mentoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

mentor the next generation of women. My colleagues' and my work on women's management styles has revealed significant differences between generations. I hope we'll have some practitioners talking about this as well. We're also going to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

flexible arrangements. 4. Recruit and promote from diverse pools of candidates. 5. Provide leadership education. 6. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs. 7. Offer quality role models. 8. Make the chief diversity officer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

missing the consequences and longer-term effects.” UNEQUAL PAY FALLOUT Partnerships remain key to the way the professional service and investment sectors are run. Previous research has shown that the partnership structure has many advantages, including encouragement... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

little of the policy issues, product discussions, and even general news coming out of the tech world. That's my problem. I need to fix it by doing what Jack Welch asked all of his senior colleagues at GE to do: find a mentor no older than... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

that mentoring relationships are less likely to form across race than among people of the same race. But the positive approach would be to look at the research and say, 'Well, even though they may be rare, let's try to understand these... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Jan 2007
HBS Case

The Challenge of Managing National Security

can't mess things up too badly. I've also had terrific mentors who've taught me how to teach. And there's nothing more motivating than seeing that lightbulb come on. If you teach and you don't love the lightbulb, you're in the wrong job. View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

smarts through everyday observation and decision making. Such coaches are distinguished from mentors by the degree to which they structure and engage their charges in various learning experiences. Deep smarts, it is maintained, can be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

networks and mentors are essential for long-term success as a businesswoman; they are also unbeatable sources of advice at key moments, according to Swan. "It's very hard to find mentors," she said. "Everyone says, 'Go get... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

he was able to recruit employees and mentors who were inspired by the authenticity of his passion. Besides, financial and non-financial resources are not mutually exclusive. In Cotopaxi’s case the social mission resonated with for-profit... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

experiences, desires, and understanding of social norms. Fortunately, some young people get the kind of wise guidance and coaching that help them focus at an early stage on their strengths, weaknesses, passions, and sense of self. Others gain this insight later in... View Details

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

guidance is needed or to make introductions to customers, prospective partners, or job candidates. Advisers may also mentor junior members of a team when you lack the funds or time to hire in an experienced leader. Advisers are usually... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

Speed Trap, was poised for publication as I came up for promotion that year at Harvard Business School. However, in a reversal of the familiar prescription for scholars, my mentors told me, “If you publish, you might perish.” They were... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

been collaborating for three years to increase the number of African American biologists and chemists. In 1995, they launched the UNCF Merck Science Internships. The undergraduates, doctoral students, and postdoctoral scientists who receive these internships are... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

09 Jun 2009
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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

20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

mentors can―and should―play in cultivating and sharing juniors' career narratives. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/413122-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-111 Venture Philanthropy: Its Evolution and Its Future This note... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

some coursework similar to what I had been doing at JPL." As his doctoral work progressed, Light became "more and more interested in the Business School side of the joint program." He found mentors in Raiffa and finance... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

mentors and offering girls information about the returns to education), suggesting that negotiation skills themselves drive the effect. Further evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment, which simulates parents’ educational investment... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

doing this financial analysis, Marisa received lots of mentoring from the vice presidents she worked with. Marisa believed that she had done well and would soon be promoted so that she could originate her own deals. However, she is... View Details