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12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

managing teams within the project. Before HBS, I was an engineer at Ford Motor. As a project leader on a team of engineers from both Mazda and Ford, I experienced many of the organizational challenges... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

valence." Common wisdom says that the best way to overcome anxiety is to calm yourself down, creating an emotion with low arousal and positive valence. But enacting a transformation across two axes at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

at an impasse. The impasse experience has features that are common to all of us, and in time each of us has a unique experience of impasse. For most people the recognition that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

benefits for caregivers—if only employees would use them. While 65 percent of employers said they offered flexible working arrangements—the most common caregiving benefit—only 39 percent of employees said they have used View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

27 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

thing or two about efficiency. But it's one thing to make yourself more efficient, quite another to make a team more efficient, and still another when that team's membership is in constant flux. With short-term teams assembled on the fly... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

collectively they could shift perspectives from “us and them” to “we,” to present realities about “what is,” and to spur ideas and actions to bring about “what could be.” 2019 Schwartz Common & Pavilion Opens Made possible by a gift from... View Details

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What Black Executives Really Want

WHY DID YOU START RESEARCHING BLACK EXECUTIVES? I am not an expert in diversity and inclusion, but I had thought about marginalization, both as a child growing up in India, where I saw the marginalization of some minority groups, and as a... View Details

18 Dec 2019
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6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

components, one of which is doing things for the common good. The other is the here and now—making judgment calls and taking action here and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

This course is part of the Finance & Accounting track. Introduction to Leading with Finance ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Leading with Finance $1,850 Next 6-week session starts... View Details

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Laura taught undergraduate Military Leadership and Intro to Sociology for 6 and 4 semesters, respectively, at the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 2013-2016 (see course descriptions and links below). She was promoted from instructor to Assistant... View Details

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

EJ, business, and policy. First, this paper will develop clear definitions for this and related terms to ensure conversations about environmental justice are centered around a common understanding of the... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Free E-Book How to Become a More Effective Leader Learn about the difference between leadership and management, uncover the qualities and skills that characterize an effective leader, gain an understanding... View Details

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C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection | About

Schwartz Common | Learn More Ursula von Rydingsvard Elegantka II, 2013–14 / 2016 — Schwartz Common | Learn More 2021 – 2023 This exhibition is made possible by the generosity... View Details

01 Nov 2022
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Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

potential source of disease, drugs, gangs, crime, you name it. The crimes they do commit are given extra publicity. And yet common sense and the data that we have don’t support... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Feb 2019
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How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

obviously the most challenging. Lagace: What are common errors when companies try to create innovative cultures? Pisano: Big companies too often try to emulate startup cultures, and that’s misguided. First... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2024
News

Startup Shepherds

By their count, Catalina Daniels and Jim Sherman (both MBA 1991) listened to approximately 300 startup pitches in 2016, the first year the HBS classmates worked side by side as angel investors in New York. “You meet a lot of very smart people, with what sound like good... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Ps of Strategy, Part II Featured Exercises Analyze your organization’s approach to managing common organizational tensions Identify strengths and deltas in your organization’s approach to executing strategy 5-6 hrs Module 2 Aligning Job... View Details

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

deliver measurable financial, environmental, and social impacts. Harvard University Office for Sustainability Our mission is to advance solutions to evolving global health and environmental challenges that benefit the View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 7 Modules, 45-50 Hours Download full syllabus 6-8 hrs Module 1 Leading at Scale and Scope Understand the key imperatives of transitioning to a new organizational... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Execution equips you with the tools, skills, and frameworks to allocate resources, measure performance, manage risk, and successfully implement strategy. You’ll explore common challenges that prevent or... View Details

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