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- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-045, June 2014.
- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Casey Clark
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Casey Clark." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-047, June 2014.
- June 2014
- Case
The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP." Harvard Business School Case 914-044, June 2014.
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
mentoring mindset in whatever field they’re in. “Not everybody wants to do that. Many refuse,” he writes. “But for those who make the jump, the reward is almost always enormous.” For Brooks, that leap landed him at Harvard, writing a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 05 Dec 2022
- What Do You Think?
How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?
manage according to the GE values, reverse mentoring in which young GE employees taught seniors how to use new technologies. And the company regularly rewarded investors. So let’s assume you are both a practitioner (maybe even a former or... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Gender Changes the Negotiation
candidate's mentor. The negotiators were given no reference points or standards for agreement, creating a highly ambiguous negotiation. Female executives negotiating as the mentor secured compensation that was 18 percent higher than the... View Details
- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
For senior managers at many firms, the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic came with a huge concern: Would the loss of in-person conversations keep them from mentoring or simply establishing rapport with employees,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 15 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom
(and less likely to leave) when they have female partners as mentors and role models. McGinn, Castro, and Lingo wondered how nontraditional role models influenced gender inequality at home—both in terms of professional opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
character, and not too fickle nor an idler, but rather aspires to acquire both honour and profit or victory in war, Cortugli opines, “then we can say that he is suitable material for a career in trade.” And if that is the case, he should learn his trade with an outside... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 27 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards
lines or difficulty in finding a store employee for help. Retail operations: An oxymoron The paper adds granularity to Raman's three decades of research into operations management, which includes a focus on retailing. He notes with a laugh that when he first decided... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
mentoring younger colleagues in the demanding situation instead of being impeding roadblocks. 5. Lead by example: servant leadership style From day one at the helm of Bayern Munich, Flick acted as a humble role model of a team player with... View Details
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
buy.” 4. Business leaders strive for inclusivity and gender equality Some of the business leaders featured in the book were among the first generation of women to break through considerable barriers in their professions. One method used to overcome gender bias has been... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
the researchers, is intensive mentoring and monitoring of staff. “Because many young companies face both technological and market risks, founders may prioritize dealing with these challenges rather than the more mundane aspects of human... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
players beyond the basketball court. Feelings about Knight also follow generational lines. While younger students often see Knight as little more than a bully, older participants tell stories of doing their best work under a mentor with... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
make your career. I'm going to take a lawyer. I'm going to bring him inside the company. I'm going to give him a job in the business and I'm going to mentor him." And on my best day as CEO, I'm simply channeling what Roy Vagelos taught me... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
wondering what would happenif employees were given extended lunch hours to go mentor children.— C. William Pollard,The ServiceMaster Company "I am a follower of Jesus Christ," began C. William Pollard, Chairman of The... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
what performance metrics are truly important and being consistent in their application. There is no point to encourage senior employees to mentor juniors, for example, but only reward them for time spent with clients. These practices are... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
sound processes in place, selecting and mentoring key people—to create the conditions that will help others make the right choices. At the same time, he must set the tone and define the organization's culture and values through his words... View Details
- 20 Feb 2020
- Op-Ed
Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.
relationship with a woman employee, decades his junior, whom he met as a mentor to undergraduate students. She became a strategic planner at one of the organization’s branches , and eventually its chief of staff. Both jobs disappeared... View Details
Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
inner jerk, or focus on themselves will not work in the long-run. In light of this public discussion, it’s important to rediscover authentic leadership as well as examine some of the recent mischaracterizations of it. Authentic leadership is built on your character,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George