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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

time work is stressful, all-consuming, and not as fulfilling as you'd like? Are you truly happy at work? Or, like most people, do you have some good days but most of the time work is stressful, all-consuming, and not as View Details

26 Sep 2024
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Garrett Van Ryzin, Columbia & Amazon

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

that could enable finance to fulfill its potential in both stabilizing the atmosphere and making society more resilient. Measuring and Reducing Corporate Carbon Emissions Faculty Presenters: Robert S. Kaplan , Senior Fellow and Marvin... View Details

25 Mar 2022
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Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

who met to discuss the topic “How to Build a Successful Life.” We recognize that success can be defined in many different ways, and wanted to hear from successful female leaders about how they created their own professional and personal life that View Details

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

resource capacity that are necessary to fulfill the sales and production needs of the strategic plan. Without this coupling, operational plans either provide too little or too much capacity for the strategic plan. A third challenge is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Phillip Jones

needed to help the United States prepare its response to the attack. “They said,” recollects Phillip, “that this was their duty. It was hard, but it also inspired me to fulfill mine as well.” Following in the footsteps of his parents and... View Details

12 May 2020
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Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

entrepreneur and I knew I needed something more fulfilling and challenging like that again. Being in Silicon Valley, I was fortunate to find mentors who helped me do some soul searching on the path ahead. After a period of... View Details

19 Apr 2023
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

unlock partnerships or who can help founders think through problems." The tech MAYA is funding is also fulfilling its transformative mission. Alice, for example, is a Brazilian startup that is upending the health care industry, offering... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

06 Aug 2021
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Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

transform Apple into the vehicle to fulfill his ambition, Jobs had to whip the company into shape. His goal was not only to make a dent in the universe but also perhaps, in the far-off and unimaginable future, to put himself on par with... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2014
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Honoring a legacy

to fulfill my parents’ legacy, to honor them in a way that they lived their lives,” Chao says. She is the youngest of Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao’s six daughters, four of whom attended HBS. The Ruth Mulan Chu... View Details

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Brandon Lovell

internship – in which Brandon fulfilled IT service functions – proved to be a powerful step forward. But when Brandon's ambitions grew beyond "fixing computers to wanting to be a management consultant, I found some resistance; I was... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Financial Services

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

and your team need to determine the legal format of your company, the organizational chart, and the distribution of equity. Your choices will have lasting consequences; although a "structure" may be less appealing than an "innovation," the latter cannot be View Details

04 Jan 2022
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Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

decided to fire Easterbrook without cause and allow him to keep $105 million in stock and options. Easterbrook fulfilled his promise, saying publicly that he “acknowledges his error in judgment” and that he was “deeply grateful” for his... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Oct 2001
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Organizing the Family-Run Business

can be present for as much of the board discussion as the board feels is valuable, there are no clear advantages to having company managers serve as board members. Responsibilities Of The Board Of Directors Most boards can best fulfill... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

and data to address customer needs and fulfill your organization’s purpose. Highlights Linda Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Introduction to Leading in the Digital World Show Hide... View Details

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Nneka developed a passion early in life for contributing to her home country. She noticed that many of the families... View Details

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

like creating a work-life balance and the pursuit of happiness. With changing times, it is important for the curriculum to reflect on living a fulfilled life and not just relentlessly pursuing the next promotion! How did HBS prepare you... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

get intimidated, which served me well throughout my career in Fortune 500 companies, startups, and now as an entrepreneur. That case was the fork in the road of my career, and I have been in marketing ever since. It gave me confidence to explore a new path that has... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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