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Dan Vallone
You graduated from West Point, which is famous for leadership, and served as an infantry officer for five years. What did HBS add to your understanding of leadership? In the military, I was accustomed to thinking five to ten years in advance. After two years at HBS,... View Details
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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society
models and cases that advance our intellectual agenda. Join us as we work together to shape a future where business plays a critical role in solving global challenges. Explore Insights from Past Roundtables Europe's Green Transition,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
Norquist Illustration by Rob Barber Grover G. Norquist (MBA ’81) may not be a household name, but he’s definitely a Washington institution. As president of Americans for Tax Reform, which he founded in 1985, Norquist has aggressively... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
especially from those who proclaim themselves to be our leaders. The events of 9/11 brought the country together like nothing since World War II. But in their wake, the only thing Washington asked of us was... View Details
Keywords: Government
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Sasha Grinshpun
learning languages, including Russian, Portuguese and Spanish. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and their two daughters. Having coached over 3000 business executives, Sasha has been featured in such prominent news forums as NPR and the View Details
- 30 Jan 2021
- News
Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning
Photo credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post Photo credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post Dry cleaning might appear to be a cut and dry business—and in many cases it is. But in the twenty years... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
such as San Antonio and Chicago to help develop for-profit community organizations. Two years later Lazarus became president of the Washington Council for Equal Business Opportunity. Eventually he left that job, because, he says, "I... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 22 Sep 2009
- News
The Case for Regulatory Reform
guarantees” that compel the government to bail out large financial institutions. Moss’s own reform ideas have helped frame the ongoing Washington debate and make a clear, persuasive argument for more federal regulation of financial... View Details
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Venus Miller
have shifted. "Before, I thought I'd do consulting the rest of my life." But she used her summer internship to try something new. "I took advantage of the time to look into education," Venus says about her experience... View Details
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Layla A. Ramirez
of First-Generation Professionals, so that they can reach their potential. Layla proudly identifies as an Afro-Latina with Dominican roots. She was born and raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City and spent her... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
implement a “cap-and-trade” framework—capping the total amount of emissions and allowing companies to trade permits to pollute on the open market—fell apart in the midst of partisan bickering. As Washington fiddles, the world suffers... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the goals the couple had when they... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
result in such a revitalized democracy, rather than its demise. Senator Mike Braun (MBA 1978), Photo credit: Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Two HBS alumni in Washington are currently immersed in that change... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
helpful as I built my own business." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Board of Directors, HBS African-American Alumni Association Board of Visitors, Howard University School of Business Former Director, University of Maryland Foundation, Greater View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
innovation and disruption. But I think it’s a two-way street. There are military concepts—like the focus on structure and ethics—that are useful in the business world, too. I often have business people tell me stories about how they spent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
in Washington for the next eight years. Reed returned to Allen as CFO in 1995 to oversee the building of its $23 million cathedral, which was dedicated two years later. (That same year, Flake resigned from Congress to return to Allen.)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
“It was the greatest leadership challenge I’ll ever face.” —Taking lessons learned in Iraq to HBS and Washington Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009) served as a Marine Corps captain in Iraq. She was recently named assistant to the defense... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The American Dream
LAWSON: Campaigning for Congress, a probusiness entrepreneur who advocates for the middle class. An IBM engineer, Stacey Lawson (MBA 1996) noticed that a number of her colleagues, though surrounded by technology, still used pencil and... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Mihir A. Desai... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman