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- 16 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?
consumer debt when we calculate your financial aid package. You’ll need to be aware of and plan accordingly for any educational loans that do not allow for deferment when you start graduate school. Where possible, you should consider... View Details
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
Leahy is showcasing exactly why she is the right person for the job. The Beauty of Combining Art and Science In many ways, Leahy’s path to the Glossier CEO seat working at the intersection of art and science started in her early years.... View Details
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Cespedes explains a strategic process for hiring and managing an effective salesforce: book excerpt Build your Team: Recruitment And Selection From Aligning Strategy and Sales By Frank Cespedes Putting the right team on the field is... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
initiatives to help rebuild local industries in the Tohoku region, including the establishment of a temporary fish market. “He made the judgment call that the right thing to do was to look after the victims first and foremost, not the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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HBR Classics - Alumni
Five Messages Leaders Must Manage , John Hamm The Power of Talk , Deborah Tannen Transforming Corner - Office Strategy into Frontline Action Decision-Making Conquering a Culture of Indecision , Ram Charan Stop Making Plans Start Making... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
Treaty tacked on to ensure that the United States retained the right to return should canal operations be threatened. President Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, said it best when asked by Congress what would happen... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
management, accepting the reality of the situation and taking big actions relatively quickly." Carnival’s success has been due in part to investors’ faith in the company’s ability to right itself, but corporate leaders also made some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
until they hit the right formula. In reality, that’s problematic, says Chung. “If you want to know if a compensation plan is working or not, you need to change the compensation View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
isolating at home, the remaining workers asked for KN95 masks, better testing protocols, and the right to turn away illegally unmasked customers. These requests were flatly refused—a surprising response from a company whose founder,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
Ken Frazier right now? Ken Frazier: I have to tell you, it is incredibly hectic. The good news is my family is well. My children are well, my spouse is well. We had our 35th anniversary dinner last night. All of that is good, but I'm... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
the office when you are there.” CJ added, “The most unproductive days I’ve ever had have been in an office environment. The open plan offices are laughable Maybe we should just schedule one social day a week in the office and call it what... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Florida. Mr. Dauten has been active with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (past board chair), School District #29 (past president), Ascension Church (past president), and the Metropolitan Planning Council (past board nember). He is... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
develop a systemic plan for change that will realign the company with the new strategy and cultural values. “This isn’t a vote,” Beer emphasizes. “Leaders are still the ones making the decisions, but they’re getting valid and compelling... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A More Accommodating Approach
lives from seven weeks to four. That was especially attractive to Nooner given that she had assumed a new role at Trimble right before she entered GMP. “I would have gotten the support from my company if I had to attend those extra weeks... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
your mandate and negotiate for resources is a clear early priority. Defining Your Goals When you think about working with your new boss, keep the following goals in mind: Clarify mutual expectations early. Begin managing expectations View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
maximizing productivity? How do we help employees with work/life balance?” “How to keep people engaged and connected and OPTIMISTIC in appropriate measure while so many have so many competing personal and business and health and family issues View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams