Career Transition From Consulting To Operating Role - Publications - Faculty & Research

Career Coach

Asher Kinyon

Asher looks forward to helping students understand and prepare for careers in the Technology and Investment Banking industries. Having spent time as an Investment Banking Analyst, several years across... View Details

05 Feb 2015
Blog Post

Crossing the Atlantic

ironically, my decision to go back into consulting resulted from the incredible experiences I had at a tech startup this past summer in Zambia. Those three months in Africa... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consulting

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

it always has. It is too expensive; it carries too much investment risk for even the largest utilities without massive transfer of risk to taxpayers and/or ratepayers; and it takes too long from conception... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Career Coach

Sarah Hoffner

Sarah wants to help students understand the various options for careers in healthcare, including finance/investing, consulting, pharma/biotech, managed care, and other healthcare start-ups. She can also... View Details

June 1996 (Revised January 2000)
Case

McKinsey & Co.: Managing Knowledge and Learning

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Describes the development of McKinsey & Co. as a worldwide management consulting firm from 1926 to 1996. In particular, it focuses on the way in which McKinsey has developed structures, systems, processes, and practices to help it develop, transfer, and disseminate... View Details

Keywords: Management; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Competitive Advantage; Global Range; Knowledge Dissemination; Business Processes; Consulting Industry

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Educators

Purchase

01 Sep 2016
News

How I Got to Google

In addition to that, product managers can go from being an individual contributor to more of a group lead. The sorts of skills you use might eventually put you at the head of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

the transition to a more diversified product line based on the company's proprietary technologies. In one instance, Fuji manufactures protective film for flat panel displays View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

years at HBS, allowed her to pick up experiences, skills, and knowledge that would help her carve a path from chemical engineering and supply chain to climate View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

organizational psychology from Columbia University. He received a BA, with distinction, from Yale, where he was a Victor Wilson Scholar. Thomas consults and lectures widely on... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

Penn at age 20. Today, as president and CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company, Lew has come full circle, overseeing a university endowment of approximately $11 billion that helps fund students for whom college is far from a given.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 2018
Case

Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls

By: Julie Battilana and Carin-Isabel Knoop

This case covers formative events and influences in Christine Lagarde’s childhood and her trajectory from studying political science and law to heading the world’s largest law firm. As she prepares to transition back to practice in 2005, the new Prime Minister of... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Decision Making

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Educators

Purchase

13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

struggle to make a career transition I came to HBS to explore new industries and I was concerned my experience put... View Details

13 Jul 2016
Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) is sharing Working Knowledge articles to further educate our recruiting partners about best practices in human resources. This is not your parents' workplace... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

schedules, with the opportunity to work from home on more than just an occasional basis. These preferences have helped fuel the rise of the “gig economy” and the rapid growth of companies like HourlyNerd,... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

discussions is much more complicated than people realize. I think another stumbling block, though, is that sometimes boards tend to operate as though they are in a rut. They tend View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

this point before. But we want to review the key differences briefly from the perspective of the CEO because the implications are crucial: for how the job of the senior leader is defined, and for what... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

12 Jul 2022
News

Expanding the Power to Prosper

After building her career on Wall Street, with roles at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) launched Millicent, a blockchain-based company that Dyer hopes will make the global banking... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

opportunities within ACP’s pipeline. Each day was an immersion into critical questions about climate impact and financial viability, set against the backdrop of a fast-evolving sector. Why This Path? I came to HBS with the goal of View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

falter? What sets successful founders apart from those whose new ventures fail? Starting in 2008, I set out to interview hundreds of highly successful entrepreneurs in depth, hoping View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2012
News

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

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