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- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
Psychology The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work By: Brodsky, Andrew, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on the dilemma of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
firing trigger. We make every effort to help our employees succeed and achieve excellence. And we have an attitude of gratefulness." He adds: "It's not necessarily any easier to run a company based on...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
a sort of hiding in the closet, driven by fear or panic. Another is you-can't-make-me-move defiance, driven by anger. The last is a very pessimistic attitude that leads to constant hesitation. Whatever the reason, the consequences are...
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by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
love our mission.” A lot of people believe that women have already “made it.” Why is the work that Catalyst does still necessary? If a problem is not solved, it’s not solved. I think people want to move on; there’s a sense of “Oh, we’re still thinking about the woman...
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
1996, and she moved back to the States, taking a job as vice president of operations with Warner Brothers Television in Los Angeles. "What I missed most about America was the attitude that you can be anybody and still get ahead in the...
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- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
regulations may be outdated in the era of Uber—not to mention other successful companies in the so-called sharing economy, such as the travel home-rental website Airbnb (currently valued at $25.5 billion). But he argues that it’s dangerous to foster a corporate View Details
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
uniformly agreed on the mechanism underlying this relationship: the sharing of tacit knowledge and recombination of ideas that occurs because of intra-firm mobility. But a second mechanism may also be at work: intra-firm mobility might help distant View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
people we’ve got and equip them to do the jobs that we see emerging in the future? That is, I’m presuming, a concern for Iron Mountain as you undergo this digital transformation. How do you view the role of the company in upskilling, reskilling people, View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
must overcome severe individual and organizational biases that prevent managers and employees from thinking deeply and analytically about their risk exposure. In this paper, we draw lessons from seven case studies about the multiple and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
which require full and fair disclosure of the financial performance of companies and of the risks associated with their business. This attitude is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties when, according to Representative (and later Speaker of...
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by Carla Tishler
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Bowes adapted its approach to employee health amid rising health care costs, shifting employer attitudes towards health benefits and a rapidly changing policy environment. By 2008, the firm was widely...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
organization design are probably the most important factors in determining whether a business is ultimately successful. Getting that right requires the ability to think about a business from the lens of various stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and most...
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All Industries
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
following year. In Chasing Stars, Groysberg explains the importance of having an integration strategy, whether a star is joining a new baseball team or a new team of financial analysts. "Even stars need time to adjust to new settings, and successful integration...
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- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
College. In a talk titled "An Historical Perspective on Feminism," she discussed the intersection of the abolitionist and women's rights movements—and how attitudes of the nineteenth century mirrored those surrounding the 2008...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
cubicles—is often treated as an afterthought at immature IT organizations, says HBS professor Robert Austin. Yet this attitude is unwise, because the sooner bugs are caught, the easier and cheaper they are to correct. But who is best...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
eventually cut 15,000 jobs from the company's payroll. In ten years of growth between 1982 and 1992, the number of employees had risen from 41,500 to 116,700, and the airline's fleet had grown from 231 to 897 planes. However, in 1991, due...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
long-time faculty members, the late Walmsley University Professor C. Roland Christensen and Abraham Zalesnik, now Matsushita professor of leadership emeritus, "is his willingness to take risks, to decide upon and implement action based on limited knowledge."...
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by David A. Garvin
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions about government policies and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- June 2018
- Teaching Note
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Amram Migdal
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 416-031, 416-032, 416-033, 416-034, 416-035, and 416-036.
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Communication;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Human Resources;
Employee Relationship Management;
Management Skills;
Performance;
Performance Evaluation;
Personal Development and Career;
Relationships;
Groups and Teams;
Social Psychology;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Conflict and Resolution;
Conflict Management;
Emotions;
Perception;
Personal Characteristics;
Perspective;
Power and Influence;
Prejudice and Bias;
Reputation;
Satisfaction;
Trust