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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

benefit greatly from these connections. Find opportunities to help others grow. Whether or not you're a manager, you should understand that everyone needs sponsors, coaches, and mentors. You can mentor newer or younger employees formally or informally or be a peer... View Details

27 Jul 2020
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Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

responsibilities? Four years ago, I set out to answer that question. I interviewed more than one hundred managers. They ranged from supervisors to CEOs and came from fifteen countries. Most worked in businesses, but the group also included a police chief, heads of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

levels of the faculty and throughout instructors' careers. The Center's offerings and initiatives fall into four main areas: Faculty COACHING Services include class observations and videorecording, supplemented by pre-class planning and... View Details

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

hunting tool in your tool kit; right alongside an impactful resume. ” Sarah Bua HBS Career Coach Read Post: How to Think about Networking Search the Alumni Directory Be found. Update your profile Other Ways to Connect Read Class Notes See... View Details

25 Mar 2021
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Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

participation. During the 2019-2020 academic year, 200 students utilized writing coaching services, and 300 first-year students worked with second-year student tutors. Disability Accommodation and Support Assistance is available for... View Details

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

a board for the first time or to explore expanding your impact through continued board service? HBS is eager to help through our Career Coaching Program and the resources provided by the Social Enterprise Initiative. Career Coaches:... View Details

07 Dec 2021
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Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

about the thinking that informs their decision-making. This work will ultimately lay the foundation for both leader and organizational growth. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Shawnette... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

the mindset that all employees have the potential to grow their talents while making sure that opportunities for that growth are distributed fairly, Ely says. In these cultures, white women and people of color would get an equal shot at plum assignments, for example,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

foster the proactive team coaching behavior that we observed in many of the successful adopters. "The kind of teamwork members of the cardiac surgery community understand well is one in which every member's job is important to the... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

24 Jan 2023
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Dispelling Myths About HBS Through My Summer Venture in Management Program Experience

institution given some of the negative stereotypes I had heard about them. It also did not help that as a woman of color, I did not feel I had the right support system coaching me throughout my adulthood. I was constantly told to "settle... View Details

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Dominika has experience teaching graduate-level courses, e.g., HBS MBA course Driving Profitable Growth with Prof. Gary Pisano, as well as undergraduate-level courses, e.g., Harvard College course Men, Women, and Work with Prof. Mary Brinton. Dominika also oversaw and... View Details

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

change careers after HBS, and CPD works to help each student define their own unique career vision. The CPD team includes over 50 career coaches who specialize in different industries, geographies or life stages. CPD partners with over... View Details

28 Jul 2023
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How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS

technical skills with the business skills I was acquiring at HBS. Towa Adegboyega (MBA 2024) Having learned about the Career and Professional Development Office (CPD) during the summer prior to the fall semester, I reached out Kristen Fitzpatrick, the CPD View Details

06 Jul 2023
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Home Economics

In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Jan 2024
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HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

dendritic cells would be the coach responsible for telling the T-cells what to attack and what not to attack. Guadian Bio develops a rare subset of dendritic cells critical for activating killer T cells which can be designed to target... View Details

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

ensure continued progress. Shifting leadership style from commanding to coaching is another agile leadership tool. Leaders use two-way communication methods and positive language, focusing not on what can’t be done but on how we can get... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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Eduardo Avalos

to navigate an academic and professional environment where representative leadership does not always exist, I have used this as my guiding light. What has changed about your understanding of leadership? A leader is not only an architect but a View Details

12 May 2023
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Alabama's Yella Fella

he took inspiration from an HBS case about Frank Perdue's efforts to brand chicken with the tagline, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken." From the 1980s and 1990s, Rane sponsored NCAA football teams and hired college coaches... View Details

Keywords: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods; Wholesale Trade

17 Jul 2023
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Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

Four years ago, I got involved with coaching and career education programs. This led me to working with students interested in industries such as consumer products, retail, sustainability, agribusiness, and hospitality. Living sustainably... View Details

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Find Past & Upcoming Events - Alumni

Your Unique Personal Brand Whether you're looking for career direction, in career transition, or seeking a promotion, a strong personal brand can build your confidence, your focus, and accelerate your career trajectory. In this workshop led by executive communication... View Details

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