Publications

Career Coach

Ellen Harris

from ExEd leadership programs AMP,GMP, PLD) as well as those without traditional business backgrounds , especially people transitioning from military. With an unconventional 25+ year career path, Ellen especially likes to help students... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consulting; Consulting; Consulting; Consulting; Consulting; Consulting

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

thinking about what I wanted from a career standpoint, I realized that I didn't want to be consulting for other businesses in the long run. I had a small business in college, and I knew that pursuing an MBA... View Details

17 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Innosight

ambassadors, since they can speak to how HBS prepares you for a career at Innosight. Give us your elevator pitch – what is the one thing students should know about working for you? We are a growth strategy View Details

Keywords: Consulting

07 Jul 2015
Blog Post

From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again

A native Miamian, HBS alum Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) spent the early part of her career working as a Teach for America corps member in her hometown. Maxeme later went on to work in the New York City Mayor’s Office and the Bill and Melinda... View Details

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

tech companies on digital and technology transformation with McKinsey and Company, and previously worked as an engineer deploying rapid prototyping devices for Intel and Apple. Yuval discusses his path to HBS, experience at Harvard Business School, and View Details

October 2009
Article

Making Time Off Predictable—and Required

By: Leslie Perlow and Jessica L. Porter

People in professional services believe a 24/7 work ethic is essential for getting ahead—and so they work 60-plus hours a week and stay tethered to their BlackBerrys. This perpetuates a vicious cycle: Responsiveness breeds the need for more responsiveness. When people... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Performance Expectations; Performance Productivity; Work-Life Balance; Service Industry

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18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018

As we look to a new school year, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your interest in our students and share some thoughts as the recruiting season begins. After almost 15 years in Career and Professional Development, there are a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

18 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS

After five years working in venture capital and private equity, Laura Little (MBA 2015) was eager to make a career change. With a budding interest in early-stage healthcare, Laura enrolled at HBS to pursue her passion. These days Laura is... View Details

September 2006 (Revised November 2006)
Case

Cathy Benko: WINning at Deloitte (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Deborah M. Kolb and Cailin B. Hammer

Jim Quigley, CEO of Deloitte and Touche's consulting practice, asks senior partner Cathy Benko to lead Deloitte & Touche's much publicized Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women (WIN). Benko, already the Lead Client Service Partner on one of Deloitte's... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Leadership Development; Talent and Talent Management; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Consulting Industry; United States

Ethan Bernstein (@ethanbernstein) is an associate professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the second-year MBA course Managing Human Capital, the... View Details

23 Jul 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Consulting

July 2021
Case

Performance Review: Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez

By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti

Niya Jones, a Partner at a major management consulting firm, must review the work of two of her mentees––Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez––for their first end-of-year performance review as new Project Leaders. Both have produced strong results in their new roles, but... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Management Style; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Leadership Style

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2021, over 60 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

goals for this summer? First and foremost, I want to leverage the skills I have acquired from consulting and my first year at HBS to help my team at CHAI increase the management capabilities of its programs. I also want to explore a View Details

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

careers and businesses all the time. The power of the noncompete clause has led to a unique Harvard Business School paper with implications for day-to-day behavior, careers, business, and policy. Authored by Matt Marx, a doctoral student,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

If you ask Scott Linzmeyer (MBA 2012) about how he founded Reveler Beverage, he will take you back to 2008 when he kick started his career in corporate finance at General Electric. While that seems like a far cry from a craft beer and... View Details

Michael Montelongo

Michael Montelongo is a Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum that shows how to effectively design, manage, and improve... View Details

August 2023
Case

The Ethical Tightrope: When to Disclose the AI Shortcut

By: David G. Fubini, William Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti

In this short vignette on ethics in consulting, John Child, a new Associate at a prestigious firm who is eager to impress, decides to use an AI tool to expedite his analysis and craft his presentation due to a short project timeframe. Feeling uneasy about his decision... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Decisions; Consulting Industry