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- 15 Aug 2022
- Book
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
America to China by William C. Kirby, published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Copyright © 2022 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Used by permission. All rights reserved. You Might Also Like: A Great Teacher's View Details
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
responsibilities – like being a good son or having a financially stable career for instance – deserved the sunlight. For 26 years, this meant putting a lock on my self-expression. I only applied to colleges on the East Coast far from... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Influence People, published originally in 1937, remains one of the most popular and draws in part on lessons the author learned working as a salesman for Armour. Q: You trace the world of selling in America and the salesman from the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Negotiation Mastery LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring complimentary View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
one small way he could do his part, according to his new book Better, Not Perfect: A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness. In the book, Bazerman shares lessons from his own experiences and provides practical advice to help... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
the company was able to maintain its position as one of the top three food distribution companies in the US among rivals Sysco and Performance Food Group, capturing 10 percent of market share. US Foods’ strategy provides valuable lessons... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022
Financial Aid team to help answer the most frequently asked questions about financing an MBA. Read More>>> FIVE LESSONS FROM MY FIRST YEAR AT HBS Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I’d get into Harvard, let alone... View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own
becoming president of the local farmers’ market at 15. Her post-HBS career began at Berkshire Hathaway, where she was hired after sending a letter seeking employment to the firm’s legendary chief executive and chairman, Warren Buffett.... View Details
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
tougher, especially when there is no opportunity for in-person interactions. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Lessons... View Details
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
One of the most influential lessons for my leadership development was the HBS four-step process for delivering effective feedback and coaching—a process I now apply on a daily basis." Dr. Patricia Hewston Post-Doctoral Fellow at GERAS... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
careers at the Harvard Business School, we discovered that the turnover of CIOs ran at around 30 to 40 percent per year. As a result of our research, we described the driving cause as the rapid change of IT through the operation of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead
fields, with careers and lives of their own, running to book talks and writing cases that generations of MBA students read. But despite all of that, they always manage to make time for students like me. It's with their help – both inside... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
successful careers in industries ranging from venture capital, to energy, to beauty. John Hess: Family is the greatest treasure you have in life, and your good name is the greatest gift you have in life. Desiree Rogers: I was surrounded... View Details
- 15 Feb 2024
- News
Startup Shepherds
By their count, Catalina Daniels and Jim Sherman (both MBA 1991) listened to approximately 300 startup pitches in 2016, the first year the HBS classmates worked side by side as angel investors in New York. “You meet a lot of very smart people, with what sound like good... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
this task, he frequently got in trouble with extended family members for choosing formal schooling over the family trade and lost sight in his left eye due to a fight on the issue. Armed with the lessons from such stories, I learned to be... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
partnerships, collaborations, and sharing pieces of the pie." Moving quickly in a short-opportunity window is another lesson of the case, says Reiss, who also cites the critical importance of the sales function, something seldom taught at... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
Reinvent Your Work: How to Rejuvenate, Revamp, or Recreate Your Career and principal of Dallas-based Zimmerman Communication. If you take the time to really understand your team's responsibilities, you can bring a fresh perspective on how... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
also determined that other African American women would be able to rise above their circumstances. Walker's name change from Sarah Breedlove to something both catchier and more dignified was a smart career move that reflected her style... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
meaning from our work; we bring meaning to our work.” Relating his extensive past in high-ranking executive roles, Rowan offers the reader the opportunity to ponder new perspectives and see business as a chance to serve God by contributing to a better society. Know... View Details