mentoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

Mentoring? There was negligible response to last month’s column. Either there was little interest in the topic of reverse mentoring or potential respondents may have been discouraged from responding by Stac, whose lone response raised a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

you know.” To many professionals, this is a no-brainer — but if you had asked me in college how I felt about networking, I would have been at a loss for words. Despite the impostor syndrome I experienced while navigating my early career, I was lucky to have classmates,... View Details

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

candidate's mentor. The negotiators were given no reference points or standards for agreement, creating a highly ambiguous negotiation. Female executives negotiating as the mentor secured compensation that was 18 percent higher than the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

documenting Termeer’s leadership of Genzyme and his role as an advocate and mentor within the global biotechnology industry. Henri Termeer and Senator Ted Kennedy, undated. Henri Termeer papers. In the 1990s, Termeer championed the orphan... View Details

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Philippe Rival

help and mentor on projects, cases or even startup brainstorming! This is clearly a network for life, one that is here for you. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I have always been interested in building things and... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

For senior managers at many firms, the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic came with a huge concern: Would the loss of in-person conversations keep them from mentoring or simply establishing rapport with employees,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

In his encouraging entrepreneurs not to go to business school, PayPal co-Founder and Gawker toppler Peter Thiel faults MBA programs for producing “extremely herd-like thinking.” He’s not alone – Elon Musk also rails against business school and being anti-MBA has become... View Details

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

progress? Making it easier for women to file patents would help. Providing additional mentoring and support, making sure women feel included in startup culture, and creating inclusive events at schools and technology transfer offices are... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

emeralds into a world that suffers from gray injustice. Using the full spectrum of light, I will design a health care system that is efficient and sensitive to those who are most vulnerable. I will mentor others who do not yet aspire to... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

when the CEO sends out a companywide email, are you supposed to reply? That’s where the soft skills training comes in. After landing a job, Autism at Work participants are given mentors and team buddies—existing SAP employees who... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

07 Jun 2021
Blog Post

The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant

leadership positions on campus. I have a non-traditional background for an MBA, and my intellectual curiosity led me to search for opportunities and seek mentors who gave me educational and professional advice. After doing research on top... View Details

28 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

element of an MBA is whether you learn true, hard skills. How can you teach accounting and finance through the case method? A mentor of mine put it best when he said “HBS will teach you how to think about accounting as a CEO.” Don’t... View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

multinational's facilities around the world but enabled him to be mentored by some of McKinsey's most influential partners, including Bower. Named a principal (or junior partner) in 1963 and a director (senior partner) five years later,... View Details

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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship

Judges travel to campus on Super Saturday and are assigned to panels based on expertise. Each panel reviews and rates 4-6 teams' pitches. Rock Accelerator Mentor A highly competitive accelerator supporting 20 teams over the course of two... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

and lateral, internal and external to the organization). From these developmental relationships (e.g., mentors or sponsors), potential managers can better learn from their own experiences by receiving feedback, advice, and emotional... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era - Blog: Health Supplement

advising and mentoring roles with multiple women’s health accelerators and forums. Stasia Obremskey (MBA 1987) is the co-founder and Managing Director of RH Capital, a women’s health-focused venture capital fund. As a passionate... View Details

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

company and a “culture carrier” who has an ongoing relationship with the employee—albeit, a virtual one. Regularly scheduled conversations would give the employee opportunities to ask questions they might not otherwise ask and the mentor... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

20 May 2022
Blog Post

Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research

where we find and match PhD candidates with MBA’s to create the cohort of teams for the year. Then, we’ll reach out to find mentors for the teams. Some of these mentors are from the investment community,... View Details

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

according to Sasser, a Baker Foundation Professor. These employees enjoy access to talent-identification systems. Big organizations can point to formal programs led by individuals whose sole responsibility is to find and mentor... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Peggy Mativo-Ochola

additional tutors and have to make do with what’s available." Through Pacemaker, local youth support professional teachers by mentoring younger students and engaging them in a variety of afterschool activities. "The idea is... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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