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- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
diversity training programs aimed at attitudes are less effective than putting men and women together to accomplish tasks, which makes both competence and compatibility salient. FOSO is reasonable for some... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
where distant employees work sequentially around the clock, can work well for highly routine, simple, or administrative tasks that require little real-time communication. But opposite schedules are less effective for complex, team-based tasks. “You’ll have to set... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
impact on their choices about career. And it struck me that these women were among the best and the brightest. They were very ambitious. They had invested a lot in their training at HBS and in their career development. So it probably was... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we consider how the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
deployment, and management of multiple brands as a coordinated portfolio of meaning-based assets that address the needs of diverse customers in a marketplace and maximize return while minimizing risk. It specifies the optimal portfolio of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from diverse ethnic, racial, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
lawsuit: training systems, selection systems, and a career posting center. By 2010, Sodexo, North America was continuing to gain traction on its diversity strategy, and a global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
candidacy requirements and training programs. Promote constructive engagement in the workplace. Implement policies that encourage respectful dialogue and acknowledge diverse political views among employees.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
this requires formal training programs. "Companies hold numerous meetings related to diversity training to make the workplace comfortable for people of different races,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
Business School Professor Paul M. Healy in a recent interview. "The firms in the business have much more complexity in the types of the risks they are managing, in the types of diversity of the businesses they are in, in terms of how... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
challenging areas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55885 Learning or Playing? The Effect of Gamified Training on Performance By: Buell, Ryan W., Wei Cai, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Gamified View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
resent your attempts to exert power over them. “If you fake leadership, people will be unwilling to follow your lead” Developing as a leader is hard work. It is similar to the rigorous training and required experience that surgeons,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
have to make sense of this.” It was a fitting introduction to a multidisciplinary panel called The Future of Cities, which considered urban growth from as many diverse perspectives as there were panelists. Hosted by the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
fits the corporate mold. Acknowledging that, Gupta posed a question that seemed to be on a lot of minds, based on the collective audience smiles and nods that followed. "What were you doing in GMP?" Gupta asked. "To be honest, that was the best commander... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
October 2016 Harvard Business Review Competing with a Goliath By: Avery, Jill Abstract—A Peruvian apparel company struggles to position itself against a global brand. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51646 October 2016 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
methodology. The need to put together a diverse group, say Leonard and Swap, immediately challenges the assumptions of many managers, who tend to subconsciously select people like themselves in training and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
effective management of these five attributes allows not only organization-level benefits, but also team-level benefits in the form of new capabilities and team member resilience. We then highlight the critical roles of leadership and of communication and conflict... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
have observed it in operation. Familiarity breeds contempt. Julie commented, “So, at how many companies have American workers been rounded up, coerced into training their replacements, then terminated? This is not supplementing our... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
agenda of the discipline. Q: How does this new work differ from your previous research on multinationals? A: This new book reflects my longstanding interest in the diversity of the business past. Much of my own research has been concerned... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Chinese entrepreneurs educated or trained in the United States remained here to start their companies if they could do so. In Beijing, we met a number of these entrepreneurs who are choosing instead to be based full-time in China, even if... View Details