talent - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 15 Nov 2016
Webinars: Career

Joining the Right Startup

Startups are like infants: brand new, exciting, bursting with hope and potential. Unfortunately, if you're thinking about joining a startup, that excitement doesn't help much. It often confuses the issues about which deals could succeed and which could fail or, more... View Details

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

garage and of building an institution that eventually outgrows the garage. No one does it all alone.—Nancy F. Koehn An Eye For Talent A fourth factor has to do with recognizing talent. Somewhere along the way—and there is no single... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2021

Women's Virtual Visit Week: Professor Katherine Coffman and Gender Differences

Join us for this faculty chat where Professor Katherine Coffman will discuss how gender differences in "willingness to apply" -- for things like higher paying positions, promotions, and stretch assignments -- impact the distribution of diversity and View Details

Robert C. Stanley

A talented engineer, Stanley spearheaded numerous technological innovations in the production and refining of metals at International Nickel (Inco) and continued to grow the company through expansion, taking advantage of low asset prices... View Details

Keywords: Metals

Norton W. Simon

Capitalizing on his talents at restructuring, Simon gained control of Hunt Foods by force, accumulating shares in the company with proceeds earned from selling his previous enterprise, Val Vita Foods, to Hunt in 1942. At Hunt, Simon... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

22 Nov 2017
News

How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

of course the talented people that work here. Morrell: Yeah. Talk about that. I mean, I find that really interesting, how you build and maintain a winning culture in the face of a losing record. O'Neil: First it starts with in... View Details

July 2024
Case

RMZ 4.0: 'How Fast Do We Want to Run?'

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

In 2023, RMZ Corporation (“RMZ”) a large family-owned real estate firm based in Bengaluru, India, announced plans to transform from a commercial real estate developer to a diversified alternative asset owner. Over the next 5 years, RMZ looked to grow its real estate... View Details

Keywords: International Expansion; Growth Management; Family Business; Talent and Talent Management; Goals and Objectives; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversification; Change Management; Global Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Real Estate Industry; India

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09 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet The HBS Sound Society

entertainment powerhouse on campus. It all starts with the students. One of the goals of the club has been to showcase the amazing talent that HBS students possess. We’ve hosted Pub Night and Spangler Night Live events featuring... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

Blog

Why Does Your Company Exist?

motivating a diverse array of stakeholders. Sparked by the pandemic, employees have begun to seek greater meaning in going to work every day. In the midst of the resulting Great Resignation, companies are finding that having a deeper purpose can help them retain,... View Details

10 Mar 2016
News

Can Doug Lemov Save US Soccer?

Illustration by John Cuneo Illustration by John Cuneo Teaching guru Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is taking his teaching talents to the pitch. Profiled in the March issue of The Atlantic, Lemov was contacted by US Soccer in 2010 in an effort to... View Details

02 Dec 2020
News

Havas New York CEO Laura Maness: Listen, Learn, and Lead

01 Sep 2003
News

Business Plan Contest

Gyaana faculty advisor Professor of Management Practice Allen S. Grossman with team members Meghna Modi, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Raj K. De Datta (all MBA ’03). FBC team members Brian T. Hoskins (MBA ’03) and Alejandro Simkievich, a student at MIT’s Sloan School. Not... View Details

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

01 Mar 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

Professor Nikolaos Trichakis. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6857.html. The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms Running a financial organization, never easy to begin with, has quickly become one of the most difficult leadership challenges that an executive can... View Details

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

18 May 2016
News

What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?

boundless compassion, unique talents and selfless generosity; all while maintaining the traditions of their ethnic heritage as they uphold the ideals and spirit of America.” Navab wrote about the honor on KKR’s blog, reflecting on his... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

A Helping Hand

Conducting an independent study project during his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA ’92) learned that many talented minority college students didn’t know much about the business world, and therefore leaned toward careers in law or... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Dick Griffey

Griffey took sole control of their fledgling record company and renamed it Solar. By 2000, Dick Griffey Productions, with sales in excess of $89 million, had expanded to include publishing companies and talent agencies. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

18 Nov 2020
News

Advancing Company Culture

01 Dec 2009
News

Robert Goodwin

understand how best to utilize their talents to make a difference. We help companies find ways to become more profitable in socially responsible ways. If a company is seeking ways to invest in a community it operates in, we can find... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2013
News

Shining Knight

to think responsibly about the distribution of their wealth," he explained of the move. Knighted in 2005, Ogden, who holds a PhD in theoretical physics, is from a working-class background. That has influenced the thrust of his charitable trust, which is to make elite... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Finance

26 Feb 2025
Podcast

David Deming on workforce shifts and the future of college

AI's early impact on the labor market: Are claims of revolutionary change overblown? The Harvard economist presents the long view on technological disruption and updates the post-secondary picture. View Details

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