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- 09 Sep 2016
- News
Marla Malcolm Beck’s Path to CEO
tackle any process in any organization.” The article frames Malcolm Beck’s professional journey not as an accumulation of diverse skills, but as a focus on a few unique ones. [S]he didn’t become chief executive by getting loads of experience across functions. Rather,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
“think different,” to borrow a slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation:... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
1997. “Sometimes our students arrive at HBS thinking they are the sum total of their résumés,” says DeLong. “In courses like Authentic Leader Development or the Interpersonal Skills Development Lab, we try to move them away from this... View Details
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
Turning Teachers into Leaders
innovative technologies, for implementing higher standards, for providing better feedback and support to teachers. “HBS gave me the skills by helping me to think as a systems thinker. By that I mean to consider the marketing angles, the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- News
Cooking Up America’s Food Culture
historian’s eye to topics like farmers’ markets. One of Duda’s current projects is the resurrection of the Redland Farm Life School, near Miami. When it opened in 1917, the school taught sewing and other homemaking skills to girls and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
in college." Kapoor puts his time-management skills to the test by playing a leadership role in a host of other HBS activities as well. Interested in the convergence of the various media, in 1995 he... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
enterprises focused on fostering entrepreneurial development, creating jobs for young people, and transforming Africa’s food and agriculture landscape. LEAP Africa, which I established in 2002 to inspire, empower, and equip a new cadre of leaders with View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
to HBS to gain the business skills she found she needed at the paper. Stints at The Boston Consulting Group and Wang were followed by a stellar fourteen-year career at Lotus, where Rudden ran the teams that developed Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
floor had to be clean when the visitors arrived, and he was the one to do it. These are the issues that fill Viana’s day, at least until he finds a factory manager. The last hire didn’t work out—it’s tricky to find someone with the right balance of experience and... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Scott M. Sperling, MBA 1981 & Laurene M. Sperling, MBA 1982
Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. "This is a wonderful institution, and there is a great community of alumni involved," Scott adds. Summarizing the motivation for their support, Laurene says, "I hope our fellowship will inspire individuals who have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 07 Dec 2022
- News
Putting Patients First
whatever they do," he says. "And so my job is to actually look at the skill sets and make sure that we have the best players on the field so that they can thrive—and that just totally energizes me." WATCH VIDEO View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
FIELD Updates Greet Class of 2014
transforming a set of blueprints into a stunning new Executive Education facility. Tata Hall is scheduled to open in December 2013. As the second class to experience the new, yearlong required curriculum of FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
soon became very clear that Baumgartner had an undeniable talent for the game. After developing his skills in a Canadian junior league and in Europe, he put his full-time college plans on hold when he began playing with the Los Angeles... View Details
- 10 May 2023
- News
Alumna Snags an Emmy
Plays) resulted from many hours of user research to understand the unmet needs of sports fans and then months of prototyping and iteration, all of which were hard skills I learned in TOM and the Product Management course. The development... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, she’d taught Harvard’s leadership course during the 1990s, but had begun to suspect that the visionary model of leadership on which it was based... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
know what I was talking about — I wanted to change that. I also wanted to understand business, one of the most powerful institutions in society, and learn about leadership and how to galvanize resources, human and otherwise.” As is the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public
sense of excitement on campus these days is palpable as this year's graduates prepare to test their newly acquired skills and ideas in a universe of expanding innovation and opportunity, the likes of which the world has not witnessed for... View Details