Career Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It

life in hockey, Baumgartner found a sense of security at HBS. “You know what your next day is going to be like,” he says. “It's well mapped out for you over a two-year period.” His studies have paved the way for his next challenge: an investment View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; hockey; education; family; career paths; personal priorities; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Mining

06 Dec 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

restore the garment. We have a cabinet full of dye pads and specialty tools to aid us in our cleaning and restoration processes.” Check in: Some 25 employees work at Parkway’s newly restored 10,000-square-foot operation. “The first thing I do when I come in is practice... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services

01 Dec 2012
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Taking Time to Make Time

POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage... View Details

Keywords: Time management

01 Dec 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance

in Calgary on a project for Hyatt in the dead of February, eating a bison burger, and I hadn’t been home in months,” she recalls. “I thought, you know, I probably should start looking.” That moment of clarity led to a project manager... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; public education; leadership; charter schools; career paths; work-life balance; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

Photography by Robert Schoen Ipsita Dasgupta is truly a citizen of the world. The Calcutta native speaks six languages and has lived in Sudan, Cairo, Jakarta, and Manhattan, thanks in part to her father's peripatetic career as a senior... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2022
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Action Plan: To the Letter

most of his career in travel and in private equity. In 2019, the private equity firm HGGC acquired Monotype for $825 million and recruited Chacko in 2021 to run it. At Monotype, he learned to view type differently—and he also helped the... View Details

Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2002
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Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

Harold M. Brierley (MBA '68), chairman and CEO of Brierley & Partners, describes himself as "an accidental entrepreneur," having entered HBS as a chemical engineer planning to pursue a management career... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

10 Mar 2021
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Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia

Southeast Asia. She was a board member of Friends of Khmer Culture, dedicated to preserving Cambodia’s cultural heritage, and in 2016 was awarded a royal medal for distinguished services to the king and the people of Cambodia. A former tech executive and View Details

Keywords: mentorship; nonprofit management; retirement; leadership

19 Jun 2015
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Lagarde Gifted, Capable, Tough-Minded but Fair

01 Jun 2023
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Action Plan: Net Proceeds

“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services