Personalized Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

2025
Book

Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves

We all struggle with difficult conversations, but we're often not very good at easy ones either. Though we do it all the time, conversation is one of the most complex, demanding, and delicate of all human tasks, rife with possibilities for misinterpretation and... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication

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17 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What is HBS START Week?

Hayden (MBA 2015), to learn more. What activities take place during START week? Academically, START introduces students to their sections and the case method. Following the “big reveal” of section assignments on the Monday morning of... View Details

7 PM – 9 PM EST, 24 Jan 2017

Alumnae Circles Open House: New York 2017

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire

The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than 40 years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes... View Details

17 Apr 2025
Blog Post

From Tech to Coaching: Empowering Women and Minority Leaders with Yue Zhao (MBA 2013)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I decided to attend Harvard Business School (HBS), I knew I was ready to transition from strategy roles into the dynamic world... View Details

Profile

Brittani Rettig

to use fitness to help people develop the mental grit needed to live their best lives. We can't always control life's circumstances, but we can control how we respond." How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work with Grit by... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Services; Health Care

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

Read cases. Check. Say something in class to hit the minimum participation requirements. Check. Review course concepts before finals. Check. While I learned a lot by simply following instructions, I realized that I have the... View Details

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

beginning, which we supplement with action planning done in small groups—our personal board of directors. It has a real updating of the fundamental skills that we teach here at the School. Q: Could you elaborate on these... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

Blog

In-Person Programs: Q&A with Portfolio Directors

same-and different-about in-person programs now. WAS IT HARD TO KEEP THE LEARNING MOMENTUM GOING DURING THE PAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS? Vicki Good (VG): We knew the faculty would do a great job in class. The question was: Could we build a... View Details

Program

General Management Program

accelerates this leadership transition by blending full-time on-campus learning and virtual learning with practical application on the job—maximizing your learning and your... View Details

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

foreign officials, and the packaging and sale of toxic securities to naïve investors-require ethically problematic judgments and behaviors. However, dominant models of workplace unethical behavior fail to account for what we have learned... View Details

Web

Virtual Programs

Live online programs bring our unparalleled learning experience to you. "An HBS Executive Education virtual program is an all-in experience that allows you to be fully immersed in the learning experience,... View Details

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

an open-minded and approachable person in a more powerful position who can take the lead. Certainly we need to be prudent. But in a more rapidly changing world, finding opportunities in crises probably reduces your overall risk. To View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

2016
Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Teaching note for case 314029. Following a successful military career as an Army Nurse, achieving rank as Major General, becoming the first female Acting Surgeon General of the Army, and the 22nd Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Pollock developed a vested interest in... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Education; Insurance Companies; Military; Leadership Skills; Health Care and Treatment; Education; Insurance; Business Startups; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Change Management; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry

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13 May 2021
Blog Post

Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer

most important lessons she learned were the ability to live on much less, the benefits of focusing on one’s personal development, and how to have a healthier relationship between herself and her job. She... View Details

7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 11 Sep 2018
HBS Alumni Events

HBS Alumnae Circles New York Open House

HBS Alumnae Circles are taking new members - are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

12 Oct 2022
Video

Dan Mall: Defining Good Design

3 PM – 8 PM EDT, 30 Oct 2017

HBS Alumnae Circles Open House and Training 2017: Washington, D.C.