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Communication (42) Investment Activism (12) Investment Banking (6) Investment Funds (12) Investment Portfolio (8) Investment Return (12) Investment (78) Job Cuts and Outsourcing (12) Job Design and Levels... View Details

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MBA admissions, alumni relations, and MBA job search activities. She received her B.A. (magna cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania, her MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Masters of... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Career Coaching | 9:00 am – 3:45 pm + More Info – Less Info Meet 1:1 with a career coach to discuss all aspects of professional development, including job search strategies, networking, interview prep,... View Details

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Generative AI - Alumni

responsibly and effectively in your job search, and leverage HBS's GenAI resources and guidance below. GenAI for Your Job Search View highlights from a webinar on leveraging... View Details

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

the best opportunities won’t come until April or May. Many of your fellow classmates will have locked in their summer jobs long before you do. Don’t worry — that is totally normal. Attend one of the “How To Do a Startup View Details

March 1998
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Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy

Describes a class design for teaching students about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Ideal Organization exercise is the centerpiece of the class. It demonstrates that people with different cognitive types have distinct preferences for the type of... View Details

Keywords: Job Search; Working Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Situation or Environment; Perception; Integration

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27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

prom queen means capturing your special aura by explaining where you have come from and where you are going to guide other people to understand your value. And that value doesn’t have to be the same as everyone else’s. In meetings with View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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By: Roberto Verganti

Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Design; Strategy; Design Thinking; Innovation; Artificial Intelligence; Design; Technology; Leadership; Innovation Strategy

22 Nov 2010
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Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

and provided guidance for tough decisions—it's time to get everyone who works for you focused on the job at hand. Tracking performance goals—the third implementation imperative—requires you to set the right goals, assign accountability,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
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The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent

By: Boris Groysberg and John Masko

In 2020, The Honor Foundation (THF), a nonprofit dedicated to helping U.S. military special operators to transition into civilian careers, was facing a series of strategic challenges. THF had been founded in 2013 by former Navy SEAL trainee Joe Musselman, who observed... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

organization How to Judge Your Next Job Michael Horn (MBA 2006) and Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein —coauthors of the new book Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career —on how to make sure... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

term, what was he going to do in the meantime? As he was mulling how to create change without a fortune, he recalled an interview for a hedge fund job early in his career. It was a long and tortuous interview that started at 1 a.m.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

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Hiring International Students

position and also document at least 3 of the following additional recruitment efforts: Posting the position on the employer’s web site Participation in Job Fairs Posting of the position on job View Details

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Career Networking - Alumni

your first post-graduate role, switching careers, or returning to the workforce after a period of absence, your job search begins by making a case for yourself. Learn how to market yourself to potential... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

specialists—an "operating team" that is an order of magnitude larger than that of any other VC firm. Furthermore, the operating team aims to not only assist a16z portfolio companies, but also to be broadly helpful to all parties in the Silicon Valley ecosystem,... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to support local nonprofit organizations Career Resources The Social Enterprise Initiative, in collaboration with Alumni Career Services and Baker Library, provides resources and support to assist alumni pursuing careers in social enterprise. A good way to begin is to... View Details

07 Nov 2023
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Love and Money

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Which is the best dating app? Can money actually buy love? When do you talk about money in a new relationship and how do you broach the topic? How can well-meaning parents actually help their... View Details

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

Eligible roles include founders or co-founders in senior executive positions (e.g. CEO, President). For those founding or joining social impact organizations, pursuing an entirely self-funded ETA search fund, or joining a private sector... View Details

26 May 2023
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Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

struggled to manage its finances in order to scale up. Those two jobs spurred Sweeney to join the M.S./M.B.A. program in order to add entrepreneurship to her engineering skills. “I realized I didn’t want to just assume that if someday I... View Details

06 Jun 2016
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Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

number of payoffs. “The entrepreneurial leaders we know are constantly searching for tools that can help them become more self-aware so they can be more effective,” Kraus explains. “This tool is going to be uniquely useful in that it was... View Details

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