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- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
Leaders who do not take time for introspection and reflection may be vulnerable to being seduced by external rewards, such as power, money, and recognition. Or they may feel a need to appear so perfect to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
not just about having the right strategy but also about being able to do these breakthrough innovations more than once. Book Excerpt From being The Boss: 3 Imperatives For Becoming A Great Leader By Linda A.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
principled-centered leadership. How can we create a corporate atmosphere where principles are honored along with long-term, sustainable results? How do we prepare new leaders to abide by their True North,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
not a game for the faint-hearted. But bravado alone doesn't guarantee a win. Your opponent has to believe that you're gutsy enough to stay the course, or he may do the same until the very end. How do you win... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
difficult times. Authentic leaders are constantly growing. They do not have a rigid view of themselves and their leadership. Becoming authentic is a developmental state that enables leaders to progress through multiple roles, as they... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
clarifying questions, and another made the judges feel uncomfortable by directing a passionate pitch toward just one dragon while ignoring the other four. “Employees should ask themselves: Is this a situation where expressing passion is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
"professional" models? Or will it increasingly be achieved in the institutions created and run by large business enterprises to train not only their own employees but those of other organizations as well? What View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 04 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its ‘Behind the Table’ Challenges
Keywords: by James Sebenius
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
Beyond what we can do as individuals to reduce our risks of exposure, are there objective measures employers can use to validate what is effective? The answer, fortunately, is yes. Many claims will be made over the next few weeks and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
dominant cultural traits and prevailing operating climate.” Anna Johnson recommended: “We need to flip the switch on dissent, delay, and accountability by enabling leadership to take a long view. Want to do... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms and processes by... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
relationships associated with remote work made the middle manager’s role less necessary? Can much of what middle managers do be replaced by artificial intelligence? Can companies that compete based on cost... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad
World View: Global Strategies for the New Economy is a collection of Harvard Business Review articles edited by Jeffery E. Garten, Dean of the Yale School of Management. At the dawn of the new century, says Garten, "globalization has... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
lean startup practices needed to be successful in entrepreneurial projects. "In government we announce something and wait to get it perfect. By using more experimental approaches, some public leaders are achieving success View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
"I describe the weather and you describe the weather and people dress differently for it," says Parsons by way of analogy. What was most interesting was that the rise and fall seemed to have nothing to View Details
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
reforms seem unlikely, but we are missing a large opportunity by avoiding them. In general, I hesitate to pass judgment on our tax system as a whole. My intuition is that tax theorists have as much or more to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
compiled by Harris Wittels, author of Humblebrag, The Art of False Modesty, and found more than 1 in 10 were about being too busy or “not having a life.” (A typical example: “Hi, I’m 16 and I’m publishing 3 books and an album this year.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
can increase employees' identification with the organization. Benefits of returning to the office do not require everyone to be there every day, by any means. By thoughtfully... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
understanding of what pleases others. They need to understand how to engage the senses and elicit delight. “People do not need more stuff, but they do need pleasure, and aesthetics is a powerful way to... View Details