Motivating Professionals - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

that exploits and tricks people. And that business is made up of many relationships and actions that represent every human emotion possible and every human motivation. It's very hard if you're a religious professional who's gone to a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

also anything but customer-focused. It was probably "Sure, fine, now get out of the way so I can do my job, which I understand and you don't. I'm the professional here; you're an annoyance." With this attitude, it's hard to get... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

today's diverse workplace, your actions and motives are constantly under scrutiny. Time to manage your own professional image before others do it for you. An interview with Laura Morgan Roberts. Most Popular... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

to look at products as customers do: a way to get a job done. Creating a Positive Professional Image (19,535) In today’s diverse workplace, your actions and motives are constantly under scrutiny. Time to... View Details

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

surprises for new CEOs arise from time and knowledge limitations—there is so much to do in complex new areas, with imperfect information and never enough time. Others stem from unexpected and unfamiliar new roles and altered professional... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

management in seven companies identify teams working full-time on projects that demanded creativity. We ended up studying 238 professionals in 26 project teams in 7 companies in 3 different industries. They were highly educated—a vast... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

and not just inside the Beltway. At HBS, a group of MBAs last spring crafted and sent to Washington a bold proposal to create a nonprofit, public-private Corporate Governance College to employ and train a cadre of professional directors... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

are aware of the new opportunities, and then you've got to motivate and enable them to find an insurance solution that makes sense for them." After all, no one wakes up in the morning excited to buy insurance. "It's a grudge... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

higher percentage of the revenue in order to motivate them." Things get more interesting with the degree that the actions of one professional affect the revenues generated by other professionals—what is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

motivation for working all these hours is not actually to produce high-quality work. In fact, there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that it’s going to undermine the quality of the work.” Confronting deeply held beliefs has been part of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

In a three-year research project, I studied the career trajectories of minority and white professionals at three major U.S. corporations. The story of one of the participants—Stephen Williams—sheds light on many of the differences in... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

09 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 9

and professional activities of academic biomedical scientists. In qualitative and quantitative analyses, we show that scientists match to their postdoctoral mentors based on two dominant factors, geography and scientific focus. They then... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

fundamental reassessment of leadership and leadership development. The command-and-control model so prevalent in the twentieth century has ceased to be effective because it fails to motivate people, particularly younger generations that... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

27 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

States. In short, their study shows that family CEOs on average work fewer hours relative to nonfamily-affiliated managers in all the countries they studied. Family Vs. Professional To launch the study, the researchers hired 15 students... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

according to Alexa Internet. The business-oriented social network has more than 300 million members, all of whom list their educational and professional achievements on the site in the name of professional... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

to be clarified. You have to make them when you have to make them. And try not to get too depressed in the journey, because there's a professional responsibility. If you are depressed, you can't motivate... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

load. And as a result you carry a very high cost." Michelin-one-star-rated restaurants in Europe have an average of 36 employees on the payroll, according to the case. D'O keeps a lean crew of 14 by multitasking. Oldani does not employ any View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

The book What's Fair: Ethics of Negotiators is a rich collection of pointers from professional dealmakers, attorneys, academic specialists, and, not least, ethicists. Michael Wheeler, an HBS professor and editor of Negotiation Journal,... View Details