Effective Leadership In Turbulent Times - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2023
Book

Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

strengthen the relationship at the core of the problem. Brainstorm and test strategies for building or rebuilding trust. Frei: “If there is a problem, in our experience, trust is broken down. Any time you... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Moral Dilemmas and Trust in Leaders during a Global Health Crisis

By: Jim A. C. Everett, Clara Colombatto, Edmond Awad, Paulo Boggio, Björn Bos, William J. Brady, Megha Chawla, Vladimir Chituc, Dongil Chung, Moritz A. Drupp, Shristi Goel, Brit Grosskopf, Frederik Hjorth, Alissa Ji, Caleb Kealoha, Judy S. Kim, Yangfei Lin, Yina Ma, Michel André Maréchal, Federico Mancinelli, Christoph Mathys, Asmus L. Olsen, Graeme Pearce, Annayah M. B. Prosser, Niv Reggev, Nicholas Sabin, Julien Senn, Yeon Soon Shin, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Hallgeir Sjåstad, Madelijn Strick, Sunhae Sul, Lars Tummers, Monique Turner, Hongbo Yu, Yoonseo Zoh and Molly J. Crockett

Trust in leaders is central to citizen compliance with public policies. One potential determinant of trust is how leaders resolve conflicts between utilitarian and non-utilitarian ethical principles in moral dilemmas. Past research suggests that utilitarian responses... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Impartial Beneficence; Utilitarian Responses; Trust; Ethics; Public Opinion; Leadership Style

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01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

advantageous prices with publishers and offer deep discounts to customers. Analysts sounded the death knell for independent bookstores—and indeed, all physical bookstores—yet again. And this time it seemed as though they had finally... View Details

Keywords: April White

2018
Working Paper

Do We See the Same Hierarchy? Status Disagreement in Multicultural Teams and Its Impact on Team Performance

By: Catarina Fernandes and Sujin Jang

This paper develops and tests a theory of status disagreement in multicultural teams. We posit that, in multicultural teams, the diversity of members’ cultural backgrounds will lead to implicit disagreements about who has how much status in the team. More specifically,... View Details

Keywords: Status; Social Hierarchies; Multicultural Teams; Team Performance; Team Diversity; Status and Position; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Performance

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26 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

grateful to be spending time learning from Gerald, Ellen, and the rest of the Year Up leadership team this summer. How has your MBA skillset prepared you to be successful in... View Details

25 Feb 2011
News

Building America's Most Innovative Brands

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

learned by studying business development in South Asia. 05 DEC 2017 HBS Working Knowledge What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets Harvard Business School’s project exploring the... View Details

31 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

up saving the life of the potential victim The trigger for achieving the desired outcome: instilling the sense of fear in the subordinate. Accordingly, can an argument be made that at times and under certain... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2013
News

A Mission in Motion

"bridge" year of service learning and leadership training in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Related Links Sizing Up Social Impact A Healthy Profit Making Change Bringing It Back Home Opening the Door... View Details

Keywords: summary

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

number of self-identified gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender executives gained 733 percent. Another benefit: "By deliberately seeing ways to more effectively reach a broader range of customers, IBM has seen significant... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

12 Oct 2017
News

What Trump could learn from polar explorer Ernest Shackleton

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

negotiation, as in all aspects of life, your reputation precedes you. A bad reputation can be a deal killer from the start, while a great one can help transcend an impasse. Effective negotiators realize that... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

01 Mar 2013
News

Bringing It Back Home

printed out all the case studies," says David Jernigan, executive director of KIPP Metro Atlanta, a charter school network. "I decided to do all the work before I arrived so I could spend my time really digging View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Sep 2023
What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

required to attend such a program. You are aware of the evidence to date suggesting that DEI is good business. But regardless of research findings, in what manner and how publicly as CEO do you proclaim the organization’s belief View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

10 Mar 2021
News

Vision: A Unicorn Evolves

product sped up the process of creating and following up on sales pitches, which resulted in 10 times more meetings for GroupTalent’s two sales reps, Medina says. But the influx of interest overwhelmed the... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; technology; startups; leadership

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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

executive leadership skills. Past topics include “Effectively Communicating to Win Financing,” “How to Lead as a First-Time CEO,” and “Building a Team in a Startup Culture.” Industry Access Fellows build a... View Details

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

venues of care and caregivers, and tools and systems that help and allow patients to be more effectively involved in their own care. To date, our prevailing model of innovation has been that knowledge flows... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Mar 2017
News

Research Brief: Lost in Translation

intraday trading volumes and more modest price movements in stocks compared with calls led by more fluent speakers. “Executives typically speak English quite well when they’ve had time to prepare and... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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