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  • 11 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."

hobby-class radio-controlled cars. Jackson went on to attend Auburn University for his undergraduate education, earning a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, Jackson worked as a jet engine engineer and then operations View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 03 Sep 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

recommendations ." Gerald Nanninga posed an interesting question: "Today's workforce is evolving ever more closely to a 'contract employee' model . So, if you think of yourself as your boss and your supervisor as your client,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage
  • 10 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Women at Work

working mother had an unusual start. Gruver, a vice president at Bain Consulting, found out she was pregnant just when her husband was being relocated to Chicago from Boston. She didn't want to stop working, so flew back and forth for a few months before asking her... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Ready for Departure

times) to help cleaning supervisors deploy resources as and when needed. “This shift in approach—from scheduled maintenance toward dynamic, on-demand cleaning—will be progressively applied to other areas of airport maintenance, and in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 03 Jan 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

getting the help they need.” To that end, Simons created a free online job design optimization tool. Try it out to see if your job is offering a healthy mix of responsibility and support. If the answer is no, then talk to your supervisor... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

One-on-One Meeting The one-on-one meeting between supervisor and staff is an invaluable tool for managing, but requires much attention to detail. Julia B. Austin explains best practices for getting the most out of the 1:1. Why Brexit is a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

don't mean that your style needs to be the same as that of your boss, but you should be in sync and try to make sure your skills complement each other. For example, if your supervisor is a "big-picture" thinker, you could... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • Web

1.9 Course Registration | MBA

own with a faculty supervisor Registration takes place at the start of each term and is not part of EC Preregistration. Non-MBA Courses See Cross-Registration *In Spring 2025, there are 27 sessions with 14 in Q3 and 13 in Q4. Immersive... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

O’Neal returned to Doraville, working as a supervisor at the GM facility. When he was accepted at HBS, GM gave him a no-strings-attached scholarship. “I was naive, but I was also undaunted,” says O’Neal of his arrival at Soldiers Field —... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 08 Aug 2016
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

comes to coaching, even resilient managers often have trouble helping staff members deal with a crisis. Many supervisors react with a soft, reassuring, and consoling approach, while others opt for a harder pep-talk method with a how-to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Hiring Process | Employment

References Our final step in the evaluation process involves reference and background checks. We ask that all finalists provide three professional references including at least one direct supervisor (current or past). Additionally, we... View Details
  • 09 Oct 2019
  • Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

to better pair employees on teams to improve idea quality, according to Koning. Consider team composition. Whether or not they actually administer a personality test, supervisors generally have an idea of where team members fall on scales... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-102.pdf Cases & Course Materials (None this week.) Publications Managing Up Author: Linda A. Hill Publication: Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract Managing up is not political game playing. Rather,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

(and improve) line operations as temporary issues arose; it prevented unproductive distractions and provided workers with increased focus; and it let the line experiment with new ideas prior to explaining them to management. Indeed, the workers did purposefully share... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 20 Jul 2020
  • News

Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

viral spread. “She also talked about the protests and policing,” says Adams. “She said when she had worked on the city’s board of supervisors prior to becoming mayor, they eliminated the chokehold. She said it was not easy, but a start.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

Taking Time to Make Time

"adapting," I don't mean that your style needs to be the same as that of your boss, but you should be in sync and try to make sure your skills complement each other. For example, if your supervisor is a "big-picture" thinker, you could... View Details
Keywords: Time management
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Steven Rogers

with Laura, to Columbus, Indiana, and then to Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Rogers was impressed with the emphasis on values as well as profit at Cummins, where he worked both as a customer-service supervisor and as a purchasing agent. "I... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Retail Trade
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

available, you're much more likely to be able to compare different attributes of the shoes." Next Steps The researchers are currently testing their theory at a large company. Instead of submitting promotion recommendations to upper management individually, View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Breaking Free from Fear of Change

goes wrong; measuring success against unrealistic or ever-increasing standards; and worrying constantly about potential negative outcomes. If you’ve ever had a supervisor or employee who behaved like that, you already know the negative... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

Chizen) and out (a former supervisor from her days at Hewlett-Packard). And Chizen himself taps Intuit chairman Bill Campbell for advice and support.2 All along the ladder of experience, people can coach those who are less experienced. So... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
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