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- 01 Dec 2002
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An Admirable CEO
With CEOs being viewed in a harsh light these days, Business Week (September 23, 2002) profiled six corporate leaders who “have built enduring U.S. companies without bending the rules.” Among them was Reuben Mark (MBA '63), chairman and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
recently published The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Writer Orna Feldman recently spoke with Covey. What explains the success of your 7 Habits books? Pain. People have broken relationships. They live in a mistrustful culture.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
Citigroup appear to be. One survey of human resource directors of large corporations indicated that 60 percent lacked CEO succession planning. This situation is hardly optimal — not when global competition... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Weaving Success in India
Group chairman Rahul Bajaj (MBA 1964), and Shahnaz Herbals founder and CEO Shahnaz Husain. The Nalli story Past Chairman Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti on his introduction to the family sari business, started by his grandfather in Madras (now... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
influence.” That small act led to an epiphany for Traill, who set out on a mission to create venture philanthropy that could back social entrepreneurs with strategy and guidance to support young people. A year later, he founded Social Ventures Australia (SVA), where he... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Apr 2014
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The way to measure success
When it comes to Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), most people quickly think of him as the chairman and CEO of the three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. But, through the Kraft Group, the holding company of his many businesses, Kraft... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
The theme of this year's annual HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) conference, "Navigating Success in Volatile Times," seemed particularly apropos after the incidents of September 11. "Like many organizations with events... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- News
As Iger’s Exit Nears, Disney Takes Quiet Approach to Succession
- 03 Jun 2013
- News
Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
Jung Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., knows a thing or two about reinvention. After taking over the venerable beauty-products firm in 1999, she helped it shed the last vestiges of its “Ding-dong, Avon calling” image... View Details
- 27 Feb 2025
- News
Scaling a Family Business to Build Multigenerational Success
- 04 Feb 2021
- News
Andy Jassy Named Amazon’s New CEO
Amazon announced this week that Andy Jassy (MBA 1997) will take over the role of CEO from founder Jeff Bezos later this year. Jassy has been with Amazon since 1997 and currently runs Amazon Web Services, which the Wall Street Journal... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
a rapidly changing landscape that presents increasingly complex management challenges, leadership skills are even more essential to a venture's success, Pisano said. "A good business model is necessary but not sufficient," he stated. Raymond Gilmartin (MBA '68),... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
It isn’t news that US companies have a problem with diversity, especially in the C suite. Although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population, only 1 percent—that’s just five people—are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. That... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Weekend Reading: The Soul of a CEO
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
a 2016 report on corporate diversity, black men and women account for only 4.7 percent of executive team members in the Fortune 100, although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population. And only 1 percent—that’s five people—are View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
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Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
I always knew I wanted to be in a business that made something," says Raymond Baxter with a smile. As president and CEO of Interbake Foods, Baxter gets to do just that -- and with Interbake in the cookie biz, his dedication to research... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
the second?" Johnson shared this and other tales of "active patience" with an audience of some six hundred HBS alumni at the 1998 HBS Global Alumni Conference held in Chicago June 16-19. A lifelong entrepreneur and philanthropist, the founder of Ebony and Jet... View Details