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- 01 Dec 1998
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A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
Some of the best entrepreneurial ventures begin with a small revelation. For Luke O'Neill (MBA '95), the founder of a unique alternative high school in Massachusetts, that revelation came from an eight-year-old boy named Robert. As an undergraduate at Georgetown,...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting
organizations evolve over time. With HBS assistant professor Lakshmi Ramarajan and Deborah Kolb from the Simmons School of Management, McGinn is looking at two decades of archival information on activities and beliefs at Deloitte, known...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting point for CassVita, an...
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Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
The high-profile deaths last year of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd were not the first tragic outcomes of racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the globe. But in their wake—and in the midst of a pandemic that has...
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Deborah Blagg
- 22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Karen Gordon Mills served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) during the height of the Great Recession. “Back then, I thought small businesses were weathering the worst financial crisis of my lifetime,” says Mills, now...
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Deborah Blagg
- 02 Jan 2019
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Not Waiting for Progress
Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took shape in 2006 after Diamond, then in the midst of a...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall
Growing up in Sharon, Massachusetts, Andrew W. Kendall (MBA 1988) developed a natural affinity for the outdoors from family trips to the beach and from hiking, snowshoeing, and camping in New England's mountains and forests. It wasn't until the Amherst graduate went to...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai HBS Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) was working as a technology and innovation advisor in the San José mayor’s office in the fall of 2017 when he began thinking about the plight of families forced from...
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Deborah Blagg
- 04 Sep 2019
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The School that Donham Built
Photos courtesy of Baker Library Archives Photos courtesy of Baker Library Archives Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell appointed Wallace Brett Donham the Dean of Harvard Business School a century ago in October. The School’s longest-serving dean, Donham led HBS for...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2013
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Minding The Gap
ROLE MODELS: Baltimore principal Cindy Harcum says PELP's strength is helping participants consider the application of business models while understanding the unique challenges of their field. A grizzled Baltimore cabbie does a double take when an out-of-town visitor...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
PERLOW: “With projects that require creativity, teamwork, and innovation, you come to a point where working more has diminishing returns.” A self-described former “quant jock,” Leslie Perlow majored in economics at Princeton. But after studying with ethnographer John...
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- 28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause
Despite the obvious temptation, Jeff Scheel (MBA 1990) has not yet given up his day job in favor of his frontman role in the Wildcats, a classic rock dance band the New York Times once dubbed “perhaps the most popular Palo Alto dad band.” “It’s the ‘perhaps’ that...
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- 01 Jun 2001
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Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
The daughter of Nigerian and Togolese immigrants who settled in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001) was raised to know the value of a strong family and a good education. In light of the sacrifices her parents made to give her a solid start in life...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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Marked Managers
new organization. Further, they have the power to shape that new organization’s career imprint. So executives need to be alert as to whether it is constructive to impose an old career imprint on a new organization. — Deborah View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
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At Your Service
Frei and Morriss: No heroics, please—partner with customers to make strategic service choices instead of trying to be the best at everything. In their new book, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business (Harvard Business Review...
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- 01 Jun 2005
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When No News Isn’t Good News
might find that you’re on the right track, but you might also discover that you need to plan for a change somewhere down the line,” she notes. “What you discover will put you in a better position to chart your own career course. The more information you have, the more...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Over 50 and Job Hunting?
currency is the ability to make a positive first impression. “Your attitude, body language, and energy can dispel ageist stereotypes in the first five minutes,” Lassiter states. Although layoffs or extended résumé gaps may have an impact on executives’ self-confidence,...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Does My Résumé Work?
you want to have after this job?” he elaborated. “If the offer is a step toward that goal, it makes the decision a lot easier.” Should I negotiate the offer? Davis urges applicants to negotiate only on issues that are true deal-breakers. Radtke had two pieces of...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track
ANDRUS: Unemployed at graduation, an unlikely and inspiring odyssey takes him from his parents’ basement to the corner office of a company on the cutting edge. Photos by August Miller HBS Alumni of a certain vintage might recall a BusinessWeek article from a decade ago...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
In early April, nearly ninety HBS faculty members came together for a half-day symposium on “Strategy, Values, and Governance in the Rise and Fall of Enron.” Organized by the School's Division of Research and moderated by Professor Krishna Palepu, senior associate dean...
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