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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 11 Dec 2023 Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag Alumni Consumer Products / Retail Student & Alumni Stories Kyle Leahy (MBA 2011) stepped... View Details

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

prior art existed. Half of the students were assigned randomly to use the Boolean search tool and half to use the machine learning tool. Furthermore, they gave half of each group access to expert advice to help them better craft their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

16 Mar 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

in this moment, when the pandemic has exposed and deepened the fragility and structural inequity of our systems, I’m inspired that the CIB could contribute to a more equitable economic recovery. What advice do you have for prospects... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

racism that's all around us, that's the first piece of advice. The second piece of advice I give is that, you really can't plan your career. You have to take advantage of all the opportunities that you have... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

13 Nov 2023
Blog Post

HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025)

manuals on leadership, no guidebooks on how to inspire and motivate. Instead, there were people, with hopes, dreams, fears, and aspirations. They looked to me for guidance, and I knew I had to pave the way, even when the path was unclear. "Be a good person." Leadership... View Details

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Women at HBS - Alumni

and mobilizes professionals who deliver strategic and tactical advice to a wide range of clients. Chief , cofounded by Carolyn Childers (MBA 2008) , supports New York—based women in their journey to executive leadership. The private... View Details

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

the paired founders discussed their business challenges and were told to provide advice about management and strategy to their partners. On the final day, the founders completed a list of changes they planned to implement after returning... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

so entails committing to paper a vision of the factors that will affect the success or failure of the enterprise. People take the exercise very seriously and get emotionally invested in what they produce. In that context, the article was written to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

29 Mar 2022
Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

during the “two crisis points” of marriage and motherhood, life events when a woman might consider giving up her profession. The advice even includes how the bride-to-be should think about her relationship... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2016
First Look

April 12, 2016

company examples such as eBay, Lending Club, and Airbnb to offer practical advice for avoiding those hazards. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50940 April 2016 Harvard Business Review Culture Is Not the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Taylor Walden

challenges with greater creativity, adaptability, and empathy, ultimately enhancing my ability to navigate complex business environments with confidence and insight. If you could give one piece of advice to... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

subjects as geography, history, astronomy, and literature. A 1941 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Christensen received an MBA from Harvard in 1943. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps from 1943 to... View Details

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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 16 Sep 2024 Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Recruiting View Details

19 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

about how an algorithm works—but following its advice based on trusting the people who designed and tested it—can lead to better decision-making and financial results for businesses, say researchers affiliated with the Laboratory for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

Throughout your journey, what is the greatest lesson that you believe you learned and what is one piece of advice you would give people reading this? One of the key lessons I’ve learned is captured in a poem... View Details

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

small rock together.” WH Kolkman added: “We also need to give more attention to mitigation, which will be greatly helped by cooperation, resilience, innovation, pragmatism and speed. In a crisis like this, perfection is the enemy of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

is a well-documented phenomenon. Women are less likely to receive specific feedback tied to work outcomes, while men are more likely to get the advice they need to move to the next level of seniority in their organization. When View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

with a schedule and scope of future expenses, can equip the buyer with clearer expectations about a home’s total cost over time, Kennealey observes. “You may want to put down a big down payment, but if you know you have a new roof coming, then you might adjust the down... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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