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- 03 Nov 2016
Career and Professional Development at HBS Webinar
Join Phillip Andrews, Associate Director of Career and Professional Development at HBS, for an online discussion. Learn about the career resources available to HBS students and hear where the Class of 2016... View Details
- 18 Jan 2024
- Video
HBS Career and Professional Development Overview 2024
What Professional Service Firms Must Do To Thrive
When the going gets tough, professional service firms (PSFs) often get desperate and chase all kinds of business just to keep the lights on. Consultancies, financial services firms, VC/PE firms, and the like offer services and sign up clients they should never have... View Details
- 05 Apr 2022
- News
3 Ways to Boost Retention Through Professional Development
- January–February 2023
- Article
External Interfaces and Internal Processes: Market Positioning and Divergent Professionalization Paths in Young Ventures
By: Alicia DeSantola, Ranjay Gulati and Pavel Zhelyazkov
We explore how the initial market positioning of entrepreneurial ventures shapes how they professionalize over time, focusing specifically on the development of functional roles. In contrast to existing literature, which has presumed a uniform march toward... View Details
Keywords: Market Positioning; Professionalization; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Organizational Structure
DeSantola, Alicia, Ranjay Gulati, and Pavel Zhelyazkov. "External Interfaces and Internal Processes: Market Positioning and Divergent Professionalization Paths in Young Ventures." Organization Science 34, no. 1 (January–February 2023): 1–23.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Building the Professional Firm: McKinsey & Co.: 1939-1968
By: Amar Bhidé
This case history analyzes how the founders of McKinsey & Co. built one of the world's leading management consulting firms by developing a “system” of professional norms, approach to serving clients, personnel policies, organization, governance, and ownership. The... View Details
Keywords: McKinsey ＆ Co.; Company History; Professional Norms; Vision; Organizations; Business History; Business Model; Strategy; Consulting Industry
Bhidé, Amar. "Building the Professional Firm: McKinsey & Co.: 1939-1968." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 95-010, January 1995. (Revised July 2020.)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms In their new book Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results (Harvard Business School Press), HBS professor Jay W.... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
Tell us about what you were doing before joining HBS and what inspired you to join the Career & Professional Development team. I joined HBS in 2010, one year after graduating from law school, in the... View Details
- July–August 2013
- Article
Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman
We investigate the role of workgroup sex and race composition on the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out" organizations. We develop a nuanced perspective on the potential career mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Race And Ethnicity; Ethnicity; Race; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Legal Services Industry
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Katherine L. Milkman. "Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals." Organization Science 24, no. 4 (July–August 2013): 1041–1060.
- September 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Professional Services Module Seven: Becoming a Professional
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
Discusses strategies for balancing private and professional life. View Details
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Seven: Becoming a Professional." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-013, September 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
- October 2020
- Background Note
Developmental Relationships
By: Ting Zhang and Leslie A. Perlow
This background note introduces readers to a new framework--the ASCEND model--through which individuals can view their professional developmental relationships. View Details
- 02 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
Hillary Mann is a Corporate Relations Director in the Career and Professional Development Office covering Consumer Products, Retail & Luxury Goods, Hospitality, Agribusiness, and Sustainability. She... View Details
- 12 PM – 1:30 PM EDT, 02 May 2025
- Webinars: Career
Establishing Your Professional Identity: How to Develop Your Unique Personal Brand
Whether you're looking for career direction, in career transition, or seeking a promotion, a strong personal brand can build your confidence, your focus, and accelerate your career trajectory. In this workshop led by executive communication coach Andrea Wojnicki (HBS... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised March 2005)
- Compilation
Being a Professional
By: Ashish Nanda
We encounter in all aspects of our daily lives groups of individuals who identify themselves as professionals. Many of us aspire to be professionals in our vocation and conduct. But what are the aspects of being a professional? The following anthology of book excerpts... View Details
"Being a Professional." Harvard Business School Compilation 904-041, November 2003. (Revised March 2005.)
- September 2013
- Case
Professional Development at DLA Piper—Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Nicolas Thornley
Gardner, Heidi K., and Nicolas Thornley. "Professional Development at DLA Piper—Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent." Harvard Business School Case 414-039, September 2013.
- Teaching Interest
Leading Professional Service Firms
By: Andy Wu
As entry barriers rapidly disappear, competition is accelerating and reshaping the business landscape for professional service firms. Navigating this continual change successfully requires extraordinary leadership abilities. This professional service firm... View Details
- June 2014
- Teaching Plan
Professional Development at DLA Piper—Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent
By: Heidi K. Gardner
Gardner, Heidi K. "Professional Development at DLA Piper—Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent ." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 414-083, June 2014.
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
motivated you and your HBS colleagues to develop a course specifically for leaders of professional service firms? Lorsch: Professional service firms represent an $80 billion... View Details
- 20 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Positive Professional Image
As HBS professor Laura Morgan Roberts sees it, if you aren't managing your own professional image, others are. "People are constantly observing your behavior and forming theories about your competence, character, and commitment,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark