Personality - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Apr 2020
News

What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?

26 Mar 2020
News

Real Leaders: Oprah Winfrey and the Power of Empathy

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Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

agility Lead your executive team and workforce through challenging and uncertain times Strengthen the leadership skills necessary to spearhead corporate revitalization Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by... View Details

15 Apr 2024
Book

Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters

cut through all the questions that inevitably run through their heads so they can instinctively choose the right path. The best way to tackle a tough call: Start by defining on a personal level what is right, says Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Managing Innovation

Understand the potential of disruptive innovation Integrate your customers into the innovation process Take advantage of digital transformation Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with... View Details

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

personality theory into a multi-level model of information acquisition and idea generation. We posit that innovator and peer personality are critical factors conditioning who will generate high-quality... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Driving Corporate Performance

objectives Enhance competitiveness by better aligning all types of resources to customer needs Strengthen employee relationships and build a strong and enduring culture of helping others to succeed Expand your personal and professional... View Details

December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
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Janet Ames (A)

By: Brian Trelstad and Brian Trelstad

The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join the board of a Boston-based non-profit organization, which offers students... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy; Board; Non-profit Management; Career Changes And Transitions; Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Personal Development and Career; United States

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2011
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The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization

By: Michael C. Jensen

I argue here that the three factors my co-authors and I identify as constituting the foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership can also be seen as the foundations not only for great leadership, but also for a high quality personal life and... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness; Work-Life Balance; Strategy; Value

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14 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

organizations. At their broadest level, however, the findings in the study reinforce the importance of robust personal and professional networking as a consideration in hiring decisions. In that sense, LinkedIn connections become a proxy... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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Transforming Customer Experiences

customers to thrive Communicate your organization's strategic service mission Leverage technology to create and enhance service offerings and improve delivery Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and... View Details

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Giving - Alumni

gifts Give Without Login For US-based donors only—no personal information will be pre-filled By Phone Alumni & Development Services 617.495.1750 Make your check payable to Harvard Business School. Mail check to: Harvard Business School... View Details

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Building a Legacy

asset classes Analyze philanthropic opportunities and partnerships Evaluate philanthropic pursuits and partnership opportunities Consider the pros and cons of strategies such as impact investing Discover other ways of investing for impact, such as via endowment models... View Details

April 2010
Case

School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn

By: Stacey M. Childress, James Weber and Matthew Adams Haldeman

School of One was a start-up with a new approach to learning. Instead of one teacher delivering the entire math curriculum to a class of 20-25 students, School of One utilized a technology platform that allowed several teachers to collectively oversee the learning of a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Learning; Innovation and Invention

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January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
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Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd

Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Housing; Urban Development; Poverty; Kenya

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