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Lara Hodgson
athletic scholarship to Georgia Tech. She majored in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, one of just five women in the program, and during her senior year in 1993, was named by USA Today as one of the top 20 students in the U.S....
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- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
looking inward to see the flaw, the shortcoming, the difference between himself and God, he curses and rebels; he leaks profanities wherever his athletic body takes him. And it usually takes him toward the beautiful and the damned—those...
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by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
lessons led to the creation of PowerUP.” Why do you think the work of the organization is important? MGA: “In addition to having Austin to guide me at a young age, I was lucky to be athletic as a child. While I learned many lessons...
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- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
endorsement opportunities from Electronic Arts, 2K Games, and Xbox Live to add to his portfolio. Allows for a rich discussion about how superstar athletes and other celebrities can create and capture value from their brands as well as...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
York City was senior managing director at the securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He was in his office in the World Trade Center's north tower on the morning of September 11. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Kates was an accomplished View Details
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
communicate them externally.” You met actor Sylvester Stallone in December 2016. What was it like working out with Rocky? “That was such a cool experience! Stallone came to a gym in Los Angeles that hosts a weekly workout program for veterans and former View Details
- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
Paralympics, Golden Age Olympics, Senior Olympics, Junior Olympics, Special Olympics, or HBS Section Olympics. But I did mine the following nuggets about actual HBS Olympic athletes from the HBS Web site and the Harvard College list. The...
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- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
place for the brand in the emerging counterculture, developing a "slacker allegory." Holt also described the transformation of American ideology in the early '90s. The country idolized extraordinary athletes like Michael Jordan...
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by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
valuable lessons on what keeps him present, grounded, and thriving as a father, husband, coach, mentor, and leader. O’Neil shares poignant life lessons from an array of people including professional athletes and sports executives, as well...
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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
practitioners. In this study of athlete endorsements, we find there is a positive payoff to a firm's decision to sign an endorser, and that endorsements are associated with increasing sales in an absolute sense and relative to competing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
Police Athletic League in New York. And, over the past two years, he has served as a codirector of the HBS Partnership Sports Program with the nearby Taft Middle School. In this role, he devoted Saturdays to organizing activities, such as...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
the cockpit of my jet, I’m so keyed up I consciously try to slow myself down as I go through all the pre-launch procedures. Waiting to be catapulted into the darkness over the Arabian Sea, I’m not thinking about my mortality. I just feel butterflies in my stomach —...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
future to have a better ecosystem, a better environment for sports. Dan: Why are sports important in this moment? What do they give us as a society, as a culture, that we need? Angela: It's a great question, and why I'm in this industry. Obviously as a four-time...
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- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Bob Ladouceur, head coach of De La Salle, never forced an athlete who broke a rule to spend more time on the practice field or in the weight room; instead, a violator was sidelined. Similarly, people at Continental or Garanti Bank who did...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
Sorenstam didn't win, what measure would capture the sense of success that the public and this athlete clearly felt? There were many scores out there: David Owen of the New York Times summarized her success in terms of beating out forty...
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by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
independence benefits within the construct of a marriage and a family. Brad is very athletic and outdoorsy, so he heliskis with his dad and brother. I like documentary movies, and my girlfriends and I go to film festivals. What are some...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
best,” says Dillon, who plans to bring that same focus to her private-equity career in London and future athletic endeavors. — LR Libbie Landles-Dowling Authentic Leadership Landles-Dowling When Libbie Landles-Dowling went to work for...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
think we lost only one game and played about 10. A key reason was that we were able to attract high-caliber American athletes from other sports and turn them into rugby players. Murphy: The team's performance on the field surprised a lot...
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- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
even if negative. Pessimists are often in denial and don't want to know the truth so they don't seek information. Practice. For athletes to practice is clear, but how do business people practice? By refining the technical skills that they...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
orthopedic procedures, and on-field athletic management strategies empowers readers with real tips and tricks used by orthopedic surgeons at top-tier institutions. From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and...
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