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01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

the world—not just make money.” Photo courtesy Davita Related Links Watch DaVita CEO Kent Thiry discuss how to energize a firm through mission and values “It was a hellish month,” says Kent “KT” Thiry, describing a period of deliberation in 1999 before he accepted the... View Details

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18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

positive rioters who makes a difference in the world.” AUGUST 11 Executive Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003) spoke to the HBS alumni podcast Skydeck about how business can advance racial equity. Lewin is a coauthor of the Business for Racial Equity... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

(such as failing health, fears of growing older, and grieving lost loved ones) and shares positive ways to meet your financial needs. And “Fresh Maps,” complete with advice from a range of role models, provides insights for changing... View Details

13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

space. Similarly, Greg Gioia (MBA 2015) left Goldman Sachs for the chance to get close to the magic that Whitman and Katzenberg might make. He believes that Quibi, where he heads financial planning and analysis, may be one of the few companies in a View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

from every other life form on the planet. (The “old” brain—that lower rear 30 percent—is responsible for more rote behaviors and drives: breathing, heartbeat, reflexes; anger, hunger, sex.) And this is how we learn—by moving through the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

a little deeper. The students pointedly but diplomatically inquire how CB can create positive social change with a program that charges annualized lending rates as high as 78 percent and offers no support or business guidance to a largely... View Details

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01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

leaders, yet many professionals are too stressed to know where to start. Burton provides deep insights and easy practices based in neuroscience, brain training, and positive psychology to help professionals thrive in the “age of... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

life; move past common misconceptions—such as the idea that asking for more will make people dislike you—and understand why your go-to negotiation strategies are probably making you less influential; discover the one thing that influences View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

by Bob Flatt (MBA 1973) (Bright Sky Press) When Flatt was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he refused to let the news alter his positive perspective. He viewed the diagnosis as an opportunity: the disease gave him the gift of time to... View Details

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