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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
weren’t quite ready to give up their mansions yet. How did luxury apartment buildings come to define New York’s skyline and power structure? By 1900, you saw the super affluent moving into apartment buildings on Fifth Avenue. They were... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Dominic Mensah
view after listening to my section mates debate and share their experiences. During my time at HBS, I have grown to embrace others' opinions even when it's uncomfortable, and I hope to build my teams on this cornerstone. If you could give... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Remembering “Mr. Harvard”
he acquired the struggling firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Thus began Gordon’s 65-year career at Kidder, which he helped lead to prominence as one of the top underwriting and M&A firms in the world, while also imparting trusted financial View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Neil MacKenna on Effective Job Search Strategies
expertise with HBS alumni by leading a job counseling workshop, titled On Effective Job Search Strategies, to Boston-area graduates and at reunions. “Neil’s insights are time-tested, his advice is unique, and his words of wisdom are... View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
content each and every month,” says Puz. This fall, the VRT series will include Michael Watkins, professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD, giving a talk titled “Making the Most of Your First 90 Days,” based on his... View Details
- 13 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
around issues of racism in the US and make long-term change. The team transformed the Anti-Racism Fund GoFundMe project into a nonprofit organization, ARF, and then set off to make that organization the best it could be. The Future of ARF The main focus of ARF to date... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
Subverting Career Trajectories
a more nuanced way and how to better communicate.What advice do you have to someone thinking of applying?It’s very easy to convince yourself that HBS wants a particular type of person. Someone who’s extremely decisive, overconfident, and... View Details
- 08 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)
and leadership of complex systems. (HBS) was very helpful in shaping my leadership of self, honing my leadership of others, and giving me the tools to think about leading complex systems.” In particular, a leadership course at HBS, The... View Details
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Funa Maduka
scholarship offers abroad? Was I selling out my dreams? Or myself?" Finally, after taking the advice of a mentor who told her "to just do the two years and learn," Funa accepted the offer. "In hindsight," she... View Details
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Dan Lennox-Choate
"Supply systems were nonexistent. Key equipment was missing from the arms room." Shedding bad advice to embrace good collaboration "Everyone gave me the same advice: Micromanage the crap out of everybody until it's fixed.... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
ultimately recommended me for a different, better job. And then that was finally the position that I took after talking to people throughout the city and following a lot of chains like that one. So my advice is to keep following the... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
problem. As Deming told us long ago, poor outcomes are more often the result of bad processes than bad people. The weak shareholder/board relationship creates an untenable situation for directors. If we expect them to do their jobs, we must View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
non-business analogies to business. But one recent book, Judo Strategy, (HBSP,2001), by David Yoffie and Mary Kwak, provides interesting advice on how underpowered upstarts can compete against the sumo giants of their industries by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
much that I am considering pursuing coding more seriously as a potential career. But, at the very least, if I ever start my own company, I'll have the skills to create the website. Also, learning SQL is very valuable in a lot of jobs (though, you can learn that on... View Details
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Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 14 Jul 2020 Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Recruiting Advice... View Details
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
“The benefit is that [today] more firms are being funded,” says Nanda. “In the past, you would be less likely to fund a long-shot bet because it would not be profitable. Now, because it’s so cheap to start companies, you can be willing to View Details
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Wendy Lim
time. My external contacts give me a ‘sanity check’ outside my company. When I became responsible for staffing, I was able to get advice about what qualifications I should look for in new hires, or what... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Ink: Your Best Self
the driver’s seat anymore.” Based on lessons learned through nearly 20 years of coaching and laced with edicts from the Eastern philosophy she grew up with in an Asian American family, Su’s book is designed to give professionals the tools... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden Auditorium on topics that ranged from the state of the economy, to GE's future, to View Details
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Andrea Nadosy
advice and support. One time, I mentioned difficulties I was having with a manufacturer in Asia; a classmate came up to me with a Vietnamese connection he trusted. HBS is a safe environment for testing business ideas and making great... View Details