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- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
also a team effort that involves transparency at the organizational level about expectations and career pathways and open lines of communication among departments. As you continue to support your employees’ career development, keep in View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs
Harvard programs, you can’t but hope for disagreement and new perspective, and pray you'll have the presence of mind to really explore new perspectives when facing a disagreement. These programs give you tools and frameworks to find and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Okay. I do my best thinking during yoga. It's a time when I quiet the mind, and I think a lot of other times my mind is constantly going with “How do I manage my three children, and my life, and the logistics, and the work, and the eating... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
Farzad Those were the searing words of my editor, as I handed him the HBS recommendation form and a stamped envelope. This was my mentor, mind you — the mensch who launched me into feature writing after taking me in as a Wall Street... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
involves transparency at the organizational level about expectations and career pathways and open lines of communication among departments. As you continue to support your employees’ career development, keep in mind these best practices:... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
integration of Gillette, explicit attention was paid to helping people get to know each other casually and informally, and the much larger P&G adopted Gillette systems and promoted their people. They called it "the best of both worlds." That's a good... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
function. It is worth keeping in mind that the effects we find are modest. Ratings remain a very informative summary of credit-worthiness. Remember also that while the ratings of structured products have been widely criticized, corporate... View Details
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
affect- and cognition-based trust? A: Trust is a state of mind toward another person that can arise through distinct psychological processes. Cognition-based trust refers to trust "from the head"—it's a judgment based on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
on our minds so strongly that it becomes tougher to convince people of their talent in fields where they believe their gender is weak, Coffman says. “A policy prescription to correct a confidence gap in women might be: Let’s find talented... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
season and what it will take to win over anxious customers. Here's what they said. Jill J. Avery: Mind the details and focus on customer service Persistent unemployment plagues many families, and people are saving more and spending less... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
small town like Calhoun, Langford says. That’s more or less how he and his family came to foster a young child whose parents couldn’t care for her. The girl’s father, jailed on minor drug charges, was known to Langford—his grandmother had View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
processes while executing deals and implementing value creation plans.” What is your favorite HBS case and why? Pradhan: “I don’t know if it is my favorite, but a case that comes to mind that I really enjoyed was “Europe, Russia and the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
creation plans.” What is your favorite HBS case and why? Pradhan: “I don’t know if it is my favorite, but a case that comes to mind that I really enjoyed was “Europe, Russia and the Age of Gas Revolution.” I’d always thought about natural... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
reputations on this issue are increasingly on the minds of the branded companies’ own employees—and on job candidates. Kost: I wonder if people think about the human and environmental toll of “fast fashion,” the mass production of trendy... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
nostalgic memories of startups that bring to mind my favorite line from the movie Blade Runner: “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” Remember Boo.com, Webvan, eToys, Pseudo.com, Pets.com, and Kozmo? Disney’s $790... View Details
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
such things are implemented." Kapil Kumar Sopory speculated, "The very idea of scanning someone's brain before employing him/her is mind boggling. And at present it may be illegal too it is all so complex that a laboratory... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
actually arranging to meet rather than spending hours a week just searching. The people who go on a lot of dates are the people who find someone. In some sense it's a numbers game." New users especially should keep in mind that... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
by a single mother. Talking about working in an area that you're passionate about was seen as silly, extravagant, and wasteful when I was growing up,” Dozie said. “In talking with other HBS alumnae who understood where I was coming from, I was able to liberate my View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good example. Because there is no flat-panel manufacturing capability in the United States,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
that and to use it to help other people. Now, technically, both of those stories could be true. So which one should I live by? One story paints me as a victim, right? The "poor me" story. But the second story, the better story, is a Jedi View Details