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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Principles Professors Joshua Margolis & Anthony Mayo Learn to bring out the best in others by applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that drive team performance. 6 weeks, 7-9... View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

It is tough to think positively in a crisis. Yet one overarching lesson in a new book by HBS professor Bill George, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis (Jossey-Bass), is exactly that: See crisis as a chance to develop and enhance your View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Reunions - Alumni

Volunteer Reunions Help With Your Reunion Reunions simply aren’t possible without a diverse team of classmates helping to make them happen. Just a few hours of your time can help ensure that you and your classmates have a memorable... View Details

30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

or arrogance. Martina suggested that “pride in one’s organization stems from a collective reach for excellence, civility, and a humble perspective this is what is fostered by management teams who lead by example. Arrogance I believe comes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Feb 2015
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Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

than networking to make friends. (Gino, for instance, recalled colleagues using copious amounts of complimentary hand sanitizer after work-related dinners.) The team also posited that networking felt ickier when a meeting was planned... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

the first place. Fortunately, retaining the benefits of inclusion—and protecting the collaborative, innovative cultures that many organizations worked so hard to create—requires many of the skills executives already have, the time-tested View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

21 Apr 2021
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The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

When our team reached out to 600 CEOs during the pandemic’s early stages to ask them about their greatest concerns, many cited communication with employees. While the right communication strategy has been critical during the pandemic, it... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

August 2014
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Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)

By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats

Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details

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13 Feb 2006
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When Gender Changes the Negotiation

The last few months have been trying for Maureen Park, the managing director of a small portfolio management firm. The firm's parent company, a large financial services concern, was performing below forecasts, and morale among Park's understaffed, overworked View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

of leadership and advanced career responsibilities, you almost always have choices. The real issue is not the availability of choices, but their consequences – many of the possibilities afforded us may mean compromises in our careers, our... View Details

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Sep 2022
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Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

asset managers with over USD $3 trillion in assets under management. The Asset Stewardship team leverages engagements, proxy voting, and thought leadership to manage material environmental, social, and... View Details

14 Jul 2014
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Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

consumer believes." Along with Michael Norton, professor of marketing, Avery explores those extremes in a recent HBS teaching note, Learning from Extreme Consumers. The researchers developed the concept as part of the Field Immersion Experiences for View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Digital Innovation and Strategy Design Thinking and Innovation Digital Marketing Strategy Disruptive Strategy Dynamic Teaming Economics for Managers Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurship Essentials Financial Accounting Global... View Details

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Brian Kenny | About

and implementation of the School’s marketing, communications and public relations efforts around the world. Working with the Dean’s executive team and HBS faculty, Brian oversees the alignment of branding, marketing, and media relations... View Details

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

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

systems or processes.” Bill Edwards added, “Trust is a trait! Like any trait, it is earned by action and repetition.” Bill Fotsch added, “Companies that have clear goals, transparency of performance and compensation aligned around those View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way You Work Author:Leslie A. Perlow Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2012 Abstract Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

looks to build a mobile technology product development team by executing an "acquisition-hire" (i.e., "acqui-hire") to acquire New York City-based start-up Stamped, a mobile application company launched by former... View Details