talent - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

not share their knowledge or background. Joe Badaracco agrees. "You need a talent for simplicity — for saying things in a few words. General Electric's Jack Welch is a good example. He is astonishingly articulate and able to convey... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Jun 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Career Change

When Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) was 13 years old, her father’s new job took the family from their home in Tokyo to Jakarta. It was a big change, not just geographically but also culturally. Tanaka enrolled in an international school where she was encouraged to have her... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

05 Jul 2023
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GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

facing the GCC and the world, such as education, food security, health, and national development," he says. "Dubai and the UAE's commitment to innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration is attracting talented professionals and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

that people from all over the country were moving to Memphis to help build this company.” But Bobo’s excitement had no real outlet. “We scour the planet to find athletic talent at an early age,” he says, “but we wait too long to cultivate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

09 Nov 2021
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The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Keywords: Mentoring; mentorship

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

US military and the government. After World War II, his focus shifted to still photography for high-end architectural magazines. As Shirley’s talent matured, he experimented with photography as an art form, and his work was exhibited at... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

expressed their strong devotion to HBS and its values. "To me, the Harvard Business School has been a humane, sensitive, and creative place for our family," Meredith Spangler said, pointing to the School's talented faculty, its... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

a building, you’re really buying the potential to either help make peoples’ lives better, or to make them worse; it’s rarely neutral. There is no lack of qualified, right-minded operators, and they are all offering as good a return as any mainstream investment can... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

college, he adds. But new pathways are slowly opening to unfilled “middle-skills” jobs as employers drop the requirement for a traditional four-year bachelor’s degree. “If we’re going to address the talent pipeline issue, we have to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

28 Sep 2023
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Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

leaders—who volunteer their time and talent to build and sustain this strong alumni network. There are so many different types and sizes of clubs and varieties of programming. One goal will be to streamline and share best practices across... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

story about managing government agencies that—in submarine parlance—are deep underwater, then provides solutions to help them and the overall government surface. Talent Disruption: People Are the Brands By Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997)... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

03 Jun 2020
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How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

Keywords: Rebecca Carnahan; Remote work

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

numerous book, television, and movie deals, along with several marriage proposals, all of which she has turned down. Six months after the accident, Crotty returned to the United States to become an assistant principal at St. Mark's School of Harlem, where she put to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

15 Dec 2023
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Like-Minded

social, and governance (ESG) solutions. Yet they achieved both distinctions in May 2021 with MPower, focusing on what they considered an untapped pool of talent in Japan: young entrepreneurs making a difference with ESG. The companies... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

“How do I show leadership presence when I’m this exhausted?” Working parents were typically offered platitudes about work-life integration, Dowling realized, which was a shortcoming in talent development that became all the more glaring a... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Apr 2023
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

were seeing the elements of a thriving venture capital system," she says. "A lot of the best talent was flowing to tech, and companies needed funding to support founders in different cycles." She and Lemann believed their hands-on... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

the list, he points out fervently. Beyond that, the top executive's tool kit includes motivational skills that can inspire employees at all levels of an organization, the ability to communicate and cooperate with others, and a talent for... View Details

24 May 2017
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David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

of the owner as setting general guidelines and hiring the right people to carry out the mission.” “My one talent is an ability to spot talent,” Bradley claims. While he certainly has deep reserves of other talents— creativity,... View Details