532 Posts found for Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge

As the former president and CEO of Netscape Communications Corporation from 1995 to 1999, Barksdale now heads his own company, the eponymous Barksdale Group, which finances, advises, and services Internet start-ups. (His Netscape tenure ended when Netscape merged with America Online.) A native of Mississippi, Barksdale also held top positions at AT&T Wireless Services, Federal Express Corporation, and IBM. Now, in addition to running his … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management

Figuring out how to motivate your staff and adapt your style for their particular “career anchors” can turn all employees into higher performers.

Content: Article | Author: Anne Field | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Management

Macintosh market share continues to decline, but the iPod and iTunes are hit products. Where does Apple Computer’s future lie? An interview with HBS professor David Yoffie.

Content: Case Study | Author: David Yoffie | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Industry Specific, Strategy | Industry: Personal Computer

Originator, with David P. Norton, of the Balanced Scorecard, discusses his latest book, Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management

When U.S. and Chinese businesspeople sit at the negotiating table, frustration is often the result. This Harvard Business Review excerpt summarizes the historical and cultural disconnects.

Content: Article | Authors: John L. Graham, N. Mark Lam | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: International – China, Negotiation

It is difficult for them [CEOs and executive groups] to stretch their thinking toward the future. They’re very “grounded,” realistic people. They are drawn towards missions, which describe what an organization does now, rather than vision, which describes why an organization engages in these activities. Visions, therefore, must describe the desired long-term future of the organization-a future that typically is not quite achievable, but not … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Vision

When negotiating compensation, women often sell themselves short. Some practical advice on claiming the power to lead in this interview with HBS professor Kathleen L. McGinn and Harvard’s Hannah Riley Bowles.

Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Negotiation, Women in Business

Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chaired Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and the director of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Center.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Every sustained wave of technological progress and economic development everywhere has been fueled by greed, profiteering, special privileges, and megalomania.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Observations, Progress

It doesn’t matter to your audience if you have ten days or ten minutes to write a speech. You still must deliver. Here are tips for speeding your speech prep.

Content: Article | Authors: Nick Morgan, Phillip Khan-Pami | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Is your store set up to reassure consumers that your prices are good value? Here’s how to tell shoppers that the price you want is also the price they want.

Content: Article | Authors: Duncan Simester, Eric Anderson | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Pricing

Professor David A. Garvin offers a rare inside glimpse at how the case method is used by both faculty and students in classrooms at Harvard Business School.

Editor’s Note: you can read the entire original article from a link provided in the text.

Content: Article | Author: David A. Garvin | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

If you think a proposals executive summary is really a summary, youre missing the point. Here are six tips for turning your blah conclusions into an effective, well-substantiated pitch.

Content: Article | Author: John Clayton | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Marketing / Sales

Many M&A decisions may be the result of hubris, say Dan Lovallo and Daniel Kahneman. Heres a technique to help executives avoid the bad kind of optimism.

Content: Article | Authors: Dan P. Lovallo, Daniel Kahneman | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Many leaders will be called upon to speak with the media. Are you ready when the lights go on and the microphone is in your face? Here are four secrets to making a compelling case.

Editor’s Note: an even better article on this topic is “Secrets of a Novice TV Star”

Content: Article | Author: Gary Genard | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Personal Development, Public Relations

Developing people effectively “…does not include coercing them (no matter how benevolently) into acceptance of the goals of the enterprise, nor does it mean manipulating their behavior to suit organizational needs. Rather, it calls for creating a relationship within which a man can take responsibility for developing his own potentialities, plan for himself, and learn from putting his plan into action.”

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

It’s likely your org chart doesn’t tell you where the real power lies in your company. A small number of people make the big decisions. Are you in with the in crowd?

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Organizational Behavior

The key to an effective presentation? You have to capture your audience in the first few seconds. Here are six ways to get off to a strong start.

Content: Article | Author: Beverly Ballaro | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Great ideas dont execute themselves. Identify the idea practitionersin your companythe people who turn blue sky into green profit.

Content: Article | Author: Theodore Kinni | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Innovation, Management

Managers must be aware of their strengths, limitations, motives, and values in order to make the appropriate trade-offs between fit and learning opportunity when selecting a position.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Career, Personal Development