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January 17, 2011
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Being the Boss In Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill and former executive Kent Lineback discuss the steps to take and the roadblocks to avoid in order to meet that challenge.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 5, 2014
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Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance New research by Francesca Gino, Gary Pisano, and colleagues shows that taking time to reflect on our work improves job performance in the long run. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 7, 2011
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Are Creative People More Dishonest? In a series of studies, Francesca Gino and Dan Ariely found that inherently creative people tend to cheat more than noncreative people. It's a sobering thought in a corporate culture that champions out-of-the-box thinking. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 13, 2015
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`Humblebragging' is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview While humblebragging runs rampant on Twitter, it's a lousy self-promotion tactic that usually backfires according to recent research. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 9, 2015
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Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty Francesca Gino and colleagues find that people avoid professional networking -- even though it's good for their careers -- because it makes them feel morally dirty. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 2, 2012 |
Most Popular Articles of 2011 Our most-read articles of 2011 focused on how leaders can become better -- and what can lead to their downfalls. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 8, 2004
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The Hidden Cost of Buying Information We all need good information to make decisions--that is why consulting is an industry that never goes out of style. But paying for information can carry a hidden cost: We may give it more weight in our decision making than it deserves. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 4, 2010
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Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees Introverts actually can be better leaders than extraverts, especially when their employees are naturally proactive. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 28, 2011
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The Importance of 'Don't' in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior There are two ways a company can encourage ethical conduct among its employees: either the promotion of good actions and outcomes or the prevention of bad ones. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 17, 2012
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Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity New studies show that workers are more productive on rainy days than on sunny ones. Does your office take advantage? |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 2, 2011
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Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud? Researchers Francesca Gino and Lisa Shu discuss whether governments and companies can bolster honesty simply by moving the honesty pledge and signature line to the top of the form, before people encounter the opportunity to cheat. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 5, 2015
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How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat There's a key link between our hormone levels and unethical behavior, according to new research by Francesca Gino, and colleagues. The good news: businesses can do something about it. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 5, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
It's Alive!: Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research Researchers use field and lab experiments to better understand the logic of real-world decisions, which sometimes fly in the face of established economic theory. |
