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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
well, and getting personal. Principles and practices: Acknowledge the facts. If you aren’t the most reliable source of information, your employees are going to try to find a better one. Be honest and transparent about the situation and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
office." The building, which houses design, strategy, and human resources, is marble white and ultramodern. There are no cubicles. Nisa's desk sits behind a panel of see-through glass. Despite the transparent surroundings, Nisa is guarded... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Rethinking the Fashion Beat
The Business of Fashion's philosophy, says Amed, is transparency and inclusion. (Courtesy Imran Amed) It was more happy accident than business plan: Imran Amed (MBA 2002), a former McKinsey consultant, was between jobs in 2007 when he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
implementing a “forcing function” into the operating room process that keeps patients out of the OR until they’ve received antibiotics, thus reducing surgical site infections. For another project, she selects the hospital’s Cystic... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are
recommendations. Be transparent about your hiring process One of the biggest stressors for students in a job search is managing the gray area. Are companies on my target list still hiring? I see a job... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
of the article. Richard Eckel opined that "A basic misconception is that Section 404 increases transparency afforded to stakeholders... What 404 does is require that corporate leadership demonstrate that the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
and two laboratory experiments in food service settings suggest that transparency that 1) allows customers to observe operational processes (process transparency) and 2) allows employees to observe customers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year
feel valued, and that means ensuring their voices are heard and providing fair compensation to support their lives outside of the office. Create transparency in the salary review process and share ranges for... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
sabotage these moments through passive-aggressive behavior. What you need are the three Ts. Transparency for openly communicating your goals, concerns, disappointments, and expectations. Trust for the small, significant circle of people... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
say ‘I’ve noticed that you tend to enjoy really creative work when a project is not defined and you’re able to come up with something on your own.’ Or on the flip side, ‘I’ve noticed you really love following a process and having steps to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
that you tend to enjoy really creative work when a project is not defined and you’re able to come up with something on your own.’ Or on the flip side, ‘I’ve noticed you really love following a process and having steps to check off along... View Details
- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
development. “We catalyzed demand for change, crowd-sourced solutions, and implemented them in transparent ways,” she notes. Her perspective was broadened when her HBS classmate and husband, Scott Rockafellow (MBA 1990), launched a... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
Conference Proceedings More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing technologies, and the transparency of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
spread of epidemics, reducing congestion on highways, or finding ways to detect fraudulent transactions.The trend toward people analytics, Polzer says, is a logical extension of the era of big data, as the science of processing and... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
operational processes (process transparency) and 2) allows employees to observe customers (customer transparency) not only improves customer perceptions, but also increases service quality and efficiency. In our fully specified models,... View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
of our team. I imagine neither the window extension or transparency tactics were very time consuming or distracting to implement (well, perhaps the former took some selling to their investors!), but they certainly make this company stand... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
"innovation is everyone's job." Dozens of faculty at Harvard Business School are focused on the subject of managing innovation. Some look at it by examining processes while others view through the lens of history. For example, Clay... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
disclosed, reducing consumer privacy. Consumers benefit from intense competition, but often through lower prices or subsidies, rather than through reduced disclosure of their information. Consumers are more in tune than ever with corporate disclosure practices, so... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
are subject to human error and bias. Recognizing these limits, the authors focus most of their attention on “opaque” policies, where the precise mechanisms and processes of content moderation are not fully View Details
- 15 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Tips on Holding Effective Company Recruiting Events
career paths and the qualities and experience you’re looking for in a candidate. Enable presenters to be transparent about your interview process including speaking to dates, deadlines and possible interview... View Details
Keywords: All Industries