maternity leave - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

managed to achieve success and satisfaction in both realms. She related how in June 1983, six months pregnant with her first child, she became the Times' highest-ranking woman when the paper named her deputy metropolitan editor. She took a six-month View Details

29 Jul 2020
Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

chance to fulfill a lifelong dream. I had to take it. With the support of my chain of command, I decided to pursue my MBA, and I separated from the military in April of 2018. It was scary at the time to leave a job I was good at and felt... View Details

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

that are thoughtfully resourced and leave a smaller environmental footprint. Investors are paying attention, too, with impact investing hitting $60 billion in 2015. Attention to the negative impacts of work on health is also on the rise.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

Profile

Kanwaljit Bakshi

hours a week and travel 200,000 miles a year. She spent her maternity leave in Austria, where her husband was working and where there was a UN office that was looking for "an expert at the intersection... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

02 Apr 2014
News

Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain

perpetrators." After nearly a decade with the Department of Justice, in 2010, Brochu had her first child and shortly thereafter decided she could no longer work 70 hours a week and travel 200,000 miles a year. She spent her maternity... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; human trafficking; Government; National Security and International Affairs; Government

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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

by their employer. One in five women report having left or considered leaving a job because of their menopause symptoms. Women are vital to the U.S. workforce, and the Great Resignation saw the already slim ranks of women in corporate... View Details

02 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Women, Work, and the "M" Word

One in five women report having left or considered leaving a job because of their menopause symptoms. Women are vital to the US workforce, and the Great Resignation saw the already slim ranks of women in corporate leadership drop... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

depending on who has the most urgent priorities at work," she says. Middlebrooks says her return to Chrysler after her first maternity leave was also eased by the advent of the laptop computer. "My boss... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

matter--things like the presence of women in the boardroom and a workplace free of sexual harassment. But even more, they’ve taught me the importance of seemingly little things. It matters when I’m the one to get the coffee, when I’m the first to View Details

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

receiving JCP Cash coupons and circulars advertising the week's specials, were slow to embrace the new pricing format and began leaving the retailer in droves. Under enormous pressure to turn things around as the all-important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

companies where you may want to work. What is the maternity policy? Does the company provide for childcare and family support? If you like a company, get yourself in there. You can effect change from within. Parental leave. How long... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

01 Sep 2024
News

Next Level

attended British boarding schools before graduating from Yale as an economics major in 2001. After leaving the Ivy League, she accepted a position with consulting giant McKinsey in its San Francisco office, having turned down an offer... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

21 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 21

would allow RTR to aggressively expand its inventory and customer acquisition efforts in order to serve a broader range of customer segments with a wider selection of products (e.g., accessories, maternity wear). Purchase this case:... View Details