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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
handup, not a handout .” With mentoring and support from Chertavian, Heredia was able to graduate from high school, attend college, and pursue his passion for art. Twenty-six years after they first met, the two remain close friends and have much in common: Heredia has... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- June 2021
- Teaching Note
Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'
By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-044. In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the... View Details
- December 2006 (Revised June 2013)
- Teaching Note
Union Corrugating Company (A) and (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall
Teaching Note to 803065 and 804003. View Details
- 13 May 2021
- Blog Post
Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer
Sabbaticals, authored by Dennis (DJ) DiDonna (HBS 2010). DiDonna has dedicated his career to commercializing social science research to create organizations which positively impact the world. DiDonna founded The Sabbatical Project to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
services and resources for them, including advising and counseling, one-on-one tutoring, workshops, and specialized career coaching. Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) These offerings have been informed by the work of a task... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
empower underrepresented groups, from founding mentorship programs for college and high school students to supporting non-profit boards focused on expanding educational outcomes for minority students. “Through a View Details
- July 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Supplement
Philip McCrea: Once an Entrepreneur... (B)
By: William W. George
Philip McCrea is dealing with the aftermath of the move of his company and family from San Francisco to New Jersey (from the (A) case). Although the move goes well from a family perspective, his business runs into challenges when he merges it into a Canadian company... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Leadership; Failure; Ownership Stake; Work-Life Balance; Canada; New Jersey
George, William W. "Philip McCrea: Once an Entrepreneur... (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 409-025, July 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
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Alumni Forums - Alumni
Careers Alumni Forums Careers Alumni Forums Alumni Forums HBS Alumni Forums are transformational experiences that help members to become their best selves. They are small, intimate groups usually comprised... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
stress frequently, but it's a hard thing to teach in a classroom. Each year, thousands of business school students enroll in courses on finance. Their sights set on a career in money management, they dutifully study theories such as the... View Details
- Web
Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog
Executive Education course. The outcome is a course curated by and for aspiring-consultant students, that is taught by a deeply experienced practitioner, and which fills a critical white space within the HBS curriculum. View Details
- February 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case describes the rise of Sarah Breedlove, who later called herself Madam C.J. Walker, from the cotton fields of Louisiana to the head of a successful, nationwide beauty company providing opportunity and hair care products to Black women. The case describes how... View Details
Keywords: Brands; African-american Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Success; Work-Life Balance; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-060, February 2021. (Revised July 2022.)
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-Testing by Sabbaticals
realities of working in the tourism industry far from friends and family. Paul credits this sabbatical—and his five others—as instrumental in career wayfinding. He’s learned not to expect epiphanies from these blocks of time. Instead,... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
Point. When a knee injury cut his college football career short, Eisenhower jumped to being a “cheerleader,” gathering the Corps of Cadets before games to rally their support and studying football strategy with such intensity that he was... View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
players—spurred into action after the death of George Floyd—spoke out. “The final, most pernicious category undergirds the everyday black experience,” Rice writes. These practices put people of color at a disadvantage in the competition with their white peers for View Details
- January 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower from a small town in Kansas to the pinnacle of power on the world stage. During his life, Eisenhower was leader of the Allied Forces in World War II, president of Columbia University, head of NATO, and president... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Work-Life Balance; Power and Influence
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Dwight D. Eisenhower: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-047, January 2021. (Revised July 2022.)
- 18 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative
her co-authors found that having a working mother predicted positive outcomes later in life for both women and men—contrary to negative stereotypes about working moms. (See Professor McGinn speaking about the study in this video.) They... View Details
- March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
John F. Kennedy: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of John F. Kennedy from a wealthy family in Boston to president of the United States. The case describes how Kennedy, as a young man, lived a privileged life in the shadow of his older brother, Joe. When Joe was killed in World War II, Jack... View Details
Keywords: Politics; Business And Government; Legacy; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics; Business and Government Relations; Success; Power and Influence; Decision Making; Personal Development and Career; United States
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "John F. Kennedy: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 122-088, March 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
an executive coach, a career that evolved from an assignment working with the head of the Cartoon Network. “Basically, I’m helping other people develop stronger leadership and management skills,” she says. In addition, she and a partner... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
group. Trading outcomes dictate permit prices, and at the end of trading, each firm calculates profits and pays over pollution penalties as needed. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911053-PDF-ENG Carbon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne