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- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
These two volunteers forged a cross-class connection that resulted in significant support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. When Alex Crisses stepped up to cochair his 5th Reunion, he decided to couple his own ideas about... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
From left: Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), president, HBSASC; Jennifer Nash, director, HBS Business and Environment Initiative; Professor Rebecca Henderson; Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean Energy Program,... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
contemporary readings to surface insights into the age-old issue of leadership. Q: Why is ancient Rome a good lens for exploring modern leadership themes? Dench: It’s a remote, dead society, yet larger than life, which makes it a very... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
of personality, coupled with the leadership of his successor, a former investment banker, extraordinary structural changes were made in the Seattle system. Nielsen retired from the school board in 2001 but... View Details
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Technology and Operations Management course (TOM), the case offers valuable takeaways for future managers of any complex service organization. "It's a good TOM case in that it includes hard numbers and rigorous analysis," Edmondson notes. "But it's a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Man with a Mission
he hired him to head OU’s leadership programs and to work with its International Programs Center and other campus initiatives as an inspirational role model for students. And who wouldn’t he inspire? A helicopter pilot and now a major in... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE
Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) wants to change just about everything at GE, from its image as a slow-moving corporate behemoth, to the focus of its core businesses, to the location of its corporate offices. In May, the company that made the first... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
a critically ill loved one without this same level of benefits. I had inadvertently created classes of employees — and by doing so, had done my part to contribute to America’s inequality problem. The new policy gives warehouse employees access to the same benefits... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
local shops an enticing web presence alongside their e-commerce peers. Yang took a leadership role at Esquel Group, which her father founded, in 1995. The company has grown steadily despite the economic downturn, and today Esquel Group... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
Leschly led students through conversations, Q+A sessions, and presentations aimed at inspiring change and innovation in the sector. The lauded American dream, Leschly posed, rests heavily on the promise of higher education—a supposedly... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Balancing Act
In a snapshot of the PresenceLearning leadership taken this spring, CEO Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) stands, smiling, just right of center. She’s flanked by three other women and four men—the gender-balanced executive team she had been... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
Elizabeth Baily Wolf discusses a technique to reframe distress as passion. . The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement requires three distinct leadership roles:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and... View Details
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
opportunities. And while oil prices continue to rise and fall, energy services firms are seeing rapid growth—especially those firms that provide services to both traditional and emerging clean technology energy sectors. When approaching View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
in their businesses. After one such session, a senior manager asked, "Is there anything you won't get involved in?" I felt I had to get deep into the businesses to create the necessary changes in behavior. Creating a more... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Get Involved
are exemplifying the solutions that you'd like to see. “So, if there's something that you don't like, get yourself involved to try to change it. And you have to demonstrate that change every day in your own... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
cites the importance of being open-minded, listening, and recognizing that turnarounds take time. “Instant change is no change,” he says—though the process still requires operating with a sense of urgency. “This is not the last chance... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Aug 2016
- News
The Future of GE
consumer businesses we were in. We’ve exited plastics and things like that. In the last 15 years, we’re one of the few leadership teams in history that’s sold $100 billion in businesses and bought $100 billion worth of businesses.” This... View Details