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10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal

world’s largest organizations. As Reimert puts it, she is in the “thank-you” business. Before starting at Workhuman, in the two decades she spent focusing on employee compensation, rewards, and benefits in the HR department of a high-tech firm, she saw how the simple... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

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

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

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
Research & Ideas

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

09 Jan 2020
News

Your Whole Self

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) is managing director at executive coaching firm Paravis Partners, and she’s been hearing some consistent themes in the trenches these... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

ideally suited to teaching best restructuring practices, because it forces you to put yourself in management's shoes, and understand the issues and challenges that managers actually face in these situations.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own professional and personal lives. Q: The book addresses aspects of business life that are vexing to many of us. For example, what are some ways to make meetings more... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

16 Feb 2021
Blog Post

The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard

Picture yourself in the 4th grade. Are you looking up at your teacher as you hand in your math worksheet? Standing on your tip toes to reach the breakfast cereal? Franci Girard (MBA 2016) wasn’t. In the 4th grade, Girard hit her growth... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

also be effective outside the United States. Stalk Your Target. Even if it seems to make sense for your organization to pursue global consolidation, ask yourself if your industry offers significant first-mover advantages. If it doesn't,... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

generator for the shareholders. Basically you are managing to create an attractive annuity for shareholders. Lal: It's not just about eliminating the stores, but managing the business to maximize cash-flow.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

during those moments, if you were to write down all the things that occur during those moments, and then asked yourself how often these things occur in your business life, and would they improve the way you View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

noticed about your management style that I, wonder if you're, you're cognizant of. I'm sure you are. But a couple anecdotal examples here: Angela Merkel, you liked her because she served her own guests coffee. You know, you were... View Details

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

Gerdeman's story The Manager in Red Sneakers. 2. Resolution: Work harder to meet the demands of a job where you’ve been failing to shine. Tip: Ask yourself whether the problem is actually the job, not you.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014)

influence them. The Harvard MBA felt right – I was going to spend two years debating cross-functional business ideas in a classroom with 90 other talented peers. How did your MBA prepare you for your first job after graduating? I worked for Warner Bros. Television... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Alumni Achievement Awards

ones that could be handled in silos. Tell me one daunting problem—HIV/AIDS, terrorism, health care, race—that can be solved by one sector. Abigail Johnson (MBA 1988) Chairman and CEO, Fidelity Management and Research LLC My father’s... View Details

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Harvard Business School

master's degree in computer science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences and a doctorate in management information systems and accounting from Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management. Dr.... View Details

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

characterize profits to tax authorities and capital markets separately). There is also much anecdotal evidence on the profusion of tax shelters and compensation incentives for managing effective tax rates. View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

technology environment while they're at school, because they're going to have to understand and manage technology in their subsequent careers. Our students have to experience a world-class information technology environment while they're... View Details

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Learn how to launch and scale a successful platform business and compete against others in the same space. "This was an excellent... View Details

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