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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
two youngest children, who were born with a rare and often fatal neuromuscular disorder. Watching its production was, alternately, an unreal, thrilling, and deeply emotional experience for the Crowley family. Less than a year after... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
Company” In 1997, a portion of the Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewage System is taken over by a joint venture, the Manila Water Company, which must develop the newly acquired employees and assets into a profitable firm. I work in financial markets and have always... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
housing, educational, employment, and social service programs. "Fountain House facilitates recovery and rehabilitation by building self-esteem," explains de Chazal, whose interest in the international organization was inspired by his... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
performances of daughter, Heidi, a professional opera singer Recommended Reading Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman "Goleman shows that integrity, the ability to communicate and influence, self-motivation, empathy, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
languages. To many writers, critics, and fans, “JDM” lives on as an underappreciated master, a born storyteller who served up riveting, best-selling adventure tales that feature penetrating social commentary and sharp insights into human... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
Program in response to last fall's terrorist attacks, was cosponsored by the HBS Social Enterprise and International Business and Development Clubs. In his dramatic introductory remarks, moderator Reynold Levy, president and CEO of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
and let the patient die in her own blood. White writes: “I don’t think it had quite hit me at that point that I was on the verge of entering a profession where white doctors treating black patients was the rule, and that there was a host of often hidden View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
through the collaborative process." He also notes that "in cross-sector social-purpose collaborations, unlike commercial business alliances, an essential ingredient for strong leadership involvement is an emotional connection individuals... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
ask: ‘If your organization was to suddenly disappear, would the world shed a tear?’ I always liked her thought-provoking metaphor.” Honing Pathways’ mission is an ever work in progress. Taylor and his team recognize that emotional support... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
The Real Meaning of Love
and her death was avoidable. If she and her friends and her family had had any information about the warning signs of an abusive relationship and what the earliest phases look like, steps could have been taken to save her life. “One Love is focused on educating young... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
is now a staff of 11; a dozen social work interns; both part-time and contract staff; numerous volunteers; and 16 board members who do a lot of hands-on work. Girls Group facilitates 15 weekly programs within the public schools and offers... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills
A freak accident at age 21 left Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) a quadriplegic. It was a moment that led him, ultimately, to cast off from a career in wealth management at Goldman Sachs to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps people with physical and View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Service with a Smile
the individual and the organization,” write the authors. “People who are asked to exaggerate positive emotions tend to be fairly satisfied with their work,” said Roberts. “It’s a social catalyst that not... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Support for the Healers
by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Health Care in Boston, Schwartz Rounds provide an opportunity for health caregivers to gather and reflect on the emotional aspects of their work. Point of Care provides organizational assistance... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
The authors draw lessons from the experience of financial intermediaries and illustrate these lessons through a variety of fascinating case studies. In Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
week in August and off campus for a week in September. Wyman’s aha moment seventeen years ago came when program participants were challenged to take colored pens and draw their lives. “Mine was a two-dimensional graph in black, and that’s when I realized I’d squeezed... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
human brain is defective," says Jensen, whose life's work has reached out beyond his research in economics, finance, and accounting to include psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and history. Jensen explains that upsetting information triggers the amygdala, the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Turning Point: Network Effects
exhausting days of my life. Suicide is incomprehensible on some level, especially when the individual concerned has all the external indicators of success and accomplishment. What we do understand is that one in four Americans has a diagnosable mental illness, and... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
fundraising with individuals and large corporate partners, and partnerships with Veterans Affairs, the nonprofit continues to see increases in its gifts to families and the number of people the organization is able to find and assist. The View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
who inspires people to reach their full potential. It was during one of these sessions—and just after I read How Will You Measure Your Life? by Professor Clay Christensen—that I had the idea to start a nonprofit whose mission is social... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley