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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
This year’s New Venture Competition saw heavy alumni participation on both sides of the judging. More than 160 graduates critiqued student startups during April’s on-campus event, weighing everything from team chemistry to financials. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent stake, which would have been a much smaller ownership position than we usually get. So it was an “off-strategy” investment. It was also in the highly competitive space of lead generation, where companies are paid a referral fee if... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
What could better symbolize high-level business performance than an eight-oared crew team rowing in perfect unison, their boat powered by a selfless collaboration of strength, skill, and shared purpose? It’s no wonder that advertisers... View Details
- 04 Apr 2022
- News
Strengthening City Hall’s Foundations
mayors and key staff in Israel every year. Bloomberg writes that, while there are “all kinds of leadership training programs for CEOs and senior executives, mayors are thrust into the job and the crises that arise without having a lot of resources to draw upon.” The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
leader to shoulder blame rather than search for excuses. Everything that happens is ultimately the leader’s responsibility anyway, and promptly taking ownership of a difficult situation means that you can lead your View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
not be showing that stuff in the hallways. Collaboration is much too threatening for most people.” But if she has her way, collaboration will be a hallmark not just of Old Navy but of the entire Gap enterprise. Paul S. Pressler, Gap’s president and CEO, wants her to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
McKenna to lead the organization through the turmoil and out the other side. As she and her new executive team assemble in the DC office, touring the space that has been renovated and expanded for their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
Related Links Read about other efforts in healthcare delivery Three HBS students spent much of the last academic year helping a leading Boston hospital answer one of the most important questions in health-care management: how to create a... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
mentors are pre-matched to each startup team and given detailed information and problem statements in advance so they can provide practical solutions to the challenges the startups are facing. The June session was the fourth one that... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
The Next Lessons
serving some 10 million students a month, and used in more than 300,000 classrooms around the world to teach math, science, arts, economics, and more. Khan, who now leads a team of 60 at the non-profit,... View Details
Keywords: William Weber
- 01 May 2013
- News
C.D. Spangler Jr., MBA 1956
When Dick Spangler was tapped to lead HBS's first capital campaign with a mission to raise $500 million, he regarded the request as "the ultimate cold call." But it was one he was pleased to answer. In his initial campaign letter to... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
A lifetime of quiet leadership
career, Whitehead said: “I would describe myself as a quiet leader, not a strong aggressive leader, like some others. I lead by example and by watching. I think some people probably could be better leaders if they used this style.” At... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Our message is don’t take a solo journey. Do what Bonita and I did, team up. And once we team up, we are an unstoppable force.” “Our message is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
steps; and second, continually learning to lead people. “Leadership is without question a huge issue,” Wasser-man explained. “The most successful entrepreneurs can work alone and be a team player; they can... View Details
- 10 May 2023
- News
Alumna Snags an Emmy
my internship at YouTube during HBS that I realized I could make a career out of these interests. The YouTube TV team was just starting to form in summer 2015 with a goal of reimagining cable TV and I was really intrigued by the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
leading from the street to the house itself. That insight, coupled with the radical nature of precision medicine, led to a realization: A “business as usual” approach wouldn’t do the trick; a different way of fighting cancer required an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
the expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners. "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and Meijer)... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
under ambitious new ownership. How will Ferguson manage to lead his team to yet another victorious season? To delve into that question, Elberse received a rare, pitch-level view of how Ferguson operates. She... View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
On Halloween, before a raucous audience in Burden Hall, Watson, the IBM game-playing computer, took on student teams from HBS and MIT in a friendly game of Jeopardy! During the match, a slimmed-down, traveling version of Watson showed off... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
As Professor Linda Hill set out to study “digital leaders,” the first thing she learned is that there is no such thing. All leaders—regardless of their sector—must think differently to lead a successful company in the digital age,... View Details
Keywords: April White