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- 08 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: London
Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take. Peter and Paul discussed Paul’s past work at Unilever, what he’s learned since leaving, and his top takeaways from his book, Net Positive. The conversation covered... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
those of you who are here making presentations today and trying to build companies," he said. "We need people with that kind of courage and vision." HBS senior lecturer Robert F. Higgins, who is also founder and managing general partner... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Patricia Barron
HBS, speaking truth to power, seizing opportunities. For me, accepting risk is essential for living a full life. Straight talk is in my DNA, though I had to grow "business legs" for courage at work. (Then learn diplomacy to be... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Nurturing students who can think outside of the box
memorization to teaching that emphasizes critical and creative-thinking skills. Chen’s college, which opened in 2012, is modeled after American liberal arts schools, with classes taught by American professors. “We want students who have the View Details
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
that are essential for leadership: developing judgment, having an entrepreneurial perspective, using good communication skills, behaving with integrity, and having the courage to act. Read the in-depth summaries: Drew Gilpin Faust: View Details
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- Portrait Project
Chao Zeng
environment for a cheerful, naive teenager. This experience taught me courage and determination. I learned how to take control of the situation, fight against whatever challenge to fulfill my job, and advocate for those who need my help.... View Details
- Profile
Sebastian Vargas
lives built the core of who I am. My mom’s courage to uproot her life in Colombia and migrate to the US opened the door for me to migrate when I graduated high school. Her tenacity taught me to never give up, and to work hard for what I... View Details
- 04 Aug 2015
- News
Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
big and to really have the courage to face challenging problems and be confident that I could really make a difference. Jakurski continued, noting, “My wife, Maria, and I have been extremely dedicated in our philanthropic work in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
I sent out a ‘Happy Pride Month’ email with a little history about its connection to the Stonewall riots and the courage of the protesters and wrote, ‘We are an organization built on courage and inclusivity.... View Details
- 06 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS
backgrounds-- that could give me guidance on how to navigate my experience in a creative way. I actually made two or three of my closest friends at HBS through these lunches. I also got some confidence that crazy people go to business school-- people who are living... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
made the School great even as we have the courage to change,” he noted. (He elaborates on this commitment to tradition in the Q&A.) In short, Nohria sees two main objectives on the path ahead: innovate to thrive and prosper while... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Fred Newman
with giving him the courage to found Talking Dog Productions, his one-man operation in New York City that enables him to view his work as a business — “like selling shoes” — and inoculates him from the rejection that stymies many actors... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- News
Creating Agents of Change
like them, because their resilience, their maturity, their unselfishness, and their courage are truly inspiring. “I feel that at HBS, as I gained many skills to become a good and strong general manager, most importantly, what I learned at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
(Wiley) Seelert, the chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, based this collection of powerful stories on his most fundamental management lesson: “To succeed in business and in life, you have to know where you’re going, have the courage to take... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alex Rogers
because I've always been afraid. I cannot control everything, and I've never faced the unknowable well. The biggest lesson I've learned at HBS is that in order truly to succeed, I have to take at least some unknowable risks. I want to have the View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
a bridge, a launch pad and a new rite of passage. It’s the students who find the courage to step off the treadmill—replacing textbooks with experience and achievement with exploration—who are best prepared for life after high school. And... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Leading Quietly
In Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing, HBS professor Joseph Badaracco takes an unconventional look at leaders and leadership. Rather than focusing on those men and women whose bold acts of courage and insight... View Details
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Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021
“The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response.” Reflecting on the experience, Nonomura, now managing director of IDEO Tokyo, notes, “The best cases capture decisions made by courageous people in times of trial. I... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
musician to get her first-ever passport for travel outside of Cambodia. In a traditionally hierarchical culture, I showed younger managers how to speak up—and I encouraged their bosses to listen. And what did I learn? I learned humility in the face of greater View Details
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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog
and money, but don’t have the courage to pursue my personal passions. I’m not even sure anymore what they are. Requirements Attend one 80-minute class each week for thirteen weeks on Tuesdays in assigned classrooms (please note exceptions... View Details