Inner Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

We’re told that the secret to success is hard work. But the truth is, hard work alone doesn’t always pay off. After all, career advancement isn’t always neatly tied to your skills, effort, or even the quality of your work. Some people... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Sep 2013
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The Best Biotech Graduate Schools in Real Life

September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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Max Green: Work Patterns at Ditto (C)

By: Leslie A. Perlow

According to his managers, Max, a software engineer on a product development team, is an organizational superstar. Describes his life and provides a log of how Max spends his time. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Time Management; Groups and Teams; Work-Life Balance; Information Technology Industry

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16 Jul 2018
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Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

imitate, McGinn says. So when these daughters grow up, they often follow in the footprints of their working mothers. “Having an employed mom makes daughters think that employment is compatible with parenting,” McGinn says. “If you’re... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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Laura Barr: Work Patterns at Ditto (B)

By: Leslie A. Perlow

According to her managers, Laura is an "ideal female employee." Depicts her life and provides a log of how she spends her time. This is a rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Work-Life Balance; Gender; Information Technology Industry

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15 Feb 2022
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When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

offers Harvard Business School (HBS) alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to advance new ventures around promising life science technologies and develop their leadership talents during a 12-month... View Details

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

Americans are working longer hours than ever before, with the office increasingly stealing our leisure time. But according to new research by Anat Keinan, this hectic way of life is, for many of us, far from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

SCIENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP is led by Professor Peter Barrett , and provides a select group of alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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As the Future Catches You

page for note-taking, and after expressing his hope that the book will be a "fun read," he concludes by providing his e-mail address and urging readers to contact him. It's an unusual beginning, but fitting for this unusual book, a work... View Details

Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services

09 Apr 2025
News

The Working Parent Revolution

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details

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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

interested in working in or investing in the life sciences. While the course is focused on the life sciences, students need not have a scientific background, merely a passion... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Development (57) Leadership Style (56) Leadership (446) Leading Change (57) Learning (16) Legal Liability (12) Leveraged Buyouts (4) Life Cycle (1) Literacy (1) Local Range (1) Logistics (20) Loss (1) Luxury (12) Macroeconomics (10)... View Details

24 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort

explore the biopharma world, so I joined L.E.K. Consulting after graduation and made my way to their Life Sciences practice. At L.E.K., I learned a tremendous amount about various pharma and biotech companies and their therapies. I View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine

it’s work he finds himself well suited to, especially when it comes to courting and hiring the talent that sets a publication apart in today’s noisy world. “Journalists are wired to be in the game, striving, trying . . . there’s very... View Details

08 Jan 2022
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Harvard And Stanford Professors Predict The Future Of Work

23 Oct 2019
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How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

navigating conflict and disagreement, listening, and conducting group conversations—across diverse contexts such as work meetings, giving and receiving feedback, dating and relationship health, hiring and firing. I co-taught the earliest... View Details

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Retirement Plan or Life Insurance - Alumni

Giving Retirement Plan or Life Insurance Giving Retirement Plan or Life Insurance To name HBS as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy, contact the... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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True Friends at Work

Keywords: Alison Beard

09 Jan 2017
News

Role Model, Coach, Life Guide, and Cheerleader

to working with me every Saturday morning, I’ll teach you how to hit, I’ll teach you how to throw. You’ve got the talent to be one of the best players on this team.’ “So every Saturday we went out and threw a baseball. I taught him how to... View Details

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