How High Will It Fly?How Honda Aircraft Corporation moved from... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

Nor are authentic leaders always humble or modest. It takes a great deal of self-confidence to lead through very difficult situations. Authentic leaders are sensitive to the needs of others. One author has postulated, and I paraphrase, “What if your real View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

monitored fully. We thus rely on these individuals' professionalism and honor (or "enlightened self interest") to carry out their occupations. Across organizations, in the marketplace, factors like brand reputation and... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

this way, tutors managed to walk the line—performing their role as an authority figure while accounting for their sense of self as well as that of their students. Reid says tutors engaged in this activity largely without tools or guidance... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

how do we truly show up at our best and bring our ideas forward no matter what the context is? Boz [Bozoma Saint John] has really done that, loudly and effectively. Gazette: What does it mean to be a badass? Gino: It means having the courage to bring your full View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)

Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

and decision making? According to new research, there seems to be a link between luxury and self interest, an insight that may help curb corporate excesses. Roy Y.J. Chua of Harvard Business School discusses findings from his work... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love

don’t share a common background or life experience with team members. Such empathy in turn generates trust and activates team members’ sense of self-worth. Each of us in our own way seeks acceptance from others. When we receive it, it not only boosts our sense of View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Sports

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

an individual's values are not consistent with those of the company, the compromises demanded may be considerable. Besides, becoming a credible leader of others when acting out an inauthentic self is very hard.8 The best assignments from... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

12 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

letter outlines very clearly where a new hire will sit in the organization and what their first week of work will look like. They have transformed the on-boarding process by starting with the offer letter vs. waiting for a new employee to sign and come on board.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

30 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”

second birth), requiring, as Zaleznik described it to me in a recent e-mail, "a turning into one's self ... following which one emerges with a deepened sense of self, and relatively free of dependency on the social structure."... View Details