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Sara Roedner

HBS' emphasis on general management is especially appealing. "The Required Curriculum builds the skills I'll need to feel comfortable as a team leader," Sara says. "As a consultant, I'll have to work across multiple... View Details

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Business Program Discount | HBS Online

Management Strategy Entrepreneurship & Innovation Business in Society Finance & Accounting Certificates You Can Earn Certificate of Completion All paid HBS Online courses, with the exception of CORe, grant a Certificate of Completion.... View Details

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control, accountability, influence, and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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Career Advancement | Research Associates

Career Advancement As a Research Associate, you’ll find yourself meeting people and exploring issues and topics that open up new worlds, both professionally and personally. Many Research Associate (RA) opportunities are ideal for... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Starting Off on the Right Foot

Waldroop, the former codirector of MBA Career Development Programs at HBS who is a principal and cofounder of Peregrine Partners of Brookline, Massachusetts. “You need to familiarize yourself with the hierarchy. Who has the power and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

07 Jul 2015
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From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again

manage a staff of 26, who support over 500 corps members and alums, and I raised our $6M operating budget. We transform the lives of more than 20,000 kids every day and I couldn't be more proud and fulfilled. What brought you to HBS?... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets

shui should be seen as an additional, low-cost management tool. but an unconventional managment tool. Feng shui is not magic, it's not superstition, and it's not a religion. It's a science, more than 3,500... View Details

06 Sep 2011
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The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

substantial sums on a few, while relegating others to learning traditional management skills. With the shift to collaborative organizations with flat structures, companies are recognizing the need to develop a much broader array of... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

11 Mar 2001
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Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

sometimes may need to be convinced. "You may find yourself selling what an MBA can do at some smaller companies," he said. Big or small, Butler and the other panelists said job applicants should carefully research any company... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

10 Mar 2021
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COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

leaders should also be kind to themselves. You too have endured the pandemic and continue to manage a more stressful life, both at work and home. Acknowledge this, and seek out the support you need to promote your own mental wellness.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

07 Mar 2014
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Let’s Go! Highlights from the Dynamic Women in Business Conference

guidance for the audience about defining your own space, communicating effectively with mentors , and being honest with yourself in order to bring about work-life balance. Carla Harris (Vice Chairman & View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

choices—align yourself with a big consolidator of wealth management firms or decide to go after the 17,000-plus independent RIA firms. If you go with the independent firms, you will need to have a robust... View Details

04 Feb 2022
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Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

(HBS 2003), Managing Director of Career & Professional Development (“CPD”). At the time, Kristen was expanding CPD’s employer relations and career coaching teams in an effort to grow the School’s international network and strengthen... View Details

22 Apr 2002
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Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

nonprofit organizations. Hart, who is also co-head of the entrepreneurship and service management faculty unit at HBS, said that reflection on a balance between work and personal goals can never start too soon. In terms of role models,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Philipp Schäelli

you need to visit and live in countries yourself in order to understand them. Having interacted with Start-ups and VCs as president of the Entrepreneurship club I knew that I wanted to be investing at a slightly later stage of the... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

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Commencement 2015 Address | About

required to overcome the challenges that came along the way. It can be tempting to avoid Perseverance when you hit a road-block, to rationalize, to tell yourself you’re just going to find another way. But people who make a sharp turn... View Details

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today!... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Business Answers the Call

promote greater parental participation in the schools. “This was essentially a start-up effort within the department,” Kete says. “The hiring process was managed not by the districts but at each of the city’s schools, something without... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Research Available on World Wide Web

Pondering a business problem or management issue? Imagine with a computer keystroke or two being able to find synopses of Harvard Business School research on hundreds of topics. Would you like to know more, for example, about the... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Hit Pause

yourself back on track. Downshift. “Instead of constantly thinking ‘what’s the situation, what do I do, what’s next,’ it can be beneficial to simply observe what’s going on around or inside of you.” As one View Details

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