Personal Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2018
Supplement

Sandra Brown Goes Digital (B): The Commitment Decision

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

Sandra Brown, a middle manager at a biotech company who has led internal and external movements for change over the last few years, faces a decision. Whether to continue to work for change at the company or move on to pursue new opportunities elsewhere, where her new... View Details

Keywords: Digital; Stakeholder Engagement; Managing Change; Career Path; Health Care Industry; Quality; Leading Change; Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions

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April 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

This case explores the topic of offshoring high-tech jobs several perspectives. The issues presented include determining the stock price consequences of offshoring, examining the economic consequences of the offshore job to both the transferring and receiving... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Stocks; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Personal Development and Career; Competition

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19 Jan 2022

Peek

This three day virtual program is intended for current undergraduate students who are interested in getting a peek into the MBA experience and to learn more about the value of an MBA for their personal and professional development. Peek... View Details

13 May 2025
News

If I Knew Then

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris

In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Market Entry and Exit; Consulting Industry; United States; Florida; New York (state, US)

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01 Mar 2016
News

The Western Front

Hendrickson says: with personal connections. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has developed strong connections in the Valley, so the team started with his network and then spread out, meeting with startup... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

01 Jun 2013
News

Alumni Books

achieve personal growth and success, details strategies for embracing struggle, and offers tools and practices to help implement them. Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence by Amy Jen Su and Muriel... View Details

David Duffield

After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative software for managing human resource... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

20 Oct 2014
Blog Post

Create Buzzworthy Industry Education Events at HBS

Be tough on yourselves as you pick the topic; the more ground-breaking the story, the more relevant your firm will be to our students. Get Personal with Invitations: As an HBS recruiting partner, you can use the HBS resume book databases... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Truth in Lending

30-minute credit test is based on research in psychometrics conducted at Harvard’s Center for International Development to help lenders understand both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. The... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

in the 1960s, with research done here in Boston. Stanley Milgram, the renowned social psychologist, randomly chose people from phone books out of Kansas and Nebraska and asked them to forward a letter to a friend of his in Boston through View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

05 Nov 2020
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12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

William Irvine, to name a few) Podcast suggestions (Invest like the Best is now a personal favorite) Random videos or articles that piqued our interest on that given day (a whole thread on Step Chickens and the Rise of TikTok ‘Cults’) The... View Details

30 Jan 2018
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Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars

2002), cofounder and CEO of Parsagen Diagnostics, an early-stage medical device company focused on women’s health The members of the 2018 class were selected based on their leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal... View Details

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

initial choice, for themselves and their organizations, among broad, flexible, open-ended directions. This initial direction will evolve, sometimes dramatically, in response to what is learned from first steps, hard-to-predict View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

acquisitions and development for the magazine, which recently increased its frequency from six to ten issues per year. “HBR has always been serious, authoritative, and elegant,” notes Wetlaufer. “We are working now to be more like... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Crystal Yao

IBM, Crystal pivoted to a Corporate Strategy & Development internship at Creative Artists Agency. She can provide insights into industry recruiting timelines and strategy, and provide coaching on resume/cover letter reviews, View Details

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Jan Petzel

After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services

01 Mar 2009
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Ticked Off

The HBS Club of Connecticut Community Partners recently partnered with Time for Lyme (TFL), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Founded in 1998, TFL has raised millions of dollars, lobbied for... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

2008
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The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

This paper summarizes the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement savings outcomes. After outlining the salient features of the various sources of retirement income in the U.S., the paper presents the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement... View Details