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23 Jan 2024
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seek out non-conforming evidence,” Udwadia says. “When you come from a competitive sporting background, some of these things a little bit more naturally.” The fast-paced and competitive world of investing felt familiar to Udwadia when he decided to pursue a View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Dec 2021
Op-Ed

Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent history. The tight job market... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

certain skills. Apprenticeship programs could also create a new path for applicants. Some companies are rethinking their hiring practices Among major employers that have already started to change their education requirements for jobs are... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Alumni - Global

Career Change At LinkedIn, shifting cultural norms around work in Japan Re: Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003); By: Michelle Cassidy 01 Jun 2024 HBS Alumni Bulletin Outside Voices Organizing the Greek diaspora to help rebuild the country—and create... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

by Attractive Men By: Alison Wood Brooks , Laura Huang, Sarah Kearney and Fiona Murray Entrepreneurship is a central path to job creation, economic growth, and prosperity. In the earliest stages of start-up business creation, the matching... View Details

28 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

came to conclusion that what defined me was my intellectual curiosity. I decided that my journey would take me down a path toward thought leadership – and driving change to improve products, people, and processes. This View Details

24 May 2017
News

Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

path through the upper ranks of investment banking as well as his success building one of the world’s leading investment funds focused on infrastructure. Today he runs Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), managing a portfolio that... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Sep 2016
Blog Post

What Makes the HBS MBA unique?

skills critical for business. Additionally, you’re introduced to classes and career paths that you might find interesting but that you otherwise wouldn’t take on your own. For me, I came to HBS thinking... View Details

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

26 Apr 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young

where I had the opportunity to pursue many strategic priorities including the sale of our team to HBS Alumni Josh Harris (MBA 1990). Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? The 2+2 program allowed me to have... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

production and storage, and sustainable production of industrial and consumer goods.. For the full listing, click here . IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net Zero (January 2025) Vikram Gandhi IFC India presents... View Details

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The John H. McArthur Fellowship for Canadian MBA Students - Global

ability. The Initiative also hopes to further remove debt burden considerations from job choice and early career decisions. It is the goal of these generous alumni that future Canadian graduates of Harvard Business School make lifelong... View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

Careers Interviewing Careers Interviewing Preparation is key to a successful interview. The tips and questions below are designed to let you know what to expect from the process and to help you plan your... View Details

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

feedback, how to remain ethical in tough situations, how to focus on your career and life over the long term. It is an incredible gift to be able to carve out some time over two years to think actively about such questions. Connections: I... View Details

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Women at HBS - Alumni

Presentations (video) W50 Summit Photo Gallery HBS Resources Alumni Career & Professional Development – Career management and professional development resources for HBS alumni. Harvard ManageMentor and Spark... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Properly considered, this final role of general management leads to our third module: Operating the Business Model . For many of you, your careers will evolve in the setting of small, entrepreneurial firms. More than half of HBS graduates... View Details

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Tara Basu Trivedi

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? To get out of my comfort zone – to explore startup ideas, to meet people who don’t think like me, to learn about what goes into making a team and a product successful. I knew I’d never... View Details

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at ... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara MBA 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something impor... Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker MBA 2009 As if foreshadowing the... View Details

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