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- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according to Robert S. Huckman, Professor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine
father’s that evolved into a hobby that turned into a business,” she says. “We not only wanted to be excellent stewards, we wanted to enhance its value.” As managing partner of Knudsen Vineyards, Knudsen Cowles now provides strategic... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
people who are different from themselves. Examples might include a production supervisor who can rally everyone in an organization, from frontline employees to union leaders to CEOs; or a platoon leader who works with people from a range of academic, economic, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
launch last fall with “two ex-Microsoft guys.” All three are pilots, and fittingly, their first product is a flight-planning software program called Voyager. “It’s for general aviation pilots — private pilots and commercial charter operations,” says Hamilton, who View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Early on in Kim Scott’s career, she had a few wake-up calls that set her on a mission to become a better boss—a leader who was highly effective but still very human. She began to develop a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
American-born Philip W. Stern (MBA '82) moved to Australia in 1985, spending several years as a McKinsey consultant. He has been Down Under ever since. Now a self-proclaimed Sydney local, Stern is a partner at the management View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- News
When Opportunity Knocks
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
introduction in the early ’90s of low-fat cookies and other healthier snack foods under the SnackWell’s brand for Nabisco. In the first year, SnackWell’s grew to a $400 million business. Store managers had such a difficult time keeping... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
2011. Of the nation’s 16.2 million management jobs at smaller companies, only 6.7 percent are held by blacks, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These realities prompted John Rice (MBA 1992) to found View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An engine of innovation in public education
Drawing upon his background as an entrepreneur and educator, Stig Leschly (MBA 1997/JD 1998) leads Match Education, a reform group that seeks to redefine effective teaching and improve the educational experience of low-income students. It runs four urban public charter... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Stem Cell Man
activist Christopher Reeve, previously had worked in strategy, marketing, and management with several firms that were involved in IT, health care, and life sciences. “In the business world, a lot of what I did was getting people to work... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
people to donate directly to the organizations fighting COVID on-ground in India in return offering consultations related to the MBA journey, including assisting with GMAT/GRE prep, school selection, application planning, and essay... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
of effort on his part. Wilkins moved to the Crescent City four years ago from Boston with his wife, New Orleans native Ginny Wise, and three sons. Prior to his arrival, he had been a brand manager for Proctor & Gamble, a marketing vice... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
of fresh orange juice. For the last 18 years, Arhodidis worked for Eurobank, one of the country’s four systemic banks. When he left last July, he was a member of the executive board and a general manager in charge of global markets,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
led to more honest and open communication—became the foundation for Equitas Advisory Group, an evidence-based consultancy designed to help businesses and organizations reimagine and achieve their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
the image of women as victims in conflict zones and reshaping development programs targeted at poor countries. As a deputy director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, she is uniquely positioned to see her ideas through. Bailey, View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
investment bank in the world. Ellis, a strategy consultant to Goldman Sachs for over thirty years, explains how it rose to leadership in the United States and abroad, made many partners great fortunes, and became a leader in IPOs, M&A,... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
Company, Consultant 1983 Named Partner, Bain & Company 1987 Named Managing Partner of San Francisco office, Bain & Company 1992 Named President, Bain & Company 1993 Named Worldwide View Details
Keywords: Susan Young