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- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
job as a general manager of a mobile cellular company owned by a parent corporation. I had spoken up and participated in previous classes, so I did not anticipate being cold-called. But as always, it comes when you least expect it. We...
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- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
Why did you come in late on Tuesday? Did you really need an hour and a half for lunch on Wednesday? Why wasn't that report done by Thursday? For most of us, justifying our schedules is an expected part of the job. But what employee hasn't...
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
at an impasse. The impasse experience has features that are common to all of us, and in time each of us has a unique experience of impasse. For most people the recognition that we're at an impasse, whether it's a career situation or a broader View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
resources. And don't expect people to destroy something they've spent years creating. Impose your own processes quickly. If the acquired company is as large as yours and its processes are dissimilar, expect...
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by Joseph L. Bower
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
are you won’t ever learn how to pull off a triple bypass. And yet, in business, companies routinely expect employees to pick up new job knowledge through vicarious learning—through reading descriptions of tasks in knowledge-management...
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- 10 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Combining an Interest in Music and Business
continue to have music as a “hobby”. One of the first things we did on our first week at HBS was to reflect on our expectations on the whole MBA experience and make promises to ourselves that would ensure we stay true to what we want to...
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My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018) - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID MD/MBA MS/MBA Biotechnology:...
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to life by industry-leading experts from companies like General Mills, Medtronic, and Levi Strauss & Co. Description of...
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- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
when life goes back to normal. Forward-thinking leaders can run better organizations by creating conditions that allow customers to be more helpful. When service provision is a true partnership and customers are pitching in, employees...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
we are as individuals and as a species. What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where everything can change and where existential threats are real? Managing a Polarized Workforce Professor Francesca Gino Video Recording +...
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- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
it is saying that if someone sends work correspondence before and after certain timeframes it’s fine not to receive a response until business hours or maintaining consistent expectations for punctuality and attendance in online...
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by Tsedal Neeley
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Global Business Course | HBS Online
exclusive access to events and other networking opportunities. Description of silent animated video above: Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to View Details
- 13 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
A View from the Horizon
like me in a position like that. I remember him as such a commanding presence, in both stature and demeanor. He expected a lot and accepted no excuses. I quickly went from having no concept of business school to analyzing and debating...
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
access to events and other networking opportunities. Description of silent animated video above: Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
reader engagement. For the professionals, our story of Jim Barton often mirrors their own life experience, and has prompted many real CIOs to say to us "this is my life," "this book is about me," even (from one)...
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by Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
by moving on to their next job, rather than scrambling to bail out a sinking ship. Leaders may be isolated. In a perfect world, an entrepreneur could seek counsel from investors, colleagues, or the company’s board about whether to pull the plug. In reality, founders...
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by Danielle Kost
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
gain exclusive access to events and other networking opportunities. Description of silent animated video above: Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to View Details
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
thus invigorate their teams and provide cultures that are profitable not because they are forced to, but because they want to." David Mullings added, "We will in fact treat our employees the way we expect to be treated."...
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by Jim Heskett
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Emily Schlichting
"I started assessing what my life would be like as a sick person. And I realized that if I didn't maintain health insurance now, I never would – I wouldn't be able to get it in the future. Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
expected impact, risk-adjusted total impact, and impact multiple of money score 5 hrs Module 5 Integrating Climate Risk and Financing Climate Solutions Understand the fundamentals of climate finance and risk inherent in investment...
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