Personal Strategy ＆ Style - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

ambitions, and my personal life. Books that are on my list to read are Shantaram: A Novel, by Gregory David Roberts, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, A Daughter of Han, by Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai, and No Future Without Forgiveness, by... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2012
News

Taking Time to Make Time

addressing that challenge, and having everyone come together on a way it can get done by a mutually agreed deadline. On the subject of management styles, you write about the wisdom of adapting your personal View Details

Keywords: Time management

Web

Kraft Accelerator

Cases Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Harvard Business Publishing Breakthroughs at Blueprint Medicines (pdf) Harvard Business Review Netflix in 2011 HBS Case Collection Patient Engagement Cases Stitch Fix’s CEO on Selling View Details

02 Mar 2020
What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

“raises similar issues in the context of building more personal connections and relationships in the workplace.” Others disputed the notion that these values are making a comeback. J. T. Goh commented: “I don’t see these values as trendy... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

matter of avoiding particular missteps. Students really appreciate it when you have someone like Christina who is willing to come to class and talk openly about what happened.” In the stories that follow, alumni share their own takeaways from setbacks View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

Profile

Shaun Miller

from many different places. What makes HBS special is the perspective it brings to students and graduates - a truly unique way of looking at the world that can only be forged through the near endless exchange of ideas we experience. I've developed a View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Consulting; Nonprofit / Government

Web

Power and Influence - Course Catalog

you to get feedback on your communication skills. It is meant to help you better project both warmth and strength and address the particular challenges that you may face as a public communicator. The second exercise is the Influence Style... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out

Raffaella Sadun (photo by Russ Campbell) Raffaella Sadun (photo by Russ Campbell) In the face of economic challenges, hospitals in the English National Health Service have turned to a strategy that has proven effective for small private... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

15 Jan 2020
News

The Business of Access

Karae Lisle (MBA 1998) has watched firsthand the struggles of the homeless, with a close family member living on the streets and in shelters in Florida, on and off, for years. His personal struggles limited the family’s ability to help,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

by offering both differentiation and low cost, that in fact the two strategies might feed on each other under the right circumstances to produce superior results for customers, employees, and investors. Two of the firms he studied were... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

01 Jun 2000
News

Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity

selective. "Wholesale imitation refers to experimenting strategies in which the junior person mimics the self-presentation style of a single role model, holistically, without... View Details

Profile

Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

Abena says of her interest in an MBA. “After doing health care for so long, I also wanted to explore other industries – business school would give me a good opportunity to take stock. And I want to be more intentional about honing my leadership View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

A Start-Up with Giddyup

A Start-Up with Giddyup FORD: These boots were made for business. Photo courtesy Sarah Ford Whether you're the real deal or all hat and no cattle, you can cowboy up in style with custom-made boots from Sarah Ford (MBA 2007). Ford founded... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

Profile

Rawiah Abdallah

class. The broader exposure has given me new skills I look forward to applying this summer, and I'm eager to see how much my personal style has changed as a result of my business education. What are you most... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Other Financial Services

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

confident about and what you need to work on." According to how the points are allocated, the app sorts the user into one of five basic negotiating styles, derived from Wheeler's past research (see chart) each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Just knowing which... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

the team’s poor play, was that McCarthy had not followed the rest of the league in using modern, imaginative offensive plays to sow confusion and gain advantages over opposing defenses. Highly effective managers also have the ability to adjust View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

jobs. He tells personal stories of success, complexity, and perseverance that will help up-and-coming entrepreneurs build their businesses, think differently, and employ unique approaches and strategies in... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Alumni Books

questions, presenting unique strategies and concrete steps useful for handling the growing number of giants in our personal and professional lives. The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Profile

Venus Miller

Washington D.C. to rejoin her husband, Aysa Miller, and work in the strategy and operations practice with Deloitte. "HBS has shown me that there are many different forms of leadership and different ways to apply our own... View Details

September 2011 (Revised October 2011)
Case

Scotty Smiley

By: Scott A. Snook and Doug Crandall

U.S. Army Lieutenant Scotty Smiley faces the biggest challenge of his young life. What will he do after learning that the wounds he received from a car bomb in Iraq have left him permanently blinded? On April 6, 2005, Lieutenant Scotty Smiley was grievously wounded by... View Details