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- 30 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?
SUMMING UP: Is collective pride the primary contributor to organization arrogance? There are three things that many respondents to this month’s column can agree on: (1) Pride is an attractive trait among members of an organization;... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Harvard Business School
Felton was nominated to a second term at Ex-Im Bank. During her tenure she voted on approximately $25 billion of financing spanning global markets and industries. She led or participated in trade missions to... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
matter of dumping his work on others. “Some people actually view this as a good opportunity, not a burden,” he says. “So how do we get this away from a 50-year-old and onto the desk of a 27-year-old who will... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
represents something quite different [from Amazon], something that’s anchored in the customer’s desire to connect, not just with a product but with a community,” Raffaelli says. That sense of “community”; a dogged View Details
Keywords: April White
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics “for his outstanding and prolific record of undergraduate research spanning a broad range of topics, including... View Details
- Web
Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
Life & Leadership After HBS Pervasive & Pernicious: Sexual Harassment at Work In 2018, as the #MeToo movement brought new attention to the prevalence of sexual harassment at work, we asked Harvard Business... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
'walking together.' You never know when you have to exchange roles." As a result, while several respondents seemed to favor the inclusion of material concerning followership in a course on leadership, there did not seem to be a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Nov 2013
- HBS Seminar
Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
much attention your brand gets. I wouldn't go so far as to say that any ink is good ink, but you can extend your brand exposure the more you're part of the conversation. Kenny: Who has been the most... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
performance while ensuring that their limited energy and processing capacity is being spent on truly mission-critical tasks. "It is nearly impossible to plan for the next six months—there simply is not enough data and information to do so." Paying View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
if they do.” About the Author Dina Gerdeman is a senior writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: A&J Fotos] Related Reading: After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health Consumers Blame... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
Chapter 11 can be very expensive. The expense includes not only legal and investment banking fees, but also economic losses suffered by the business as management’s attention and time are consumed by the heavy administrative demands View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
amesy SUMMING UP: Should Facebook Change Its Business Model? Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, received a great deal of advice from respondents to this month’s column. It included ideas that haven’t gained much View Details
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
“Fast Breaking Paper” in Economics and Business. A Fast Breaking Paper is “a very recent scientific contribution that is just beginning to attract the attention of the scientific community.” Boris Groysberg... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
is far cheaper, better informed, and more trustworthy than outreach from a representative less attached to the company. Pay attention to, develop, and reward internal expertise. Such talent will naturally begin to surface as a result... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
information, and attempting to influence the work of others. An employee with a narrow span of influence does not need to pay much attention to... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
senior executives who have lost their jobs for actual or alleged inappropriate workplace behavior. My attention was called to the sensitivity of these terms because of what is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
cognitive referent in the market. So they ended up actually undermining their own performance even while they helped the market take off.” The successful firms focused first on trying to solve a problem and then getting attention for... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
before, the heady boom was followed by a sharp correction—at least for entrepreneurs in all arenas except for artificial intelligence. What happens next, however, is unclear. This talk seeks to understand the implications of these recent... View Details