Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

in self-confidence, assessments of others, and behavior in a cooperative game. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55101 forthcoming Management Science Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

about serving other people instead of yourselves, and you’ll have plenty to do.” Both used slogans and stories, repeated over and over, to lead change. As Hesselbein put it, “the power of language is so important in this job.” In her... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

26 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How to Build a Resume That Stands Above the Competition

Jill Huggett is the CEO & Founder of Bridgepath Career Advisors, LLC, a full-service career management firm, an Expert Content Contributor for Forbes.com, and an HBS Career Coach. She specializes in propelling View Details

01 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself

I am becoming. The power of that memoir title never really hit me until I sat to write this blog post. I don’t mean to quote Michelle Obama in making that statement (I mean there are definitely worse people to quote), but it’s a powerful... View Details

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

certain amount of in-office work while the pandemic is raging can unintentionally penalize people who are immunocompromised or who have immunocompromised people in their household. On the individual level,... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

everything from working out at the gym to turning off the lights at home. Yet, despite the brainpower devoted to devising creative rewards and fine-tuning offerings, employees don’t always buy in. “All this money and time and smart people... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

29 Oct 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Robots in the Boardroom

Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership StyleResearchers turn to machine-learning technology to look for links between a CEO's communications style and company performance. Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That MotivateUsing AI-based advanced analytics... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

innovation and have an outsized impact in a rapidly changing world. Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management Designed to strengthen the capacity of nonprofit CEOs and executive directors to lead their organizations effectively, this... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

asserted that negotiation should be a core skill for virtually all managers. Why? How can managers who are not directly involved with deal making assess and hone their own skills on a regular basis? A: Most important managerial problems... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

after undergrad. But Gupta also spent several years at the Pratham Education Foundation, one of India’s largest educational nonprofits—work that earned him a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship for social enterprise leadership at HBS. Mahajan, meanwhile, was View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

running throughout—you have to page back to an earlier chapter of Dixon’s life, in 2017. That’s when the bottom dropped out. That fall, she was raising money for a tech/beauty startup called EverythingDid, designed to help women and girls of color View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

practical implications of these findings. For example, should managers save certain tasks for days when skies are gray? “A field study gives you the reality of the phenomenon. A lab study answers the question, why is this happening?” The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52122 January 2017 Strategic Finance Managing Healthcare Costs and Value By: Kaplan, Robert S., Michael E. Porter, and Mark L. Frigo Abstract—Rising health care costs are a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 18

situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

able to sort out what the framing is and what the real issue is. Q: What's next for you? A: This is part of an overall study in financial communication. In the financial communication framework I use, there's information content that starts with what View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

01 Dec 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

that people from all over the country were moving to Memphis to help build this company.” But Bobo’s excitement had no real outlet. “We scour the planet to find athletic talent at an early age,” he says, “but we wait too long to cultivate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

February 2022
Case

Leading The UK Vaccine Task Force

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Claudia Pienica

This case describes the first six months of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, under the leadership of Kate Bingham. With a career spent in the private sector as a biotech investor, Bingham’s appointment within the government was considered unusual. The overarching brief given... View Details

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01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Our Team - Social Impact Collaboratory

Administration Vikram S. Gandhi is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit and Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He has developed and teaches a new course, Sustainable Investing, in the Elective... View Details

05 Jun 2009
What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

economy without continued expansion." P. Maxson, assuming also that growth has limits, asked, "will we manage this change, or will we let ourselves be mauled by it?" A more basic question may be whether a stable economy and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

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