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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
is that their employees have a sense of emotional safety and can bring their best selves to work. The same is true in sports, especially when you have younger athletes performing under immense pressure.” Decision point: “I was cold called... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
impact on the economic ecosystem, where Apple allows users to prevent ad tracking. But for whom is this data actually useful? What’s interesting here is that the data benefit some of Apple’s competitors, like Meta. Increasingly, students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
commission-based, door-to-door sales organization while reinvesting profits to expand and provide employee benefits in Haiti. In addition to the judges’ picks, the “Audience Choice” award went to Essmart, a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
factory floor workers, that cut energy per unit of lip balm produced by 40 percent); “Dumpster dives” that bring employees face-to-face with the trash they throw away; and reimbursement for employees who buy... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
kind of personal support is a big part of our mission.” Seven of the organization’s current employees have benefited as students, just like Lemon. They are now in a unique position, observes Kim, to provide... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We have been very successful at finding people of color to be operating partners, to be employees at ICV. We've been doing this for two decades. We've had no problem finding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
follow. “The Long and Winding Road” In 1968, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor, where Andy Grove was employed as assistant head of R&D, to start their own company. Grove’s response when Moore told him the news? “I’m coming with you!” Hired as... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
businesses and middle-income employees to New York City.) On the lower end of the wage scale, companies are forced to pay bonuses and to bus workers long distances to fill essential blue-collar positions. Says Harvey, "Firms must respond... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
want to preserve the environment provides solutions that benefit everyone. “If each of us contributes a little bit, at the end of the day we can really meet the challenges the world is facing,” she says. Herlaut has spent 14 years... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
attention? Safety, first and foremost. Any fatality is a terrible thing, and there were too many throughout the group, particularly in South Africa, where 44 employees died in accidents the year before I took over. Two months after I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
done. Any contractor offering a payoff to Roshan was immediately blacklisted. Any employee caught taking or offering a bribe was instantly fired. “In emerging markets, you have to be very persistent and clear in your messaging—dogmatic,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
smuggling, and tax evasion. Armed bodyguards protect him on his frequent travels around the country. During a visit in 2001 to a major automobile factory, Djelic and other officials explained to employees that thousands of them would have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
evidence for the many benefits of remote work—wider geographical reach into different markets, more autonomy over one’s office set up, and the list goes on—studies also make very clear that remote workers’ feelings of professional... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
today's top executives must build organizations in which the new can constructively displace the old and where talented employees are encouraged to help formulate company strategy. "Successful e-leaders focus on two things: a new approach... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
business: Investing in employees keeps churn rates down and distinguishes Hello Alfred in a moment when quantity of transactions often wins out over quality of service. “If we serve our employees well, then... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
of the school year. Thomas was struck by the Philadelphia district’s approach to recruitment and retention. First, Tomás Hanna, special assistant to the district CEO, assembled a task force in 2002 of district employees and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
influence has become increasingly international, with approximately 329,000 employees working in 75 countries. Now the world's largest information technology company, it recorded revenues of more than $96 billion in 2004. While IBM's... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
young consumers. I believe that will be true in our case. How would you describe the Starbucks company culture? It is highly aspirational and very people-oriented. Starbucks gives stock options to all employees (we call them partners); we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
time-tested strategies to help founders, investors, and employees navigate the operational challenges of startup ventures, including customer development, scalability, process optimization, team management, and more. This accessible set... View Details