Filter Results
:
(105)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (105)
- Faculty Publications (8)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (105)
- Faculty Publications (8)
- 18 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech
continuation of the compensation growth and workplace improvements that we have started to see over the last few years. For instance, remote or hybrid work models appeal to many skilled workers, even if their employer would prefer them...
View Details
- Web
HBR Classics - Alumni
Strategy Implementation Never Underestimate the Importance of Soft Skills in Executing Strategy Strategy The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution, Gary L. Neilson, Karla, L. Martin, and Elizabeth Powers...
View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
future. Enter one visionary—part dreamer, part pragmatist—with the soft power skills to make them a reality Complete Table of Contents June 2017 Supercharged Is the electric car finally on the road to...
View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing and strengthening her leadership team—but held firm to...
View Details
- Profile
Kiran Gandhi
turning to her for leadership. She would have answers because of the flexibility and creativity that an MBA can teach you – the ability to pull from different hard and soft skill sets and apply them to...
View Details
Keywords:
Entertainment/Media
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of...
View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
degrees, a particularly important credential in America. “Many people see the four-year degree, in effect as a proxy for the hard and soft skills that are necessary to be successful in the workplace,”...
View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
studying world-class companies in developing countries. For me and my colleague Krishna Palepu, India has served as an intellectual laboratory. So I've always been anecdotally aware of the possibility that people could benefit from India's View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
certificate courses in IT support, data analytics, project management, and user experience design. In addition to hard skills, the training partners will provide support and guidance in soft skills such as...
View Details
- 25 May 2023
- Blog Post
6 Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Interview Process
HBS Professor Youngme Moon noted in an HBS After Hours Podcast, “There are so many industries that have a history of relying on the soft stuff, and the soft stuff has worked in the favor of a particular kind...
View Details
Keywords:
All Industries
- Profile
Robert Leke
them to unleash their utmost potential. How did HBS prepare you for your internship & long term career goals? There are obviously the technical skills which HBS equipped me with for my career (such as Finance or Operations). But more...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
The facts of the ever-widening skills gap are increasingly difficult to ignore: As many as 9 million tech jobs sit vacant across the US, Europe, and China, says Przemyslaw Berendt (PLDA 18, 2014). And judging by the $1 trillion spent on...
View Details
- Profile
Gopesh Mittal
awakened a desire to work on products that “target the ‘bottom of the pyramid.’” Real value of soft skills Like many MBA candidates, Gopesh was attracted to Harvard for its “360-degree point of view, which...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Research Brief: Ahead of the Game
position, and enjoyed higher cumulative wages (by 3.4 percent). Gompers, who was an all-American runner and held the 10,000-meter record at Harvard for 30 years, attributes the differences to a few soft skills, the most obvious being...
View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
consumers can be assured of the quality and effectiveness of the resources they are procuring. It appears you plan to have a measurable way to assess the technical and soft skills of the resources: Consumers...
View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
HBS FIELD - A Sneak Peek Into Retail
interview, prototype development, and presentation components of FIELD enabled me to develop the soft skills needed to succeed in post MBA leadership positions.
View Details
Keywords:
Consumer Products / Retail
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
required him to call on the soft skills he learned at HBS. "The people there are not profit driven or bonus driven; they are in life to help people and give back to society," he says. His goals for the...
View Details
Keywords:
Ralph Ranalli
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
organizations and non-profits since I was child, and working in public service in New York City after college, my pivot to HBS was to dive into the hard skills and action-based work that I was missing to make my community development...
View Details
Keywords:
Nonprofit / Government
- Profile
Fangfang Wang
says Fangfang. “I saw a lack of soft skills, such as critical thinking. We had lots of ‘yes men,’ but few people capable of innovating.” With that insight in mind, Fangfang wants to “work as a content provider to cultivate softer View Details
- 05 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA
excellent training ground to develop these soft skills. The case-based teaching methodology is a very good training ground to learn to ask the right questions, hone communication and listening skills and...
View Details