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- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500 corporations, and now HBS. Music... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION opportunity came along, it forced me to confront those late-night... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
"Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers," a new case study for Esty's first-year Finance course. Buffett's motivation is only one of the many factors that Media General's president and CEO, Marshall Morton, has to weigh in the case.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Expressions of Support
Annual and Reunion Giving, at 617-495-3721 or estoddard@hbs.edu. “For HBS to continue to have the kind of talented students that it has and to continue to be inclusive requires alumni to be very generous in their giving. That’s a powerful View Details
- 27 Apr 2025
- News
Celebrating 40 Years of Kraft Family Fellowships
and professionally, while also laying the groundwork for the future I hope to build.” Noh adds, “What truly means the most is knowing that someone believes in me and my future. It has given me confidence in moments of doubt and motivation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
I'm incredibly proud to do my small part in sustaining that institution and to do what I can to leave HBS in a better place for those who follow. How long have you served on the Alumni Board, and what motivated you to accept the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
industry is to reduce complexity and simplify ease of use. As communications capabilities and options expand, all of us who provide aspects of communications networks (including devices) must keep reduced complexity in mind. Can you describe some of the factors that... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
the program, drawing on everything he learned during his time at HBS about building organizations and motivating people. Now, two years later, six teachers teach 40 students, who each receive one to two hours of instruction, five days a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
them reflectively. That said, they also focus on overcoming, learning, and ensuring that failure is never the end of the story. 10. Time, not money, is the scarcest resource. Successful entrepreneurs sometimes get rich, but they are also deeply View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
degree in psychology, which informed his interest in the motivations around good deeds. Given their respective backgrounds in economics and social psychology, Exley and Zlatev each draw on different literature in their work, and their... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
since a bit of tension motivates concerned donors to act. Perhaps the best-known of these drives is the annual Christmas Challenge, which opens on Giving Tuesday and lasts for one week. Last year’s campaign raised £24 million for 900... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
them to deliver play-based exercises and quizzes to parents and children several times a week. Parents upload photos and videos of the results, and teachers respond with gamified feedback like smiley face–based report cards. “We work with groups so that they can View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Research Brief: Hear Me Out
that the study measured perceptions of extroverts, Zlatev says, rather than their actual listening skills. “We don’t have any evidence that extroverts are being less authentic in these social situations, so it’s more about the behaviors that they are exhibiting than... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
Hillhouse Capital Group, agrees: “HBS motivated me to make a positive change in the world. I would like our contribution to help the School inspire others in China to make more of these kinds of changes.” Their gift will further HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
institution of higher learning. His job offer—to serve on a highly effective and motivated five-member team launching a new approach to education in a very special country—was the start of an extraordinary rebirth for both of us. Over the... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- News
New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS
not just motivated but compelled and driven to change the status quo and make a difference every single day. “We live in a turbulent world,” Lee added. “The world desperately needs the type of leadership that people in this room can... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- News
Paving the Way to College
motivate them, and to thank us for helping to change their lives. To be honest, we’ve been doing this now for 13 years, and I suspect we’ve changed about a thousand lives.” (Published November 2016) View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
The Difference Fellowships Make
be possible without support from alumni and friends. Over the years, some 600 individuals, groups, and organizations have established fellowship funds, and every year, thousands of donors support fellowships through the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. Their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
1978), a Republican from Indiana, and Representative Josh Harder (MBA/MPP 2014), a Democrat serving California’s 10th Congressional district, have much in common. Both ran for office in 2018, motivated by a sense that, as Braun observes,... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg