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  • 31 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

look for the line, you never want to be in the ZIP Code of the line.” Here’s a look at three sticky situations, along with Fubini’s advice about how to handle them. The case of the freeloading associate: A client grants a per-diem stipend... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting
  • 08 Sep 2022
  • Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

stories from his own work experiences and the careers of CEOs and nonprofit leaders who navigated challenges. His advice for emerging leaders: Discover yourself. Test your “crucibles” to find your moral... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 04 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

organization or in a decision-making role,” Chang says, “you can have optimism that any progress you made will probably persist beyond your tenure.” You Might Also Like: Career Advice for Minorities and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • April 2013
  • Article

What Roger Fisher Got Profoundly Right: Five Enduring Lessons for Negotiators

By: James K. Sebenius
Roger Fisher, who died in 2012, enjoyed a remarkable career that modeled one way that an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business, could make a significant, positive, and lasting difference in the world. Distinctive aspects of his career... View Details
Keywords: Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Dealmaking; Negotiation; Personal Development and Career; Conflict and Resolution
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  • 2023
  • Book

The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card

By: Christina Wallace
Pouring yourself into a single full-time job is the riskiest move you can make. Your parents’ advice to focus on one career path? It doesn’t work anymore, for reasons ranging from recessions to student loan debt, the gig economy, climate disasters, and a global... View Details
Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career
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  • 16 Jul 2021
  • Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

long stretches of time, and (gasp) just hang out. Personally, I'm terrible at slowing down. Zoom has brought out the worst of my tendencies in this regard and so am keen to heed my own advice here! In Jim Collins' book, Built to Last, he... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

or quarterly, but if the chemistry is strong, it can be a powerful partnership that’s well worth the money and time. My dear friend Steve Schlafman has great advice here on how to find the right fit with a potential coach. “The best... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • 03 Jul 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

followership dynamics are really one and the same. Those who lead in one instance may follow in another." As C. J. Cullinane put it, "... to be a great leader you first have to be at some time in your career a great... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 22 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

continuity, functional autonomy from the rest of the organization—also increase medium- to longer-term risk factors, particularly for defection. Advice for OldCo: Companies seeking to retain Non-compete agreements and other legal... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel
  • 2010
  • Book

Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang
An essential, insider's guide to the secrets of the world of venture capital, written by one of the few people who have played on both sides of this high-stakes game. In it, you will find detailed insights, colorful stories, and practical advice gathered from... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Personal Development and Career
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  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • June 2023
  • Article

Do Job Seekers Value Diversity Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Human Capital Disclosures

By: Jung Ho Choi, Joseph Pacelli, Kristina M. Rennekamp and Sorabh Tomar
We examine how information about the diversity of a potential employer's workforce affects individuals’ job-seeking behavior. We embed a field experiment in job recommendation emails from a leading career advice agency in the U.S. The experimental treatment involves... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Job Search; Employees; Corporate Disclosure
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  • 20 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

By significantly expanding our understanding of the dynamics of competition, Michael E. Porter's Harvard Business Review article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" launched a business management revolution among academics and practitioners when it was... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

Law Review 126, no. 4 (forthcoming).18-23: (February 2013) Abstract Roger Fisher's career and writings not only offer lessons about negotiation but also about how an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2011
  • Book

Success with Science: The Winners' Guide to High School Research

By: Shiv Gaglani, Maria Elena De Obaldia, Scott Duke Kominers, Dayan Li and Carol Y. Suh
Do you want to develop useful skills, gain admission to top colleges, win scholarship money, excel at science competitions, and explore career options all while having fun? By reading this book and using the advice within it, you will learn how to formulate a research... View Details
Keywords: Science; Research
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  • 8 Feb 2022
  • Interview

Episode 109: Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly

By: Hubert Joly and Adam Mendler
A former Fortune 100 CEO, Hubert Joly was the leader of America's largest consumer electronics retailer. As CEO of Best Buy, Hubert led the company’s turnaround by implementing a distinct leadership philosophy and contrarian strategic decisions. Hubert joins Adam to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Philosophy; Leadership; Personal Development and Career
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  • June 1999
  • Supplement

Conversation with Donna Dubinsky, A (Video)

Donna Dubinsky, president and CEO of Handspring, Inc. and former president of Palm Computing, speaks about her career. Topics include: early mentors, strategies for building and maintaining business and personal relationships, developing her personal style and... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
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  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

gain confidence and establish their credibility. Third, the mentors provided crucial career advice and counsel that prevented their protégés from getting sidetracked from the path leading to the executive... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
  • 21 Aug 2023
  • Book

You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

this can feel, there’s also an amount of agency and growth that I think is really freeing.” You Might Also Like: When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career Time to Move On? View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 13 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

The framework has two parts—a business analysis and a personal analysis—each comprised of a set of yes/no questions for critical assessment criteria. The note also offers perspectives on entrepreneurship, observations about combining an entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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