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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
the author’s debt to Belvedere College and the Jesuits as the great influence on his life philosophy and life choices. McEvoy also reflects on how Irish banks morphed from being customer oriented, conservative, dull, and profoundly honest in the 1950s to the very...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard
culture that’s best cultivated in person, as well as the kind of collaboration that’s unlocked when people gather around a whiteboard with their best ideas. Even so, there are continued uncertainties around the pandemic and what the...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
climate, customer orientation, and innovation. "Corporate culture was perceived as the prevailing set of shared values held by a firm's managers," Deshpandé explains, "qualities such as loyalty and tradition. We defined climate as the...
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Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books
reader to imagine a workplace where everyone speaks openly about their weaknesses and are committed to overcoming them, where colleagues help each other become more efficient and less disruptive by speaking the truth about what detracts...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Benaree Wiley
father taught us we should make a contribution in some way and that responsibility comes along with success." At The Partnership since 1991, Wiley leads an organization that helps minorities gain access to the city's corporate power structure and encourages them to...
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Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Dec 2022
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The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
says, people throughout the business community are interested in diversity in the workplace and looking to scholars to guide their decision making. Studying the complex and multifaceted topic requires a group of investigators from a wide...
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April White
- 25 Feb 2020
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Action Plan: Just Breathe
executives would find out that I was meditating,” Burton admits. Today, he wants everyone to know about the workplace benefits of meditation and other stress-management techniques. Six years ago, Burton founded Whil, a digital training...
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April White
- 25 Aug 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
Robin Gregg (MBA 2002) grew up in the West Virginia town of Martinsburg, 15 minutes from the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail. “Most of the people I looked up to were doctors, lawyers, or teachers, so it’s funny that I ended up in business,” she says. One of five...
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- 01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership
their workplace “unit” similar to military life. “A driving motivation among the frontline workers was not letting down the people around them,” she explains. “Leading in a civilian setting is not unlike in the military: if you do your...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Free (The High Mountain Sheriffs Series) by Ed Massey (MBA 1967) (Pen-L Publishing) Are You Talent Obsessed? Unlocking the Secrets to a Workplace Team of Raving High-Performers by Beth Armknecht Miller (OPM 30, 2001) (Amazon) This book is...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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Shattering Glass
much we can ask individual women to do while systemic barriers still exist. We need to make institutional and cultural changes. Have we moved beyond the need to make the business case for creating more diverse workplaces? CA: The narrow...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Letters to the Editor
Damon Silvers’s description of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, currently before Congress, was particularly misleading. Here are the facts: Today, union organizers are able to call an election in a nonunion workplace by obtaining...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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South Asian Women at Work
Smart but passive. Good technicians, but not likely managers. Women from India and Pakistan frequently must combat stereotypes about how they function at work. But they should resist labels and pursue the careers of their dreams, said panelists in a discussion on women...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Ilene Lang
responsibilities do amplify the inequities we’ve found. Outside studies, for example, show evidence of a “motherhood penalty.” That could mean a workplace culture that makes it difficult for anybody who has...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human...
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- 17 Apr 2019
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Give It to Me Straight
covered. That's what we do for one another." That was the kind of thing that Sheryl did for everyone who worked closely with her. That really had an impact on the culture of her organization. The culture did...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Fostering a Supportive Community
After graduating from Cornell University, where he majored in policy analysis, Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021) spent seven years working in education and for a nonprofit that advances equity and economic mobility in the southern United States. That experience challenged his...
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Jennifer Mele
- 25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work
related to growth and efficiency. In a variety of case studies, students in the MBA elective Managing the Future of Work consider technological trends reshaping today’s workplace and actions business leaders can take. In particular, cases...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Ink
column was a way to explore the link between a business leader’s workspace and the culture of his or her organization. Along the way, Raje—former chief executive of BP Ergo, her family’s office furniture business—featured the hotel...
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- 31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the...
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