Career Changes And Transitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 2017
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Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

Photography by Craig Hall Like many people who work for change in struggling urban neighborhoods, John Majors (MBA 2000) believes that high-quality education for all children is a vital link to future success. He’s also convinced that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

that decision? So when I became convinced that climate change is this moral challenge of our generation, I figured that the best way to address this issue at scale is to change the rules of the game. To work... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Does My Résumé Work?

narrative about themselves. How long will this take? It depends. Career changes take longer than transitioning between related jobs. “My general advice,” said Radtke, “is that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; jobs; interviews; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Aug 2002
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Marilynn Davis (MBA '82)

in the middle of a recession, and we have seen a lot of changes,” noted Davis, who is now EVP and manager of the consumer banking segment at FleetBoston Financial Corporation. “We've spent our View Details

01 Jun 2005
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NFL Players Tackle Cases at HBS

spring. Its goal was to help athletes near the end of their football careers learn how to own, operate, or build their own businesses. The program, a first for pro football players, offered two three-day modules delivered a month apart.... View Details

Keywords: NFL; Ted Johnson; Todd Collins; Mike Haynes; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

26 May 2016
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W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

19-year career at General Electric, rising to run several divisions, including GE Aircraft Engines. He was one of three leaders groomed to take the helm, but he didn’t get the job. Someone who learns from setbacks, McNerney spent the next... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or... View Details

06 Dec 2018
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ViaVan London Chief Jess Oppetit on Driving the Uber Rival's Success

Keywords: Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

01 Jun 2004
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Massport, Back on Course

and employs 1,149 people. Political fallout from 9/11 has profoundly changed the operations of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the independent public agency that operates Boston’s Logan... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Massport; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

Automation in Zurich, Switzerland. More importantly, I love my work every day. It turns out that committing myself to serve others was more important than an impressive ceremony I missed, and somehow, what looked like a detour in my View Details

10 Mar 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

Beth Thoren (MBA 1992) was a teenager in Japan the first time she saw the ocean. “I thought it was the most beautiful and fragile thing I’d ever seen,” she recalls. The experience sparked a lifelong interest in the natural world View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014)

athletes. That’s crazy if you’re truly trying to represent 50 percent of the population. One of the biggest compliments is when little boys ask me for my autograph. They respect and look up to me—hopefully that will View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Olympics; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

communicate with and motivate its citizens to make them agents of change to a market-driven economy? —Jaime Fortuño (MBA 1988) MORE Brunell offers an inside look at Myanmar’s historic View Details

01 Jun 1998
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José Royo

array of academic and administrative online resources. It has changed the way students, faculty, staff, and alumni communicate. The project also View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey; photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

1981) KORTENHORST and KORMI: The global energy transition involves the public and private sectors alike. Global R&D budgets for energy are growing, with 20 countries, including... View Details

18 Feb 2021
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Jumping In, Fighting Bias

marketing, and transitioned to an entirely new industry, accepting the role of CMO at Sequoia Capital. She made the decision after drawing on the advice of a handful of personal advisors, including Judy Zhu... View Details

23 Jan 2017
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The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee

offices. Burwick managed all of this, the article notes, while guiding the company through a transition from public entity to private ownership. Before joining Peet’s, Burwick worked at PepsiCo and as... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Chaotic Funding Derails Research

are potentially wasted. You have no viable research projects under way. It will take well over a year to begin a new research stream, and there is a low probability you will get funded in a new area. You may be fired. In short, your View Details

Keywords: William Sahlman; Science funding; stem cell research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2006
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A New Path for Alumnae

Professor Myra Hart focuses her research on high-potential ventures, but the career challenges and opportunities of HBS women have also captured her attention. In 2001, she launched Charting Your Course, a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

15 May 2020
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New Menu

the next 10 years deploying everything I've learned—the mistakes I've made, the experiences I've had—on making this world a better place." For Ive, that meant turning all his business know-how toward addressing climate change View Details

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