Personality - Publications - Faculty & Research

1994
Chapter

The Organization Change Imperative: A Personal Journey

By: M. Beer

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation

Citation

01 Dec 2018
News

2018 Person Of The Year: Hubert Joly

08 Feb 2018
News

Bringing a Personal Touch to Plus-Size Fashion

Building foundations for leaders' development through the personalization of management learning.

Many MBA and executive education courses claim to "transform" managers into leaders. This study focuses on what it takes for management education to deliver on that promise and truly foster the transformational learning that enables leadership... View Details

05 May 2025
Video

Establishing Your Professional Identity: How to Develop Your Unique Personal Brand

2024
Working Paper

The Agreeable Revealer: Personality Correlates of Self-Disclosure

By: Elinora Pentcheva and Leslie John

Citation

August 1984
Supplement

Glossary of Technical Terms for Personal Computers

By: John A. Quelch

Citation

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07 Sep 2020
News

Remote Networking as a Person of Color

12 PM – 1:30 PM EDT, 02 May 2025
Webinars: Career

Establishing Your Professional Identity: How to Develop Your Unique Personal Brand

Whether you're looking for career direction, in career transition, or seeking a promotion, a strong personal brand can build your confidence, your focus, and accelerate your career trajectory. In this workshop led by executive communication coach Andrea Wojnicki (HBS... View Details

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

strengths and added a new level of purpose to my commitment to offering a more personalized advisory service. Every pivot, layoff, and career choice has underscored for me the importance of planning, learning from mistakes, and leveraging... View Details

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

strategic choice that clashed with the industry norms of prioritizing rapid asset accumulation, requiring me instead to focus on relationship building. Most importantly, it aligned with my strengths and added a new level of purpose to my commitment to offering a more... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Jul 2018
News

How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis

1983
Chapter

Information and Aspirations in Two Person Bargaining

By: A. E. Roth and J. K. Murnighan

Keywords: Negotiation; Information; Motivation and Incentives

Citation

October 1992
Case

Maria Guavera's Summer Work: A Personal Odyssey

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Nancy Langford

Citation

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13 May 2013
Blog Post

"I never thought I would be a business person until…”

minored in Media Studies at Korea University. I never thought I would be a business person until I interned at The Boston Consulting Group. I worked on a technology incubation project for a Korean heavy industries conglomerate. I was... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

asset accumulators of the future” A new breed of financial technology companies, known collectively as fintech, has taken advantage of these traits to disrupt an unexpected industry: personal investing. Just as manufacturing companies... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

23 Jan 2019
News

The Promise of Personalized Medicine

and a 501(c)(3) called Cure Rare Disease. With the foundation, Horgan is trying to build something radical: A model for personalizing drug development, with the hopes of saving not only his brother but countless others. READ MORE Morrell:... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

passionate he was about HBS. I knew he would bring his customary relish and gusto, but even I was surprised at the enormous energy he put into it. He had a wonderful impact on our alumni and made deep personal connections with them.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand

There are many ways one may define a "personal brand," but for Sasha Grinshpun, an HBS career coach and the founder/principal of Sasha360 and Talent Mosaic, there is one unmistakable sign of successful personal branding: the... View Details