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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
laughs. "You can have them when you're young and have plenty of energy but no money, or you can have them later when you have money but not much energy - but wait, you can then afford to hire people with energy! More seriously, we're trying View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
that distinguish top performance." What matters to Egon Zehnder? Sure, the founder of one of the world's largest executive search firms believes that new hires must possess piercing intellectual skills and résumés that ring with... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
the fact that it is sustainable and eco-friendly, immediately struck a chord with her, and the idea to create a luxury brand was born! After two years of research and hard work, we officially launched MAYU in November 2018. “Fashion and... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
After a year at an investment bank, Dunn began his venture capital career at J.H. Whitney. Having earned his education the hard way, Dunn is particularly interested in improving educational opportunities for new generations of students... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
underutilized. Historically, Japan has disproportionately suffered from natural disasters. Coupled with that, within Japan’s large corporations are skilled engineers and high-quality, advanced technologies. As a business leader based in... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets 2013-15 Named Most Powerful Woman in Finance by American Banker 2016 Joins Board of Directors, Robin Hood Foundation Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management It’s hard to talk... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
particularly millennials, they want what they want, when they want it, not when we want to sell it to them. It's very easy to say, very hard to kind of change our approach. Part of it is we like to think, well, where McDonald's, we can... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
lower their expectations when job applicants or students come from low-income neighborhoods. It’s a stigma that’s hard to overcome.” Purpose Built Communities has been addressing that challenge since 2009, when the organization was... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
she was 13–at a summer camp, a camera shop, and, during high school, a gas station. "I pumped gas on the Hutchinson River Parkway," she says. "I worked all summer and three to eleven o'clock during the school year." Hard work, exceeding... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Lawyers for former CEO Jeffrey Skilling (MBA ’79) argued that his 2006 conviction on nineteen counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading, and lying to auditors — along with his 24-year... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
challenges. His story, which Professor Emeritus Nolan and his coauthors developed in collaboration with seasoned, real-life CEOs, includes crucial lessons for anyone hoping to master the new-world skills required of successful business... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
certificate courses in IT support, data analytics, project management, and user experience design. In addition to hard skills, the training partners will provide support and guidance in soft skills such as... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
other cities about HCZ’s approach, he stresses the importance of the long view. “Ending poverty is not something you’re going to see done within an election cycle,” he says. “It’s a lot of hard work that has to be carried out by committed... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
Navigating this road is very challenging, because it forces us to understand ourselves and screen out many of the external forces that profoundly impact how we think about our careers and our lives. This approach takes courage and hard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Research Brief: Ahead of the Game
hard to learn in an English class. But when you’re spending 20 to 30 hours a week with your teammates trying to achieve a common goal, you learn that in a very real way,” he explains. Secondly, as athletes work toward goals well into the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Understanding the language of business
When the late James F. Rothenberg (AB 1968, MBA 1970) arrived at HBS, the recently graduated Harvard College English major had to learn the intricacies of accounting as well as the language of business. These skills served him well during... View Details
- 25 Aug 2021
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
high-achieving students and those who needed academic support grew considerably. A report from Stanford University a few years later confirmed her observations. “Chicago had made a lot of progress in elementary schools,” says Zaikos, “but high school was really View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
“Students will attend seminars before they leave the HBS campus, faculty members will accompany the students and teach classes during the immersion experiences, and faculty and students will debrief when they’re back,” he added. “I think we will soon be looking View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services