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- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
online-security software firm OneTrust into an industry leader, so he changed how he lives. Now, he meditates daily and practices self-forgiveness. He says living a more grounded, balanced, and integrated life has made him a better... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
even when the content of the pitch is the same. This effect is moderated by male physical attractiveness: attractive males were particularly persuasive, whereas physical attractiveness did not matter among female entrepreneurs. 2014... View Details
- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
US, people really want to live their best lives—right now. “I believe that the pandemic caused people to re-evaluate whether their work is meaningful,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Julian De Freitas. “Some compared... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 05 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)
career. It’s achievable no matter the scope of your position. Whether you’re a local city councilor, state legislator, or U.S. Secretary of State, every day at work is another opportunity to improve the View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
So many boxes. Drew Dixon (MBA 2004) moved into this Brooklyn Heights apartment just a few days ago, as evidenced by the ratio of boxes emptied to those still filled. The living room, though, is an island of unpacked order, bobbing above... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
couched in the story of the rise of the restaurant Eleven Madison Park. —Ted Seides (MBA 1999) In Kelly Link’s latest collection of short stories, White Cat, Black Dog, the Pulitzer Prize finalist masterfully rewrites folk tales. I called... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
I have created opportunities for others? HBS shows me that living my values is my true north.” HOME REGION Cambridge, MA & North Carolina UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
protect Guyana’s vast forests.” Back to top Desiree Rogers (MBA 1985) Co-Owner, CEO, Black Opal LLC The Big Easy: “I grew up in the 7th Ward of New Orleans and went to school in the French Quarter. Growing up, my parents were both... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?
‘Deep Purpose’ Matter to the Bottom Line? Respondents to this question largely believe in a relationship between deep purpose and the bottom line. As Maree Forbes Gaughan put it, “Without purpose, you have staff running in several... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
that lives and dies by its ideas." Edmondson says this reluctance to speak up stems variously from fears that superiors will not like the idea or that it may appear to criticize the status quo, which most people find reassuringly... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
choose an all-white group. Decades of diversity initiatives have failed to drastically alter the American executive suite, especially for Black people, who hold only 3.2 percent of senior executive roles. While the #MeToo and View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Portrait Project
Mike Laffin
at Catholic Charities, devoted their lives to serving the less fortunate in Hartford. They taught me to use your gifts to serve others and to never shy away from an opportunity to do the right thing—no View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules
Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
School MBA and a background in finance. She had worked at the Ballet for eight years as chief of staff and chief financial officer, and she had helped steer it through the double crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning of View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
and be a model for future businesses. Raya Partners: Profitability and Purpose TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History Key concepts: Corporate strategy This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
them." Alcácer advises companies to consider sending an advance team to live in a target locale to research the market and business models before expanding. Another problem with following competitors: an increasing risk that those... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
that empowerment and collaboration are not just aspirations but achieved reality. Purpose goes from being a slogan to a set of lived principles. In the video below, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson explains the enormous challenge he faced in... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Beauty and Fashion Fair Cosmetics. And while she’s lived in Chicago for decades now, Rogers continues to draw on the powerful spirit of community that shaped her childhood as she looks for ways to amplify her work with View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
compartmentalize their work as separate from the rest of their lives. And so, it is incumbent upon leaders to find ways to create a positive work context in which employees not only feel inspired but also feel there is a way for them to View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati