At times, Thompson says, "the dean has been known to give no salary increase," which is supposed to be interpreted as a direct warning from the University.
And then there's the direct approach, she says.
"John Fox has talked to a number of people and been reasonably direct about their participation, sort of 'Either get busy or get out,' type of conversation," Thompson says.
Fox says working with Faculty on this issue is necessarily a sensitive business.
"It may be that in some of these cases, this is the first major career decision they've made since they got tenure," Fox says.
Helping current Harvard Faculty become former Harvard faculty is a delicate job, Thompson says, and administrators must "make sure Faculty aren't retreating into the woodwork."