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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Filling a Vacuum
He's drawn to situations where he believes those traits can be utilized. "I always look for opportunities where there's a vacuum that my particular skills can fill," Slayton said. View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Photos by Chris Taggart “Some of the students I mentor, when they see a young guy in a leadership position who went to Harvard and worked on Wall Street, they assume I come from privilege,” says Kwame Owusu-Kesse (AB 2006, MBA/MPP 2012).... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 May 2013
- News
Scott M. Sperling, MBA 1981 & Laurene M. Sperling, MBA 1982
Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. "This is a wonderful institution, and there is a great community of alumni involved," Scott adds. Summarizing the motivation for their support, Laurene says, "I hope our fellowship will inspire individuals who have... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- News
Saluting Our HBS Veterans
Iraq military service in bestselling books, have shared their leadership skills and experience both inside and outside the classroom, as have other HBS military veterans. Collectively, the Armed Forces... View Details
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
the Girl Scouts of the USA, helped launch the ambitious G.I.R.L. brand platform to increase public awareness of the hundred-plus-year-old scouting organization beyond those ubiquitous boxes of cookies. When it comes to the Girl Scout brand, Pitter-Armand notes, few... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2016
- News
Cooking Up America’s Food Culture
historian’s eye to topics like farmers’ markets. One of Duda’s current projects is the resurrection of the Redland Farm Life School, near Miami. When it opened in 1917, the school taught sewing and other homemaking skills to girls and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
roles requiring different skill sets. In comparison, by 2018, Vodafone had installed chatbots—software applications simulating interactions with people—where one bot may replace three workers, but it hadn’t yet significantly altered its... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow
As a student of mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico, Sean Murray (HBS ’10) learned to manage complicated projects. During three years of working for the Stryker Corporation, a medical-device firm in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he honed his design... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Becoming a Manager Doesn’t Always Feel Like a Step Up
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
genocide. As his goals for starting and running educational ventures expanded, he set his sights on HBS to deepen his finance and leadership skills and to acquire a more strategic worldview. “Coming from a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, she’d taught Harvard’s leadership course during the 1990s, but had begun to suspect that the visionary model of leadership on which it was based... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Fellowship Fuels a Passion for a Career in Aviation
leadership skills to tackle real-life business issues.” A pilot himself, Schmidt wants to join a fast-growing aviation startup and eventually launch his own. “I’m passionate about connecting people and... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
the nonprofits and social services organizations whose staffs had the skills to help, and plotted a different way to give back. “My thinking was, if I were to help people here in California,” she recalls, “that would pay it forward for... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Keys to the Kingdom
RHEA, WITH FRIENDS: Bringing financial skills from the private sector to public housing. Who’s the Big Apple’s biggest landlord? That would be John Rhea (MBA ’92), who oversees 178,000 apartments in 2,600 buildings at 340 complexes,... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
University of Houston professor, and Shara Bumgarner, a Houston elementary school teacher. Melcher located some classroom space and then watched as her daughter began to acquire social and communication skills in the new environment.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
Gene Markowski Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Richard Kondo Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Blending military View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
Driving Innovation
and develop a brand through mobile,” she observed. Reflecting recently on the skills required to lead innovation in any industry, Stewart talked about an inspirational note she received from the School’s legendary marketing Professor C.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges
puts students in the shoes of case protagonists, helping them develop the skills and judgment required to be an effective general manager. While case discussions remain core to the School’s learning model, HBS is continually exploring... View Details