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- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
sends them into the field to help distribute glasses to children in need. The departing team member went to a school in a tough neighborhood in the Bronx to present a new pair of eyeglasses to an eighth grader with severely impaired... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
("Tibby"), have worked hard to establish a fulfilling life that centers on work, family, church, and community. And they have passed their values along to their six children, four of whom have earned MBAs at HBS. Like their parents, the Simmons View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
The Ritual Effect
socks in your drawer sideways, just so, like so many toppled snails, can spark joy; why French children aren’t picky eaters; why brands like Starbucks benefit from encouraging their customers to “Take Comfort in Your Rituals”; why a... View Details
Keywords: rituals
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
studying hard. Chess, Berman says, even gave him the smarts to get into HBS. Berman treats the game like a religious vocation and he preaches its virtues wherever he goes, often sending chess sets to friends with small children in the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 30 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS
separate social events with us, set up small group lunches, and are always available to meet. They too are part of the section. #8: Partners and Family Members There was a very neat moment during pumpkin carving in October. Five children... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
didn’t expect was how stories would evolve over time. “Story arcs just take time,” Singer shared. “In the first five to ten years people were starting careers, marriages were in their early stages, and first children were being born. We... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
has personally made a significant effort to share his good fortune with the community, creating a $5-million foundation to help inner-city youth with education and job training and establishing scholarships for the children of Polaris... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)
I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
ferrantraite The Muslim ban. The Wall. Children separated from their parents at the Mexican border. The past two years have seen an aggressive push by the Trump administration against both legal and illegal immigration. But it’s not just... View Details
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Aldrich Hall | About
support research at the HBS “Fatigue Laboratory,” which conducted research that tested the productivity of industrial workers in locales ranging from the basement of Morgan Hall to Colorado’s Boulder Dam. In December 1926, Aldrich’s eight View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
should consider whether the structure of the school day is ideal. Should we have more breaks to ensure that low-performing children can recover, for instance? Two, in accountability systems we often compare and evaluate based on test... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fueling the Faculty Pipeline
adds, highlights just how critical that flexibility can be. “I have seen how much the School has evolved over the years,” notes Melwani, who has two children who earned MBAs at HBS. “There is more emphasis on interpersonal skills;... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
lifestyle was important to one’s well-being. Later in life, I was a single father with two children (8 and 4) and working those long hours. One evening, during another senior staff meeting that usually ran until 6:00 or 6:30, I thought,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960
Central America, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where 7 million visitors tour Sant Ocean Hall annually. The couple, who will soon celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, work together on the foundation and are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
would you want your children to be these people? Defining your own yardstick for success can often be quite difficult, according to Stevenson. "A ton of books on success all say, 'Choose your target and shoot at it,'" he said.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
pay, Healy says. For job functions with fewer women, such as R&D, general management, and operations, compensation increases for women switching firms averaged 37.3 percent, versus 23.1 percent for men. Women with partners and View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
institution of higher learning in Ohio State University, and relatively robust economic growth for the Midwest as a whole, YALP participants point out. Yet 34 percent of children who arrive at Columbus public schools aren’t ready for... View Details
- 20 Dec 2023
- News
New School
and children drew him to the company in 2008. Waldron had spent most of his career in the education sector, working for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in mission-driven and profit-driven settings. His experiences had... View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
says Leahy. “I want to take all that I've learned and try to build a better world for them.” Making Her Mark with Mission-Driven Work This desire to build a better world for her children and future generations set in motion Leahy’s next... View Details
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Greenhill House | About
the School’s Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of his service to HBS. The award is given to alums who have contributed significantly to their companies and communities. All three of the Greenhills’ children and their spouses are HBS... View Details