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- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
CEO where she utilizes her degree and experience daily. “Being in this role you inherently have to use both sides of the degree,” she noted. “On a day-to-day basis, I’m thinking through business plans for new programs, evaluating how new...
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- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
the context matters. Corporate training is most effective when leadership has prepared the organization for change. Source: MonkeyBusinessImages Take the example of Swedish industrial conglomerate Cardo. The CEO commissioned a training...
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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
special.” Britt Cool’s plan to enter the investing world began as an undergrad at Harvard. She cofounded a women’s investing group on campus and visited Berkshire’s headquarters with the group. By the time she completed her MBA, she had encountered Berkshire View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Americans launch careers in the next 10 years by “cultivating a comprehensive system that focuses on skills first and enables greater opportunities for earned success.” The hope is that this approach will lift up high-potential Black...
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- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
are in a leadership role, or any role where your input is required, you will be asked things that you might not be prepared for. Once you have the skill of gracefully and factually answering unexpected questions, you will be able to...
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- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly...
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Career Support - Business & Environment
2017), Co-founder and CEO of c16 Biosciences, will be joining as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. BEI Meetaway Networking Events Students are invited to join virtual networking sessions throughout the semester for an opportunity to gain...
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
what skills you need to thrive. Access Your Free E-book Our Difference Entrepreneurship Essentials helps you turn an idea into a viable venture. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes. Description of silent...
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
requires new skill sets and networks. This case also showcases multiple uses of “blended capital” financing structures. Social Finance, Inc. (219044) by Shawn Cole and Fanele Mashwama OCTOBER 2018 (REVISED JANUARY 2019) Social Finance US...
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- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
skills required to succeed as an early-stage entrepreneur. The Bootcamp is designed for three types of students: Aspiring founders whose startup concept is selected as a team project will accelerate their concept’s development. Students...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Innovation Outside the Boundaries
multiple dimensions.” O’Leary and her husband, DaVita Kidney Care chairman and CEO Kent Thiry (MBA 1983), are alumni leaders whose longtime support of the School includes a recent gift to establish an MBA Program innovation fund. They...
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- 01 Jan 2002
- News
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 résumés that ring with...
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- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
value-creating activity. It would be unfortunate if boards focused only on compliance and didn't engage in functions that create value. —Robert S. Kaplan The board role is significantly different than that of the CEO, who is charged with running the business. The View Details
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- 03 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
Physicians Off the Beaten Path
(Physician, Entrepreneur, Co-founder and CEO of Arctoris) Recalling my experience at university, I asked them how they manage the tension between a strong lack of exposure to the outside world and their mission to expand that exposure....
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
and scaling. “It’s an eye-opening course that enlightens the path for future founders, joiners, or investors.” Roman Ignatenko Launching Tech Ventures Participant Equip yourself with the skills to join an early- or growth-stage startup in...
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- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
much I didn't know," she says. Greenwich CEO Charley Ellis (MBA 1963) encouraged her to apply to HBS, and with the company profit-sharing program, she was able to finance her graduate education. "I was hell-bent on making the most of the...
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Susan Young
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John H. McArthur | About
assignment as a Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Penn Central Transportation Company. For much of that decade, he fielded a team that included future Secretary of State Warren Christopher and future IBM CEO Lou Gerstner to resolve the...
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- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
of risk talk the CRO can enable the real work of risk management to take place not in his own function but in the business. In both cases, facilitation involved a significant degree of humility on the part of the CRO, manifest in limited formal authority and meagre...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and...
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
2021–2022 Robert F. Greenhill Service Award for continued outstanding contributions to the HBS community. 2021 Arthur C. Brooks : Won the National Peacemaker Award from the National Conflict Resolution Center in 2020. Gerald C. Chertavian : Named a Glassdoor Employee’s...
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