Emotional Experience Of Leaders - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen

learning by intuition, trial and error. I wanted more formal training to take my skills to the next level." Seeking transformational experiences For Ignacio, HBS was the optimal place for him to "get immersed in a different... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

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Women at HBS - Alumni

of women leaders who make a difference in the world, focusing on areas where alumni urged and where HBS felt it could have the greatest impact––in areas such as increasing the number View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

business leaders continue to drive positive change. —Javier Bordes-Posadas (MBA 2004) I came out between college and grad school, so I wasn’t part of a PRIDE equivalent in undergrad, but I was intrigued with... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

wanted to be I needed to serve a higher purpose than my own personal gain for a while. For me, that meant becoming an Infantry Officer. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: Some of the worst feelings and emotions I have... View Details

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

their work.” “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.” The spy manual struck a chord with Stefan H. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, since he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

how a leader can make critical big decisions without getting advice." Plus, many executives believe that if they seek advice, they will be viewed as incapable of making decisions on their own. Research... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Recognizing Our Donors - Alumni

Whitehead Society. Entrepreneurs Promise Startup founders, builders, and investors who promise to support the School in the future have opportunities to deepen their connections to HBS’s growing entrepreneurship ecosystem. Global Leaders... View Details

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

researchers conducted an experiment in which white participants engaged in a two-person guessing game designed—unbeknownst to them—to measure their tendencies toward attempted racial colorblindness. Each participant was given a stack... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

like that was explicitly designed to engage the drives, the skills, the smarts, and the emotions of such people in a collaborative effort to design, produce, and sell products and services View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

22 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make

member noticed this, and the patient’s treatment was postponed until they received clearance. Almost happened. The pacemaker status was not checked. The patient had a pacemaker and received radiation, but, by chance, the patient did not View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health

03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

for the phenomenon. Munyaradzi Mushato suggested that, "my experience in industry tells me that most jerks are created by the very systems that are designed to improve performance that is, about 70% of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

corporate leader with a bit of what some call a messiah complex. Facebook, Alphabet, Snap, UBER, Lyft and even Amazon shared one or more of these features, yet none experienced... View Details

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

30 Jun 2022
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Scaling Hope

trained as a parent peer coach for families, is using his years of business experience to build the tools he wished had been available when his family was confronting addiction and is sharing his own View Details

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

their Alumni Profile . To provide a positive and cohesive experience for everyone, we are not currently placing new inquiries outside of the enrollment period. Apart from the three default matching factors... View Details

28 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

There are pros and cons to that reality, but we can be sure it won’t change any time soon. An MBA from HBS would grant me unparalleled access and open doors for anything I want to pursue in the business world, and often beyond. Aspiring to be a thought View Details

28 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

statistical anomaly but also as a source of hope and encouragement for others pursuing similar goals. This experience is both a burden and an inspiration, a struggle and a calling. Brandon Corts, Class View Details

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Cait Haught

for nonprofit leaders Cait did not want an MBA to serve as "career changer:" "I like finance, and I know I want to work with organizations doing good." Instead, she wanted a general management degree that would... View Details