Tag: Management

Bill Belichick looks to a camera as people around him celebrate a Super Bowl title
What NFL Firings Can Teach About Leadership and Management The NFL season is winding down, which means a wave of coaches, including the Patriots’ Bill Belichick, are out of a job. Babson Professor Joseph Weintraub talks of the right and wrong ways to fire a team leader.
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John Crawford
Senior Journalist
John Crawford
A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.
January 25, 2024

Posted in Insights

Two Professors Named to Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award Shortlist Babson College associate professors of management Tina Opie and Rob Cross were named to the 2023 shortlist for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award, the first two Babson faculty members to be recognized with the prestigious management honor.
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September 14, 2023

Posted in Babson Briefs

Babson professor Danna Greenberg interacts with a student.
Managing Motherhood: How to Help New Moms in the Workplace Managers have an opportunity to help expectant mothers even before employees go on parental leave, Babson Professor Danna Greenberg said.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
August 16, 2023

Posted in Insights, Outcomes

Two Books by Babson Faculty Earn Accolades Two Babson College faculty members—Rob Cross and Beth Wynstra—earned accolades for their recently published books.
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July 20, 2023

Posted in Babson Briefs

Babson No. 1 in Producing Highest Proportion of Business Leaders Babson College produces the highest proportion of business leaders, earning the No. 1 ranking among U.S. colleges in a new analysis by Resume.io.
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May 22, 2023

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Babson’s Lawrence P. Ward Earns Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn Lawrence P. Ward, Babson College’s vice president and dean of campus life, recently was honored by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
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January 24, 2023

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A Twitter sign-on screen on a mobile phone
How to Steer a Successful Twitter Turnaround Babson’s Bret Bero, who has led several private-equity turnarounds, weighs in on Elon Musk’s push to make Twitter profitable after purchasing the social media platform for $44 billion.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
November 3, 2022

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Jennifer Tosti-Kharas Appointed Camilla Latino Spinelli Endowed Term Chair Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior Jennifer Tosti-Kharas has been appointed Camilla Latino Spinelli Endowed Term Chair, beginning in the 2023–2024 academic year.
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November 1, 2022

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Buildings in a financial district
Why Conglomerates Are Breaking Up From Kellogg’s to General Electric, several conglomerates have opted to break up into smaller companies looking to increase interest from investors. Babson’s Peter Cohan, who teaches corporate strategy, explains the reasons behind the new trend.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
July 19, 2022

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Associate Professor Rob Cross speaks at a 2019 Babson Connect: Worldwide session on connectivity
Collaboration Overload? Try These 3 Tips for Working Smarter As companies navigate hybrid work, Babson College Associate Professor and collaboration expert Rob Cross shares his most useful advice.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
October 13, 2021

Posted in Insights