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- 09 Jul 2009
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Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge
by Heidi K. Gardner
...task expertise, they are often unwilling or unable to give the experts appropriate influence over the group process and outcomes. HBS professor Heidi K. Gardner takes a multidisciplinary approach to develop theory explaining how interpersonal dynamics in teams affect members' use of each other's...
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- 28 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
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Disagreement about the Team’s Status Hierarchy: An Insidious Obstacle to Coordination and Performance
by Heidi K. Gardner
...challenges, often originating from high-status members jockeying for top positions to attain valuable resources such as power, credit, and a better reputation. Yet new research by HBS professor Heidi K. Gardner explores how small differences, even latent ones, in team members' perceptions about their...
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- 05 May 2009
- First Look
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First Look: May 5, 2009
Martha Lagace
With so many experts on a team, why does the result sometimes prove disappointing? New research by HBS professor Heidi K. Gardner probes the social dynamics of teamwork in knowledge-intensive settings, such as professional service firms, and the accompanying pressure to perform at the highest...
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- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
by Sarah Jane Gilbert
Group dynamics can take a bad turn when a team feels heightened pressure from stakeholders. In this Q&A, HBS professor Heidi K. Gardner explains why performance pressure makes team members do what seems irrational: defer to high-status "generalist" experts while ignoring colleagues close to the...
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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
First Look: February 7
Sean Silverthorne
...or hinder a team's performance? In an forthcoming article in Administrative Science Quarterly, Heidi K. Gardner reports on her recent research of 78 audit and consulting teams from two global professional firms. The research revealed "an irony of team life: even though motivated to perform well on a...
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- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
First Look: July 26
Sean Silverthorne
Compensation System (A)" will "deepen students' appreciation for the complexity of designing a compensation system that needs to motivate star performers while encouraging the collaboration necessary to align employees' behaviors with a new firm strategy," according to authors Heidi K. Gardner and Kerry Herman.
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- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
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First Look: October 27
Martha Lagace
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910009-PDF-ENG Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm Heidi K. Gardner and Robert G. EcclesHarvard Business School Case 410-056 Eden McCallum pioneered the network-based ("virtual") consulting firm model in the U.K. Contracting freelance consultants on a
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- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
First Look: September 14, 2010
Sean Silverthorne
the object of the game is for the players to debate the identities of the Vandals and vote to eliminate suspects. Purchase this exercise:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911013-PDF-ENG Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B) Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFeeHarvard Business School
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