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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

Introduction to Power and Influence for Positive Impact ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Power and Influence for Positive Impact $1,850 Next 6-week session starts August 20 Enroll... View Details

13 Sep 2010
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The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

director Frank Capra's underdog tales lightened Depression-era despair with irrepressible optimism and laughter. Capra's "fantasies of goodwill" packaged hope for the hopeless. The Cinderella Man, James J. Braddock, was an impoverished ex-prizefighter. He had... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

resources), free career and academic webinars, a Harvard Gmail account, and education tax credit and loan deferments. Does HBS Online restrict enrollment for citizens/residents of countries in geopolitical conflict with the United States... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

experience, and position them for their next career move. TEEN CASE Decision-Making: Do You Want to Race? Senior Lecturer Kevin Mohan (MBA 1989) No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Explore the thrilling world of... View Details

10 May 2020
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Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

and my baby is almost 2), I feel like I have more buffer to experiment with my style, while letting career and family peak at different times. Favorite quarantine activity: Cooking for a family of 7, and learning how to bake and work... View Details

20 May 2020
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Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

and wellness company dedicated to helping people do what they love – better and for longer. Now they both are key leaders in the growing company that is making a positive impact on athletes around the world. Building a Winning Strategy For Surette, now Senior Vice... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Alumni Bookshelf

Patterns of Extraordinary Careers coauthored by James M. Citrin (MBA ’86) (Crown Business) Citrin and coauthor Rick Smith, both executive recruiters at Spencer Stuart, provide valuable guidance and helpful tips on how to transform a good... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Jamira Cotton

looking back. What are you most looking forward to in your career? I am really looking forward to seeing how my career journey unfolds. I used to feel an intense need to plan out the details of my path.... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship

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Aspa Lekka

Aspa Lekka takes pride in her Greek roots, but her journey does not begin from Olympian heights. "I come from a small city called Ioannina in northwest Greece of ~170,000 people," she explains. "I studied math in one of the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Jun 2024
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Turning Point: On the Line

Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Day 116 was bizarrely poetic. Or poetically bizarre. And not just because I was an HBS grad participating in his second strike. To that point in last year’s... View Details

Keywords: labor strike; television; media; unions

28 Mar 2023
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Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

In this blog, Loujaine AlMoallim (MBA 2024) interviews Technology and Operations Management Professor Elisabeth Paulson about her personal journey, her time at Harvard Business School, and her advice for HBS leaders. Can you briefly tell us about your View Details

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Financial Aid | MBA

Tuition Assistance , to Summer Fellowships , to Career Support & Exploration . Each MBAid Journey is unique, based on your own circumstances, passions, and career interests.... View Details

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

keep pushing ourselves forward,” says Frey, who completed the final leg of his journey in April 2016 by sailing 6,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Drawn to the ocean as a young boy... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Michael Schrader

your career thus far? For the first time in my life, I feel I am being challenged every day as we continue to push forward our solution to a pressing global health issue. There is no boredom. There is no repetition. There is no simple... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit; Nonprofit / Government

22 Apr 2022
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Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability By Aditya Desai I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing... View Details

31 Jul 2024

Take30 Impact Series: Diverse Alumni in Marketing and PE Operations

Take 30 minutes out of your day to learn about how one alum is making an impact after HBS. We’ll touch on their experience as a student, their career path, and personal journey since graduating. On this... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Turning Point: In Good Company

Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) There have been many turning points in my journey of living with bipolar disorder over the last 20 years. HBS... View Details

Keywords: bipolar disorder; mental health; wellness; HBS community

20 Jun 2024

Take30 Impact Series: Diverse Alumni in Private Equity

Take 30 minutes out of your day to learn about how one alum is making an impact in their own way after HBS. We’ll touch on their experience as a student, and then “zoom” in on their career path and personal View Details

25 Apr 2024

Take30 Impact Series: Life Post-HBS with Black & Latino Alumni