Career Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
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Letters to the Editor

the person directly responsible for a specific area or product line, influenced decisions at least as much as the head of the organization. I had been unable to find anyone at HBS willing to even consider the validity of my insight, but... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Better Hiring Through Brain Science

was already awash with sophisticated algorithms employed to match people with the perfect Amazon purchase, Netflix binge, or Friday night date. Why hadn’t anyone applied these models to match people to their perfect career? MORE Polli matches characteristics to View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jan 2007
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Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

products." After graduating from Yale and working two years at the Philadelphia National Bank, Dubinsky came to HBS, where a presentation of the first electronic spreadsheet helped shape her career path. "I knew immediately that this was... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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An Economy Undermined

Photo courtesy Jeff Madrick When I graduated from HBS in 1971, I chose journalism (at BusinessWeek) over business, a career decision that enabled me to observe “up close and personal” the coming Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown

pharmaceutical machinery sector. With the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop for his career decision, Fenwick-Smith became increasingly interested in climate change and what the business community could do to make a... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 May 2019
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Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991

strong, decisive leadership. Although he is far too humble to admit it, his own experience as a naval commander as well as serving in the United States’ highest military position, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a case in point.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 1998
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Mark Tatum

East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where he learned early on to love baseball and to get along with all kinds of people. The decision to bypass medicine proved only a momentary redirection in an impressive college career: he went on to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Jun 2013
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Leaning In to Gender Equity

organizing the Lean In Community (on Facebook, of course). Some of her advice is useful no matter one's gender, given Sandberg's disparate career stops at Facebook and Google, the Treasury Department, and McKinsey & Company. For example,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

11 Dec 2019
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A Righteous Path

assisting, there are three others in the New York area without legal help. The need is staggering, but the path to meeting that need effectively would be familiar to any business leader, says Leimsider. Leimsider began his career at the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1997
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Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

biology and chemistry to prepare for a career related to helping the environment. An introductory course in economics changed all that. "I realized that economic issues drove many of the decisions companies... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

“punishment posting” or perhaps a move that signaled her desire for a slower-paced lifestyle after a fifteen-year career in various areas of ICICI Bank. “There were no visible indicators that signaled the potential for private equity in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Feb 2022
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Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method

Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus; and F. Warren McFarlan, Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, who have produced hundreds of cases over their long careers at HBS. “This was an educational... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Aug 2001
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Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

corporate board members. Retired from the active faculty since 1996, Stobaugh continues to write, consult, and serve on NACD Blue Ribbon panels. He is also a trustee of the French Library and Cultural Center in Boston. Stobaugh became a teacher because he enjoyed... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

18 Mar 2021
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Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

career in the technology industry where he has directed financial strategies and decisions resulting in more than $45 billion in contracts. Determination, ambition, and resilience are the key drivers to his... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

accountability, transparency, and trust; those three things will be even more important in the future.” When he was tapped to head GE in 2001, Jeff Immelt had already built an impressive nineteen-year career at the storied company that... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

modern economy. The alliance begins with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the company, and with employees being honest about their own career aspirations. Imperiled by Helmut Horchler (AMP 100, 1987) (XLibris) Start... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

much of her career focusing on how organizations respond to large-scale technological shifts, most recently in regard to energy and the environment. “Sustainable Business Strategy is designed to empower View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

As a young man, Tim Brier was so smitten with flying that he used to take dates to watch planes land and take off when he was growing up in Staten Island, New York. It's not surprising, therefore, that he would later embark on a career in... View Details