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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Should Human Capital Development Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment

By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
In a field experiment, we find large differences in productivity treatment effects between voluntary and mandatory workplace mentorship programs. A significant portion of this difference is due to the best employees opting into the program when it is voluntary and... View Details
Keywords: Mentoring; Mentorship Programs; Randomized Controlled Trial; Employees; Relationships; Programs; Performance
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Should Human Capital Development Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment

By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
In a field experiment, we find large differences in productivity treatment effects between voluntary and mandatory workplace mentorship programs. A significant portion of this difference is due to the best employees opting into the program when it is voluntary and... View Details
Keywords: Mentoring; Mentorship Programs; Randomized Controlled Trial; Performance Productivity; Employees; Talent and Talent Management; Programs
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  • 25 Jul 2024
  • News

Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success

Clubs News Clubs News It’s been a decade since the HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS) launched its signature Mentorship Program, aimed at helping local university and trade school students to prepare for life after graduation, both personally... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 09 Nov 2021
  • News

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Keywords: Mentoring; mentorship
  • 23 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

FabioFilzi Key aspects of corporate sponsorship programs, while designed to advance women’s careers, may end up widening the gender gap rather than narrowing it, according to new experimental research. “We’re not trying to say that sponsorship View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • Blog Post

Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

gender-driven biases at school and in the workplace. She is an incredibly accomplished woman across disciplines and teaches at three separate Harvard programs (she’s also a Pulitzer Prize winner!).”  3.  You’ll encounter female... View Details
  • 02 Jun 2021
  • News

HBS Announces Its 2021-2022 Blavatnik Fellows

  • 12 Nov 2020
  • News

One way to boost job growth: with more businesses started by women

  • 29 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2022-23 Blavatnik Fellows and the program’s ninth cohort. Launched in 2013, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship is part of a gift to Harvard University from the Blavatnik Family Foundation. This View Details
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

work arrangements, meaningful mentorship programs, and sense of mission. General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 08 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

as crucial, if not more so, are the flexible work arrangements, meaningful mentorship programs, and sense of mission that millennials crave. "Companies struggling to recruit millennials should consider GE’s example of bold action and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
  • 13 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders

virtual event that included the Black New Venture Competition and Black Tech Masters Series. Lambert went on to recall Fitzhugh’s mentorship during her undergraduate years at Howard University; he encouraged her to apply, attend, and... View Details
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Professionals' Contributions to Online Knowledge Communities on Their Workplace Knowledge Work

By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf and Frank Nagle
Knowledge work is becoming increasingly challenging as pace of change in the knowledge frontier is increasing. Organizations have created multiple mechanisms to minimize knowledge gaps and increase learning such internal training, mentorship programs as well as... View Details
Keywords: Open Source; Future Of Work; Software Development; Knowledge Work; Online Community; Learning; Knowledge Sharing; Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Performance Productivity
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  • 21 Nov 2024
  • Blog Post

Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

Anne Deng graduated from Harvard’s JD/MBA program in 2023. Before starting the program, Anne worked at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Analyst. During her studies, Anne spent her first summer at Partners Group, a private equity... View Details
  • 11 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS

As you consider embarking on an MBA Program at HBS or elsewhere, it is important to become familiar with the resources that will be beneficial to a successful job search. Even before you get access to the plethora of resources available... View Details
  • 25 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

empower underrepresented groups, from founding mentorship programs for college and high school students to supporting non-profit boards focused on expanding educational outcomes for minority students.... View Details
  • Web

Lifelong Learning - Alumni

free coaching sessions per year, including self-assessment, interviewing prep, and offer negotiation tips. Keep Learning with Alumni Virtual Programs Expand your knowledge and skills with online programs led... View Details
  • Web

Outreach Events - Doctoral

Admissions & Financial Support Outreach Events Information Sessions There are both local and virtual opportunities to connect with doctoral staff to learn more about our programs and answer your questions regarding admissions.... View Details
  • Web

MBA Experience - Health Care

MBA Experience Academics As part of the MBA curriculum, students analyze many cases focused on health care, and can customize their second-year experience by choosing courses, projects, papers, and independent studies specific to health care. Joint Degree View Details
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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers within the first 5 years of their training program in a Harvard program or research lab. Postdocs can continue technical and commercial development of their... View Details