executive search - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2004
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Inside Executive Search

How do executive search firms work? It’s well known that most senior management, CEO, and board positions are filled by these organizations, but given the confidential nature of their work, they often... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2001
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Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

of the personal connection it already enjoyed? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process — and the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance — has been the subject of... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

04 Feb 2014
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How Microsoft’s Global Search Ended at Home

29 Oct 2020
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The Search for Racial Equity

01 Jun 2018
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Ask the Expert: Star Search

retailer Wayfair. “They want to know, ‘Do I feel like I can add value and make a difference?’” Gulliver manages a 300-person team at Wayfair dedicated to helping the growing e-commerce company recruit and retain talent. Her role is strategic, too, analyzing data and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 Jun 2014
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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Keywords: career management; leadership skills; management skills; executive search firms

01 Dec 2009
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Japan Research Center Names New Executive Director

practice group and oversaw all executive searches in the financial sector. In addition, he managed a corporate governance practice group. Prior to Egon Zehnder, Sato worked for fifteen years in the Tokyo and... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2024
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Turning Point: Eternal Returns

Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details

Keywords: life experience; search firm; entrepreneurship

16 Feb 2017
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Growth uncertainty grips corporate boards: Survey

01 Jan 2003
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09 Dec 2016
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How Wayfair Built a Furniture Brand from Scratch

06 Aug 2019
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The Magic That Makes Customer Experiences Stick

01 Aug 2012
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Face Fears with Courage

01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

07 Nov 2023
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Love and Money

improve their chances of finding a partner? Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993) is a celebrity matchmaker, an executive fellow at HBS, and a New York Times bestselling author of two books about love and relationships. In this episode of Skydeck,... View Details

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

transformative—both personally and intellectually—and recognizes the power of her time at HBS, the case method, and the extensive network of friends who remain so important to her. Her service on various University boards—including the 2017 presidential View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

that distinguish top performance." What matters to Egon Zehnder? Sure, the founder of one of the world's largest executive search firms believes that new hires must possess piercing intellectual skills and... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

funds to support them. As these students search for role models, they would do well to look to their benefactor, who worked his way up from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the business world. Ann M. Fudge (MBA '77) View Details

24 May 2017
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Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

an executive who understood technology, knew how to market it, and had the leadership skills to take on difficult challenges, she also focused on paving the way for more women. “I see it as a virtuous circle,” she says. “People help you,... View Details