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  • April 2025
  • Case

Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: Vickers Oils and Resolving Family Conflict over Generations

By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan
Will Vickers, a seventh-generation (G7) member of the Vickers Family, grappled with a pressing challenge: how to re-integrate family members into the firm to recover lost talent. His father, Peter Vickers, was the lone leader of the Vickers Oils—despite having stepped... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder; Involvement; Family Office; Family Firms; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Experience and Expertise; Retention; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Organizational Structure; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Diversification; Conflict and Resolution; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 01 Nov 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

company has enough interest in the skill set that the individual brings in then they are limiting their talent pool when someone declines due to the NCA.” Edward Sixt contributed this argument against NCAs: “ it is not just or fair to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn how to incorporate them into investment decisions and measure and manage their impact. 6 weeks, 5 hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate Power and Influence for Positive... View Details
  • 28 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

scale. HBS played a critical role in equipping me with a general management skill set. The case method, specifically, prepared me to confidently take on work across new industries from consumer goods to... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

in 2013, Hilton noted a lack of job opportunities in renewable energy. So, he went into management consulting and then a software company, before landing at Tesla in 2017. The culture was challenging but “It was the most exciting clean... View Details
  • March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
  • Case

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (A)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
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  • 22 Sep 2022
  • News

The Beauty Guide

Courtesy Michelle Freyre Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

Routledge, 2007 Abstract Successful leaders—at any level and in any arena—are inevitably presented with moral and ethical choices. This unique and innovative textbook is designed to encourage students and managers to confront those... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January–February 2014
  • Article

Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy

By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Robert J. Thomas
When most of the world's financial services giants were stumbling and retrenching in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, the asset management firm BlackRock was busy charting a course for growth. Its revenues, profits, and stock price all performed consistently... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Success; Business Strategy; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry
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  • 04 Nov 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

Does Gender Diversity in Management Enhance Performance? Why? A variety of explanations for the positive correlation between gender diversity and better business performance found in a recent McKinsey study were advanced in responses to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This case explores CCL's approach to leadership and management education for executives and presents some of the challenges the CCL faces as many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

of Operations at Spire Inc. Gain an overarching framework to evaluate opportunities, manage startups, and finance new ventures. My favorite part of Entrepreneurship Essentials was the financing and equity module. It taught me the basics... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

all levels of tech experience and knowledge.   What do you hope students get out of their membership? Our goal is that students (regardless of their skill level) can enter the club and, through the experiences and exposure we provide... View Details
  • 23 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation: associating, observing, quetioning,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson
  • June 2023 (Revised July 2023)
  • Case

Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies

By: Joseph Pacelli, Jillian Grennan and Alexis Lefort
Fama Technologies is an online screening company that uses AI to analyze job applicants' publicly available online content for signs of risk and culture fit. The case opens with Ben Mones, founder and CEO, looking to secure funding from venture firms. He is running... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; AI and Machine Learning; Social Media; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

New Urban Order

energy-efficient HVAC, skilled robotics, high-performance insulation, fire- and wind-resistant materials, and minimal waste are the rule on construction sites nationwide. “There are endless opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services
  • 15 Sep 2017
  • News

Christopher Harland (MBA 1984)

argument and present my ideas are powerful skills to have,” says Harland. After graduating a George F. Baker scholar, Harland went on to a 32-year career at Morgan Stanley, serving as chairman and regional head of Morgan Stanley Latin... View Details
  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

institution where the top twelve executives had Executive Scorecards detailing their goals, measuring their contributions, and defining their priorities. Because Executive Scorecards state the exact role that managers are to play, they... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • Web

Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

my career and am looking for a path to becoming a chief sustainability officer or sustainability manager with a company I can align my values with. This class seemed like the perfect opportunity to give me the right tools to learn more... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

sales, inventory, and gross margin. We show that our model can be used to benchmark retailers' performance in sales, inventory, and gross margin simultaneously. Finally, we show that our model can be used to generate sales forecasts even when sales were View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace