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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
face women in business. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) (Random House) Duhigg discusses neurological discoveries about how habits work in the brain—the loop of cue, routine, and... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
within the organization,” says Fieldhouse. “We built a manager’s training course; individual development plans that focused on adaptive and executive function skills; workplace performance scales; and transition and career movement... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
Donelson has devoted much of his life to helping others achieve and succeed. When he graduates this year, he will return to Chicago, where he plans to work for Bain & Company, in part to broaden his contacts... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
Alison Tepper Singer When her daughter was diagnosed with autism, Alison Tepper Singer's life changed both personally and professionally. The 1993 HBS grad had been planning to build on her career as a TV... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
much better job at work and probably always wonder if you aren't missing out on one of the great life experiences. You can decide to have kids and give up your career, and always wonder if you are not maximizing who you could be. You... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
life “a credible example of how an individual, with faith, hard work, love, and support, can achieve her purpose.” — GE Brendan Kennealey Inner-city school founder, social entrepreneur, dreamer Kennealey Brendan Kennealey began to hone... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
battery-storage opportunity this way: When Tesla announced its plans to produce an electric-vehicle battery that could run for a million miles on a single charge, she began to wonder what might happen to that battery once the car itself... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
In 1961, at the age of eight, Elaine Chao (MBA 1979) traveled to the United States from Taiwan with her mother and two sisters aboard a cargo ship. It was a harrowing 37-day journey to reunite with her father, who had come to the country three years earlier in hopes of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
in-development wireless TV from Haier; Toyota's plans to make it easier to charge Prius models; and an iPhone charger due out later in 2013. Then there are the wirelessly recharging AA batteries that will hopefully reduce the 40 billion... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
observations about how life can take some unexpected turns. “I point out to them that I couldn't teach this course without my background in math, even though I didn't use it in my previous careers.” As he approaches his 25th HBS reunion,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
W50 Next Steps
experiences about relationships among women at work, with a particular focus on building effective, supportive collaborations across differences in race, generation, and geography. WHILE EXPANDED ANALYSIS continues and a new report is prepared on last year's View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Bujalski (MBA 1976) Independently published Very few of us get through life without experiencing a major personal crisis or devastating loss. These crises and losses can come with great pain and often with almost unbearable inner turmoil.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
Benvenuti Photo courtesy Janet Simpson Benvenuti Although I didn’t realize it until much later, my life changed the day I agreed to become legally responsible for my 78-year-old father and my 77-year-old mother, who suffered from lung... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
June. With roots dating back to 1717, 40,000 members, and approximately $9.1 billion of assets under management, it is one of the oldest benefit plans in the United States, providing ministers and teachers of the church with pensions,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
roof leaked,” remembers Holden. “It was a labor of love, an incredible life experience.” Although he sold the lighthouse in October, Holden can still see “her” from his upstairs studio on the mainland. Although he’d View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
Photo courtesy of Martin Frey Martin Frey (AMP 165, 2003) didn’t plan to become the first person in the world to climb the Seven Summits and sail the Seven Seas, an achievement that earned him placement in the Guinness World Records. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Mickey Herbert (MBA 1969)
1998, and he decided to live his dream. He cofounded and then bought majority control of an independent minor league baseball team. At Swarthmore, I was captain of the baseball team and wanted nothing more in life than to play baseball... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
give is to be honest with yourself and with others. If you're honest with yourself, that means looking in the mirror, deciding who you are and what you want to do. Because when Monday mornings are fun, life is good. I'm Gwarlann Kerviler,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
Why make them wait to implement their vision? Helping Harvard - to which I feel a deep sense of gratitude in terms of my career and personal development - is especially satisfying and enjoyable for me at this stage of my life." When Rauner entered Dartmouth College in... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
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 civilian life (bottom, at... 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