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Career Coach

Mark Hardie

earlier led new product innovation at Agero Inc., an automotive industry service provider. At Ipsos, Mark drove smartphone-based service innovation in the Futures Group. For six years at Nokia Inc., Mr.... View Details

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01 Feb 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Alumni, chaired by Edward F. ("Ted") Fischer (71st PMD), is addressing how best to connect with recent graduates and also how best to inform current students about the services and programs available to them when they graduate. The group... View Details

Keywords: conferences; committees; leadership; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions

were reinforced by Denise Condon Welsh (MBA '81), an HBS classmate of Hart's who wrote to Clark about the issues of women's reentry into the professional ranks. Welsh noted that each year since graduation she had joined ten female... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Sep 2011
News

The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS

Rebecca Henderson, the Business and Environment Initiative is designed “to deepen our collective understanding of the environmental challenges confronting business leaders and to help them design effective solutions,” explains Reinhardt. “Creating jobs and View Details

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26 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

brick-and-mortar training model. In addition to tinkering with its core service model, Year Up is now turning to think about how to build systems, not just programs. I was excited about a summer project focused on reimagining the... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

outreach of clubs and associations. One key recommendation involves deployment of new technology to improve club communications, including the ability to broadcast e-mail and share member data. The Alumni Career Services Committee is... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Book Briefs

out of the way. What It Takes: Seven Secrets of Success from the World's Greatest Professional Firms by Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) (Wiley) Having devoted a 50-year career to consulting with and studying... View Details

Keywords: Professional Services; Professional Services; Professional Services; Professional Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2007
News

Unexpected Advice from Am Ex’s Chenault

have an obligation to do things the right way — to conserve, renew, and enhance society’s resources, not just consume them.” A 26-year veteran of American Express, the last six as chairman and CEO, Chenault posed this leadership challenge: “I urge you to put View Details

Keywords: commencement; speech; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Profile

Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde

Both Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde and her husband, Alain, had completed master’s degrees, and had considerable experience in corporate finance. But Alain was eager to go the United States to get an MBA, and in what might be considered a foreshadowing of the negotiation... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Other Financial Services

Profile

Laura Mackay

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I had gotten to a point in my professional career where I was in leadership positions, yet did not have the capabilities I needed to be an effective leader. Having... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

01 Sep 2009
News

Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

in other areas. But we didn’t have a course that would help students understand consumers and the financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card... View Details

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01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Books

demanding clients, tougher competitors, and associates with higher expectations than in the past. The authors present a broad framework suited to such complexity and identify four critical activities for effective leadership of View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company. When George joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and COO, the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Henry Taub

Taub took a back-office, manual operation and turned it into a successful business proposition. In starting ADP, he concentrated on providing payroll services for small businesses and for financial service... View Details

Keywords: Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

we think about everything," he remarked. "Information technology has to march in lockstep with business," agreed Verizon CIO Shaygan Kheradpir. Software that automates complex transactions and expanding customer service on the Web are... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

Elective Curriculum (Second Year) Authentic Leadership Development Leading Professional Service Firms Leading Teams Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2003
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HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report

expenditures and innovation to the extent such projects are not specially funded by gifts. Revenues from Executive Education and publishing activities help fund research and curriculum development. As in any large service organization,... View Details

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01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers

Palo Alto, CA Business management software, solutions, and services Lionel Bony (MBA 2006) Rocky Mountain Institute Snowmass and Boulder, CO Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of... View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

01 Sep 2004
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Survey Spotlights HBS Experience

average of 2.4 firms each. These are among the preliminary findings of a survey conducted early this year to shed light on the impact that HBS has had on helping MBA Program graduates along their diverse career paths. The survey, a first... View Details