encouragement - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

encourage employees in an acquired company to "preserve and internally disseminate the knowledge that made the smaller (acquired) company attractive to the larger one." Vladimir Pavelko expressed his support for such a bonus,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Apr 2019
News

Founder of Hinge Has Some Thoughts on Your Dating Profile

on-again/off-again relationship with the woman who eventually became his wife a few months ago, inspired the development and unique features of Hinge. “My experience with Kate taught me the importance of being vulnerable,” McLeod told Vogue. “Hinge View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

19 Jan 2023
Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

The new year is here and it’s time to “circle back,” reset, and reengage with your teams for 2023. To help you kick off the year on the right foot, here are eleven ways to keep employees motivated and engaged in the year ahead: 1. Support Individual Goals: View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Aug 2017
Blog Post

“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”

he observes. But there may be the practical issue of money. “Although startups don’t often offer as competitive a salary as established companies,” Rahil notes, “HBS has a Summer Fellows Program that provides funding to students founding companies or working at... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

Profile

Ben Faw

on campus, however, Ben discovered that he had underestimated the social scope of the school. “I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the number of quality people here. My only regret is that there is no way to meet all of them.” Ben has also found help and View Details

30 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Health Care Initiative at HBS

health care organizations around Harvard. I encourage you to check it out. As you can see there are nearly endless ways to learn more about health care during your time at HBS, and we are continuously looking to improve and expand. Please... View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

importance of a culture that encourages progress, outlining how “sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values.” But what kind of philosophy and values lead to a... View Details

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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog

complexities of operating a startup. Sessions will feature skill-building exercises led by the instructor and outside experts as well as weekly peer-to-peer critiques on work-in-progress. Students are encouraged to work as a cohort to... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Turning Point: The Dark Season

I’m unemployed.” Yet every day I was leading a prayer conference call for hundreds of people from across the country. The feedback was that my words were extremely encouraging and helpful. So there’s a sense of envy in realizing God’s... View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)

14 May 2018
Blog Post

Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers

"The biggest reason women have such a hard time relaunching careers is lack of confidence," says Flynn. "When people aren't paid for what they do, they devalue their worth." ReBoot Accel encourages confidence through... View Details

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

asset to the country." Indeed, the war was a watershed for entrepreneurialism. While it was true that the war temporarily stunted the development of small business, it ultimately created a more fertile environment for the entrepreneurial economy to flourish. By... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

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Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health - Blog: Health Supplement

advocacy. How have these experiences influenced your career goals? Women’s advocacy has always been important to me. Even before HBS, I volunteered with young women in STEM and entrepreneurship. I had strong mentors growing up, including my mom who was an engineer, and... View Details

Portrait Project

Parker Woltz

"Be a Beast!" When I was growing up, this was the encouragement my Dad offered me whenever I faced a challenge. It wasn’t, "Good luck!" or, "Go get ‘em!", but always, "Be a Beast!" I took his... View Details

Portrait Project

David Askaryan

A few times every year in elementary school, a bunch of students would get suckered into selling candy for a school fundraiser. Each kid was aggressively encouraged to sell a minimum number of candies at fifty cents per piece. If students... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

A Canadian Hero

said University of Toronto president J. Robert Prichard. After accepting the club's award -- and with it, a Harvard chair -- Schwartz, a Winnipeg native, briefly discussed his career and, quoting President Theodore Roosevelt, encouraged... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Realizing a Dream

who applied, was waitlisted, and then rejected. “I gave it everything I had,” he recalls. He was ready to give up, but his then wife encouraged him to follow up with a call to HBS’s admissions director, Laura Gordon Fisher. “I know who... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

networks, encouraged cable's growth, under the theory that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." FCC Chairman Nicholas Johnson, an ardent supporter of the wired cities concept, championed a series of FCC actions helpful to the... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Sep 2024
News

Basket Chase

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details

Portrait Project

Tamara Lynn Nall

the lights on when the slow music starts! Consult to young entrepreneurs in my local community... Establish an endowment for African-American students at HBS... Be optimistic during the best and worst of times, standing true to my morals and convictions I want to live... View Details

Portrait Project

Meg Whittenberger

more hardship than most people face in a lifetime, and every day she confronted the grueling trial of living in a world that expected her to fail. I reflected on my own contrasting privilege and my own insecurities, and I doubted if my View Details

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