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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
being burdened by typical levels of debt. “I am motivated to determine what I actually want to do and go do it, because a lot of people don’t have this kind of opportunity, and I don’t want to waste it. I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
As an MBA student, Leng Lim (MBA 2001) found his motives and goals were questioned more than most. “People say, ‘You’re a priest? You’ve abandoned God for money?’ My response is, ‘Why is it OK for you to make money, but not OK for me to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
While many in this election year are focused on issues that divide the United States and the damage this discord may be doing to democracy, historian David Moss offers a perspective rooted in American democracy’s resilient past. “There have been many times when View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
what’s our strategy for doing so, how we’re going to partner with organizations around the world, and how we build and motivate a team of scientists, doctors, as well as fundraisers, to deliver that mission collectively. “If I give you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
The Difference Fellowships Make
The Transformational Power of Diversity Each year the School welcomes more than 900 MBA candidates from all over the globe. These dynamic young people hail from a remarkable range of industries, regions, and life experiences. Some are the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
career coach throughout their searches. The reason? Job hunters learn from each other’s strategies, help each other, and help motivate their comrades. The average résumé is reviewed for only ten seconds. Résumés should have a summary... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
lives of Henry David Thoreau, Robert Frost, Susan B. Anthony, and Jane Goodall, mixed with contemporary cases today of people looking for the great work of their life. It’s not a how-to book, but it contains many insights that are widely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
the challenges of daily existence in an unfamiliar culture to the joys of helping people in poverty grow their own businesses. The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance by Jim Whitehurst (MBA 1994) (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
the toughest person I know—except for my cofounder. I had a mortgage and three sons, and I was the primary earner in my family during the economic crisis. But building a company also means being tough in a good way. I have always believed that being a leader means... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
is reaching lots of people a primary motivation? I want to build products that people love. I’m a capitalist at heart: I believe entrepreneurs who create useful products or services are contributing... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge a couple of summers ago, the money you helped raise to support ALS research may be at work today in a late-stage biopharmaceutical company headed by... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
distance, Parija reflects on how the lessons he learned at HBS strengthened the experiences of his childhood. "I saw the wretched condition in which so many people live," he says, "and how they struggle to have a good meal or a good... View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
on plastics and climate change—and educating people about the water crisis—it could be really interesting to do something good while doing something good.” Kauss also discussed her environmental motivations... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
governments. But Harris's satisfaction is as much personal as professional. "I come from inner-city Chicago, an area that was decimated by drugs," the 60 year old says. "To think we can do something to prevent some young people from... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
between a passion and analytical thinking. How is it that they managed to pull this off and what can we all learn from that example? Wasserman: I remember observing when I was teaching in HBS’s first-year course in entrepreneurship, that we had, to paint it in broad... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
acquisitions. Today, the company Parker leads from its headquarters in Bradenton, Florida, offers a wide range of products to protect people and property, has 6,500 employees, operates in 35 countries, and generates annual sales... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
in 2013. I was stationed in a tank unit out in Colorado Springs when the Vietnam War started up. I didn’t think I wanted to be in a tank in Vietnam, so I volunteered to go to flight school. Six months later, I was in combat. I was a 24-year-old captain supervising... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
would bridge private- and public-sector work,” he says, “so it was an opportunity see how that could play out in an amazing, mission-driven organization.” The experience led to his joint MBA/MMP studies at Harvard. “I was meeting people... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
exercise isn’t simply about health: it’s when and where individuals get some of their most creative ideas.” Her support of women extends to the younger set as well, and Kovatch uses her story especially to motivate teenage girls. She... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken