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18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

Workers commute an average 38 minutes each way between home and work—a trip that can feel like a dreadful chore before the workday even begins. In fact, long commutes lower job satisfaction and increase employee turnover. Now, recent research provides some View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Above: Dowling at home in New York City: “There’s no one model for being a working parent.” Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) had built a successful career in leadership development and executive coaching at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1997
News

High Fives

charting new courses. My current boss, Marshall Carter: he's a constant source of new ideas.” Best business advice ever received: “Early in my career I was offered a position working for the new CEO of State... View Details

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

own self-interests, and any would-be negotiation genius needs to understand how to deal with these obstacles. Our advice is this: be very careful before labeling someone "irrational." Whenever our students or clients tell us... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

04 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club

1300 attendees and various panels and events throughout the weekend. How does the MENA Club assist students as they search for summer and full time employment? We have a career rep that fields all career... View Details

08 Sep 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

business, but then the ability to step out of big business at an identified point to make my transition. How long was your deferral (2,3, or 4 years)? I deferred for three years: I left my job at ExxonMobil at three years on the dot, which was the date that marked the... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

Associated Press, he spent 43 years building Norfolk, VirginiaÐbased Landmark Communications, Inc. (and its earlier incarnations), from an $8 million family business to a multimedia enterprise with close to five thousand employees. Batten's View Details

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Lena Licht

formulation of their best-selling product, answered our questions, and then offered us all internships! What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you’ll be leaving with? I brought my skills as a scientist/engineer and the strong desire to pivot my... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

better opportunities for career enhancement and mentorship, and higher overall job satisfaction ranging from nearly 3 to 5 percent. “The survey measures suggest that the virtual watercoolers may have facilitated information and View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

10 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS

going to structure the rest of my life. I was taking a job in data analytics which I was excited about, but was not sure it would get me to where I wanted to go in my career (a destination that I am still trying to work out). HBS was... View Details

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

People achieve success in the early years of their career by specializing and becoming functional experts—in essence, they succeed by knowing more and more about less and less, says Benjamin C. Esty, chair of the General Management... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

high-performing organizations that cultivate all their employees, and offered advice on improving management skills. ...if you ignore [B players] long enough, they begin to see themselves as low performers.— Thomas J. DeLong It is all too... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

development and job search process of members, and raise awareness and support for the military among the members of the Harvard University community. The AFAA welcomes service members and veterans from all branches and nations. What does the AFAA do? The AFAA sponsors... View Details

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

compiled by Harris Wittels, author of Humblebrag, The Art of False Modesty, and found more than 1 in 10 were about being too busy or “not having a life.” (A typical example: “Hi, I’m 16 and I’m publishing 3 books and an album this year. Do you have any View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

realize over the course of our first 200 or so cases, those are the questions I’d like to spend my career answering. What advice do you have for prospective students from the military who are considering... View Details

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

his passion for media. Meanwhile, Kenneth was completing his first year as an Investor at General Catalyst. Both were excited about building careers in industries they loved while utilizing their unique skills and interests. Then, as the... View Details

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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

members can and should play a valuable role with students by offering them advice and counsel on academic and career issues, including new ventures. Conflicts of Interest: Financial or business relationships... View Details

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

the heart of his long-run success” Ferguson's career indeed is an impressive feat. Look around for leading executives in any industry who have managed to succeed with the same firm at the highest levels for nearly three decades.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

day-to-day together. Many projects lie ahead that make us dream about what’s going to happen with our lives. The cities where we will live, the careers we will build, the puppies we will adopt – that is the constant fuel for our every... View Details

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What Black Executives Really Want

honest feedback, and assistance developing and achieving career milestones. Some people said, "I don't have the support system where I can get advice from my parents, so I need a little more coaching—on some... View Details

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