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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
Loyola University Chicago. I arrived early and sat in the empty classroom, reflecting on the fact that this was my chance to introduce the students to my passion—to get them excited about marketing as an art as well as a science. My View Details
- December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Exercise
Janet Ames (C)
By: Brian Trelstad and Brian Trelstad
The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join the board of a Boston-based non-profit organization, which offers students...
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Keywords:
Philanthropy;
Board;
Non-profit Management;
Career Changes And Transitions;
Evaluation;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management;
Personal Development and Career;
United States
Trelstad, Brian. "Janet Ames (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 320-078, December 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing...
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- January 2022 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent (A)
By: Boris Groysberg, V. Kasturi Rangan, Annelena Lobb and Kerry Herman
The OneTen case study examines the nonprofit organization’s origin story. Its founding team includes a roster of corporate superstars—Ken Chenault (former CEO of American Express), Ken Frazier (former CEO of Merck), Charles Phillips (chair of Infor), Ginni Rometty...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Demographics;
Ethics;
Organizations;
Social Enterprise;
Society;
Business or Company Management;
Nonprofit Organizations
Groysberg, Boris, V. Kasturi Rangan, Annelena Lobb, and Kerry Herman. "OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent (A)." Harvard Business School Case 422-018, January 2022. (Revised October 2023.)
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
accent and direct, engaging manner, he comes across immediately as the kind of person who is accustomed both to doing things right and to doing the right thing. Over a late afternoon cup of tea in a conference room at the firm's midtown Manhattan office, de Chazal...
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Deborah Blagg
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
a distance-learning program. But this detour didn’t derail the career of Arthur Brooks, now a Harvard Business School professor. Brooks explores his unlikely shift from budding musician to hard-charging head of a Washington, DC, thinktank...
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by Avery Forman
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
recognize and try to stay ahead of these changes brought by scale. Here is advice for the CEO/founders of early-stage companies, but it also applies to leaders of any scaling organization, even inside a large corporate entity. Leadership...
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by Julia Austin
- 2008
- Working Paper
Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions....
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Keywords:
Governance Controls;
Political Elections;
Management Skills;
Managerial Roles;
Personal Development and Career;
Societal Protocols;
India
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Anandi Mani. "Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-006, July 2008. (Revised April 2009, November 2009.)
- December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Exercise
Janet Ames (A)
By: Brian Trelstad and Brian Trelstad
The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join the board of a Boston-based non-profit organization, which offers students...
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Keywords:
Philanthropy;
Board;
Non-profit Management;
Career Changes And Transitions;
Evaluation;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management;
Personal Development and Career;
United States
Trelstad, Brian. "Janet Ames (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 320-076, December 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
- Article
The Career Effects of Scandal: Evidence from Scientific Retractions
By: Pierre Azoulay, Alessandro Bonatti and Joshua Lev Krieger
We investigate how the scientific community's perception of a scientist's prior work changes when one of his articles is retracted. Relative to non-retracted control authors, faculty members who experience a retraction see the citation rate to their earlier,...
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Azoulay, Pierre, Alessandro Bonatti, and Joshua Lev Krieger. "The Career Effects of Scandal: Evidence from Scientific Retractions." Research Policy 46, no. 9 (November 2017).
- March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
John F. Kennedy: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of John F. Kennedy from a wealthy family in Boston to president of the United States. The case describes how Kennedy, as a young man, lived a privileged life in the shadow of his older brother, Joe. When Joe was killed in World War II, Jack...
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Keywords:
Politics;
Business And Government;
Legacy;
Leadership Development;
Personal Characteristics;
Business and Government Relations;
Success;
Power and Influence;
Decision Making;
Personal Development and Career;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "John F. Kennedy: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 122-088, March 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- 16 Jun 2023
- News
On the Move: Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), who was announced as EVP of International Strategy & Business Operations for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) MENA region...
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- 23 Sep 2019
- News
Leading Schools that Change Lives
Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) studied business at Harvard and has a psychology degree from Boston College. But in a career spent leading schools that transform students’ lives, he also draws regularly on his training as an EMT. “It’s all...
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- January 2022 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Leonard Bernstein: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the rise of Leonard Bernstein from a middle-class family in Boston to the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The case describes how he studied music intensely as a young man and developed mentors to open doors for him. As his fame grew,...
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Keywords:
Impact;
Personal Development and Career;
Music Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Leonard Bernstein: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 122-056, January 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
from 6 percent to 15 percent in the last seven years and continues to grow. “We’re not yet where we want to be,” he stresses, “but we’re making meaningful progress on a challenge that’s been historically difficult for schools.” Helping Kids Beat the Odds Kennealey’s...
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Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions....
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Keywords:
Framework;
Government and Politics;
Investment;
Competency and Skills;
Personal Development and Career;
Rank and Position;
Forecasting and Prediction;
India
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Anandi Mani. "Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India." Review of Economics and Statistics 94, no. 3 (August 2012): 723–739.
- March 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Ayn Rand: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the life of Ayn Rand from Russia to Hollywood to New York City. The case describes how Rand fled communist Russia and, in reaction to the deprivations she experienced under communism, developed a philosophy idealizing free will and personal...
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Keywords:
Writing;
Values and Beliefs;
Economic Systems;
Society;
Mission and Purpose;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
Ethics;
Personal Development and Career;
Publishing Industry
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Ayn Rand: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-070, March 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
- March 2018
- Supplement
Sandra Brown Goes Digital (B): The Commitment Decision
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Sandra Brown, a middle manager at a biotech company who has led internal and external movements for change over the last few years, faces a decision. Whether to continue to work for change at the company or move on to pursue new opportunities elsewhere, where her new...
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Keywords:
Digital;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Managing Change;
Career Path;
Health Care Industry;
Quality;
Leading Change;
Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Personal Development and Career;
Decision Choices and Conditions
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sandra Brown Goes Digital (B): The Commitment Decision." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-083, March 2018.
- February 2021 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Marie Curie: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Marie Curie from a poor family in Poland to the pinnacle of scientific fame. The case describes how Curie, as a young woman interested in science, found a way to earn a doctorate at the Sorbonne and perform pathbreaking research on...
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Keywords:
Legacy;
Impact;
Science;
Research;
Personal Characteristics;
Mission and Purpose;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
Higher Education;
Personal Development and Career
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Marie Curie: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-059, February 2021. (Revised September 2022.)
- February 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case describes the rise of Sarah Breedlove, who later called herself Madam C.J. Walker, from the cotton fields of Louisiana to the head of a successful, nationwide beauty company providing opportunity and hair care products to Black women. The case describes how...
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Keywords:
Brands;
African-american Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Personal Characteristics;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
Business Startups;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing;
Personal Development and Career;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-060, February 2021. (Revised July 2022.)