Mentoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

of experience that you gain by working for a reputable firm and getting training, mentoring that will lower your risk of failure later on. Everyone wants to be Bill Gates and Zuckerberg, but those are the outliers. That's not the norm.... View Details

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

gender or the wider issue of diversity that is of most concern to HBS students considering a career in tech, Louneva says. She certainly doesn’t feel like a pioneer in the industry. “There are already women there to look up to,” she says, quickly listing five women... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2008
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Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead

He introduced me to his editors and mentors and reintroduced me to subject-verb agreement. And I was going to repay all of this by, in his words, “going to the dark side?” You know, that two-year sojourn for bankers and consultants... View Details

Keywords: Roben Farzad; journalism; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

30 Apr 2021
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Revealing the Rules

down from mentors or parents and, in the process, create a dividing line between those who inherently know how to navigate a workplace environment and everyone else. After working as a career advisor for first-generation and low-income... View Details

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

entrepreneurship in the minds of youth and of job creation,” Bhargava says. I Create’s other program, Creating Job Creators (CJC), works with disadvantaged women, unemployed youth, and recently discharged soldiers to provide a comprehensive training and View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

leadership and mentoring and on achieving organization alignment, both vertically and horizontally, across the entire structure of the organization. He also gives readers a method for tracking progress—plant by plant and function by... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2010
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Letters to the Editor

unfortunately fail. The Harvard Business School MBA is outstanding and is an excellent foundation for further training by executive mentors in the business world. Let other business schools change their curricula, but let’s leave HBS... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2018
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What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

want to do more than just find the best and brightest for a client,” says Wu. “We assess candidates who have done well at a particular firm and look for common traits so that we can be true partners to our clients and credible career counselors and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot

collegial. So there's mentoring going on. There are people who might compete during the day but have a beer at night and talk a little bit about their business or their music. It's also very fluid, so that it was not uncommon in New... View Details

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

“As an investor, I’ve transitioned from a model that solely maximizes returns to one in which I hope to get great returns and provide a social good. Our team now mentors companies to build their social impact in addition to their... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977

then methodically proceeded to rationalize P&G's cost structure, sold some businesses, acquired Clairol, and delivered upside revenues and earnings surprises within months. Rick and A.G. are two shining examples of how capable company veterans, well-coached by View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Sep 2011
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Coming Full Circle

School of Business. At least one doctoral candidate is experiencing a slight detour in his course of study, but happily so. Last November, Ethan Bernstein (MBA/JD 2002) took a phone call from former mentor and HLS professor Elizabeth... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

access to counsel; they also don't have access to people who can give them advice, share insights, or give them substantive mentoring that is relevant to what they’re trying to do.” By simply bringing people together with a specific focus... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

program for neuroscience entrepreneurs. The company has assembled a core staff and a roster of more than 140 mentors who are experts in its four areas of focus—product development, operations, clinical and regulatory affairs, and business... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

opportunities for young executives coming up when there are senior executives who have a lot of wisdom and a lot to contribute who want to stay on and stay and be engaged? And so, I'd be curious what your wisdom is on best practice for kind of, I mean, beyond just... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family

Commonwealth Institute, which provides mentoring services to women CEOs. But she doesn't expect to leave the wired world any time soon. "I don't want to retire just yet. My dad is 80 and is still chairman of his company," Kanner notes. No... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

14 Apr 2021
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The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

Courtesy Austin Scee Courtesy Austin Scee Editor’s note: In college and through his time at HBS, Austin Scee (MBA 2001) volunteered as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in Atlanta, Georgia. One of his mentees was Michael... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

because those moments are very special. When it’s done well, and done right—wow!” Next Steps Fisher is reaching for a couple more of those “wow” moments with her new projects. “FitMoney came about, in part, from teaching and mentoring... View Details