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18 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

process, and coaching can be beneficial any time - not just during times of significant change. What makes a good career coach? I think a good career coach listens well and is able to ask the right questions to help individuals better... View Details

09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

technology, management processes that they already have, and probably the culture.” Who’s in your talent pool? So what’s a remote job-seeker to do? Finding the right job depends on profession and, perhaps more crucially, what individual... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Oct 2021
News

Planning Ahead

the HBS Fund. “The School has been incredibly thoughtful and progressive, and I trust its leaders to continue on the right path,” he says. While it took him some time to create his estate plan, including HBS in his philanthropy is not new... View Details

08 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

Microsoft, I spent a few years exploring entrepreneurship, both on the operator side – joining and founding startups in the crypto space – and on the investor side as a Venture Partner and mentor at firms including Bessemer and A16z. View Details

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA

(The Financial Aid Office can help you navigate the loan process and make the right choice for you.) Take advantage of loan repayment programs available to eligible students after graduation. Every financial aid package is different, but... View Details

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

support, and ultimately, a new family. Before coming to Boston, I struggled to decide if the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program was right for me. I wondered if it’d be too much work or if it would affect my regular MBA experience. With... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

graphics, to target the right audience, and to measure responses instantly. But many experts contend that Internet advertising is still in its infancy. There is a widely held belief that in the future we will compare today's Web ads with... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

if people do well, it is only right that they should help to pay for the setup that made their success possible. More to FDR's point, people who do better should pay for more of that setup. FDR's reasoning is far from obsolete; our... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

Ron Daniel told graduating students how to tell if they were in the right job. "You have to want to run to work at least four days out of five," he advised. As a consultant at McKinsey for almost fifty years, twelve of them as managing... View Details

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

as new generations come into decision-making positions and may advocate for new strategies such as impact investing. Once a strategy is in place, selecting the right investments or funds requires extensive work. An advisor such as... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

L.E. Simmons

of bank teller to become chairman of Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake City, with teaching him that ethical standards are an intrinsic part of doing business. "He measures his performance in terms of doing the right thing and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

Might Also Like: Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

who create the ballast for the organization," said DeLong. In his talk titled "The Power of Supporting Players in Organizations: What's Right with B Players," DeLong told a classroom filled with visiting alumni about the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

learner willing to reinvent herself time and again. In the pages that follow, I will build on the previous discussion of power to present a framework for lifelong learning developing a successful managerial career. I will address four challenges: choosing the View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

significant complementarity between the two. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/nashraf/InformationSubsidies.pdf 2013 pub Thought Calibration: How Thinking Just the Right Amount Increases One's Influence and Appeal By: Kupor,... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

pandemic, the inflation rate continued to hold or even decline. Did the economic experiment in the United States during the past four years show us a few things? Perhaps under the right conditions, long-held assumptions just aren’t valid?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

protect the rights and well-being of remote employees can further foster the work-from-anywhere movement.” 3. Incentivize people to move to lower-profile areas. Not everyone wants to take out a massive mortgage or pay exorbitant rent to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

In 2023, the United Kingdom announced its intent to build a real-time biothreat radar, and the US Department of Defense released its first-ever biodefense review, calling for an early warning system. Still, “this is very much an education sale,” McKnight says. “We’re... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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