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- October 2023 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
ReUp Education: Can AI Help Learners Return to College?
By: Kris Ferreira, Christopher Thomas Ryan and Sarah Mehta
Founded in 2015, ReUp Education helps “stopped out students”—learners who have stopped making progress towards graduation—achieve their college completion goals. The company relies on a team of success coaches to engage with learners and help them reenroll. In 2019,...
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Keywords:
AI;
Algorithms;
Machine Learning;
Edtech;
Education Technology;
Analysis;
Higher Education;
AI and Machine Learning;
Customization and Personalization;
Failure;
Education Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Ferreira, Kris, Christopher Thomas Ryan, and Sarah Mehta. "ReUp Education: Can AI Help Learners Return to College?" Harvard Business School Case 624-007, October 2023. (Revised October 2023.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Reversing the Queue: Performance, Legitimacy, and Minority Hiring
By: Andrew Hill and David A. Thomas
Studies of minority hiring have found that poor-performing firms or firms in highly competitive contexts are more likely to hire minority candidates. However, most work has examined hiring for entry and mid-level positions, not senior management. Management positions...
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Keywords:
Diversity;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Performance Effectiveness;
Sports Industry;
United States
Hill, Andrew, and David A. Thomas. "Reversing the Queue: Performance, Legitimacy, and Minority Hiring." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-032, September 2010.
- Career Coach
Ellen Harris
Ellen (HGSE ’86) is the Director of Outward Bound Professional/Facilitator at Thompson Island Outward Bound Professional where she is responsible for business development and corporate team and leadership development. Ellen enjoys working...
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Keywords:
Consulting;
Consumer Products;
Education;
Hospitality;
Manufacturing;
Retail;
Social Enterprise
- January 2024
- Case
Deion Sanders: The Prime Effect
By: Hise O. Gibson, Nicole Gilmore and Alicia Dadlani
In 2023, Deion Sanders, known as “Coach Prime,” became head football coach of the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). Sanders was tasked with leading CU’s struggling football program, which had only achieved one winning season in the last 15 years, back to glory. Many...
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Keywords:
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management Style;
Race;
Prejudice and Bias;
Sports;
Experience and Expertise;
Sports Industry;
United States;
Colorado
Gibson, Hise O., Nicole Gilmore, and Alicia Dadlani. "Deion Sanders: The Prime Effect." Harvard Business School Case 624-001, January 2024.
- Research Summary
Firm Performance, Senior Management, and Managerial Representation
While my work on strategic human capital studies how the characteristics of management shape performance, this work in effect focuses on the reverse: how performance shapes a key characteristic of the firm's management
Working with Professor David Thomas,... View Details
- January 2023 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Nick Saban: Embracing 'The Process' of Sustaining Success
By: Ranjay Gulati and Eppa Rixey
Nick Saban, head coach of the University of Alabama football team from 2007-2022, fielded teams that won 183 of 208 games (88%), including a record-tying six national championships. Saban’s approach to coaching, known to many as “The Process,” and the consistent...
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Keywords:
Purpose;
Leadership And Managing People;
Football;
Recruiting;
Talent Acquisition;
Talent And Talent Management;
Talent Development And Retention;
Organization Change And Adaptation;
Organizational Behavior;
Sports;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Sports Industry;
United States
- Research Summary
Current Projects
To further study team coaching and creativity, I have undertaken two field-based studies. In collaboration with Teresa Amabile, I am exploring helping and collaborative behaviors though the analysis of daily diary entries from creative work teams at a design firm....
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- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
about the heart, it's about family, it's about seeing the good in people and bringing the most out of them," says Snook. Different styles, yes, but the results are similar: After long careers, both have similar win-loss records for their View Details
- Research Summary
Strategic Human Capital
My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details
- 14 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Reversing the Queue: Performance, Legitimacy, and Minority Hiring
- Career Coach
Lauren Murphy
individual leaders as well as senior management teams to improve team alignment with organizational goals. Lauren brings decades of management experience to her coaching work....
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Keywords:
Consumer Products;
Investment Management;
Financial Services (All);
Manufacturing;
Publishing / Communications / Advertising;
Retail;
Health Care;
Clean Technology;
Energy;
Commercial Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Consulting;
Education;
Entertainment / Media;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Services (All);
Government;
Hospitality;
Investment Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Private Equity;
Financial Services (All);
Real Estate;
Search Fund;
Financial Services (All);
Sports;
Technology;
Telecommunications;
Venture Capital;
Financial Services (All)
- 18 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
professionally, and as team leaders. To help you make work from home work for you, and for your team, HBS Career Coaches Mo Fong and Eileen Stephan are sharing their recommendations. Fong, HBS Career View Details
- Career Coach
Ildi Nielsen
Ildi (Dartmouth ’94) offers 20 years of experience as a Career Coach and Executive Search Consultant for MBA and post-MBA professionals. She worked as a Career Coach at Boston Consulting Group where she...
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Consulting;
Commercial Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Consumer Finance;
Financial Services (All);
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Management;
Financial Services (All);
Private Equity;
Financial Services (All);
Retail
- 03 Dec 2012
- News
When Time is of the Essence, Try “Extreme Productivity”
- July 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Ottawa Voyageurs, The
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Scott Baldwin, Chris Strong, Andrew Feng, Eliza Moody and David Ager
Manuel Tertuliano, head coach of a professional soccer club, must make some difficult decisions about the compensation of six of his players. Specifically, he must decide how to allocate $850,000 among these six players in a way that will benefit his team, which has...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Compensation and Benefits;
Performance;
Motivation and Incentives;
Sports;
Groups and Teams;
Sports Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Canada
DeLong, Thomas J., Scott Baldwin, Chris Strong, Andrew Feng, Eliza Moody, and David Ager. "Ottawa Voyageurs, The." Harvard Business School Case 404-023, July 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
teams in various functional areas including her most recent role as Sr. Director of Google Technical Solutions for Google Learning and Education, Google Assistant and Search. She has also served as Google's Director K12 Education Outreach...
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- Career Coach
Eileen Stephan
Eileen offers over 20 years of professional experience in recruiting, career management and career coaching in both the corporate and academic worlds. Her most recent position as Global Head of Graduate Recruitment and Program Management...
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- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
level of accountability for that performance. Furthermore, the influence of senior minority managers on hiring practices may differ substantially, depending on where a manager sits in the firm's hierarchy. Examining hiring practices on View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne