Managing Yourself - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

sometimes may need to be convinced. "You may find yourself selling what an MBA can do at some smaller companies," he said. Big or small, Butler and the other panelists said job applicants should carefully research any company... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

Web

Curriculum | MBA

with new content. The goal is to give students a firm grasp of broad-based fundamentals. The School’s inductive learning model goes beyond facts and theories—a process that teaches individuals not only how to manage organizations, but... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Starting Off on the Right Foot

Waldroop, the former codirector of MBA Career Development Programs at HBS who is a principal and cofounder of Peregrine Partners of Brookline, Massachusetts. “You need to familiarize yourself with the hierarchy. Who has the power and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

10 Oct 2017
News

Finish What You Start-up

Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) is cofounder and CMO of the popular online ratings website Angie’s List. In this interview she reflects on the challenges––and advantages––of starting her company away from Silicon Valley: “Don't take yourself too... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)

United States. Imagine if you’re an African American player who has never left Louisiana, and all of a sudden you find yourself in Japan. I realized very early on the importance of educating the team on how to best employ the player, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen

05 Jul 2016
Blog Post

The Softer Side of Business at HBS

reflection. In your EC year, there is an even greater chance to dive into these areas. The Organizational Behavior Unit has courses on Authentic Leadership Development, Managing Human Capital, and Power and Influence. The Negotiations... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Case Study: Bionic Banking

choices—align yourself with a big consolidator of wealth management firms or decide to go after the 17,000-plus independent RIA firms. If you go with the independent firms, you will need to have a robust... View Details

09 Sep 2024
News

Basket Chase

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details

26 Jan 2017
News

Turning Millennials into Leaders

‘how do we connect with millennials?’ There’s this great divide between management and millennials, and [understanding] what do millennials want, and how do they want to train, or how do we develop them as leaders. With ADDO, when we talk... View Details

Student-Profile

Hummy Song

I became passionate about health policy and operations management while I was working with community health worker programs in rural Uganda. I witnessed firsthand the gaps in coordination that needed to be bridged, and spent a lot of time... View Details

14 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Matt…

evidence-based government, and innovation teams in governments around the world. But surely my most important project is raising our one-year-old daughter! How has having an MBA impacted your career?My interest in general management led... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Sep 2024
News

Action Plan: Yes, Chef!

closings, a few busts. And secondly: “I didn’t just explode and say, ‘Okay, now next year, we’re going to open 10 restaurants,’ ” Puck explains. “I was just curious about everything.” Curiosity is also what led him to the Owner/President View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune

16 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

Division I college basketball player at St. John’s University. He then pivoted his career path into investment banking, corporate strategy, and management consulting before circling back to the game he loves. Now at MSG, Laitsas is... View Details

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

as long as you yourself are fully confronting reality. In fact, there may be times when it is prudent, even necessary, to put on a brave face. On the other hand, convincing yourself that things are better... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

Profile

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

area’s first Asian grocery/restaurants, the seven-year old Marcelo, in flawless English, was put to work answering the phone and taking messages. “I’ve always enjoyed the way business gets conducted and the scrappiness with which my parents View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus

Sviokla), and nineteen Harvard Business Review articles, including "Leveraging to Beat the Odds: The New Marketing Mind-Set" and "Staple Yourself to an Order." He has served as a consultant to more than 170 companies and has taught in... View Details

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

Unfortunately, most people—especially busy managers and executives—fall back on System 1 thinking during their negotiations. Reliance on intuition increases when a situation is complex and negotiators reach a state of cognitive overload.... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

01 Dec 2020
News

Hit Pause

yourself back on track. Downshift. “Instead of constantly thinking ‘what’s the situation, what do I do, what’s next,’ it can be beneficial to simply observe what’s going on around or inside of you.” As one View Details

06 Apr 2016
News

Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

yourself an entrepreneur? Yes. It’s really at the heart of our success. Our very harsh reality is that we are in a business that is dominated by enormous global brewing conglomerates, with some of the best View Details

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