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- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
1980 to found Delta Consulting, a firm that merged with Mercer Consulting in 2000. Now vice chairman of Marsh & McLennan, Mercer’s parent company, Nadler continues his engagement with academia through his financial support of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
The core issue, we believe, is gender. In many of our studies we’ve looked at women and men who don’t have children, and the women are still at a disadvantage, whether it’s in promotions, compensation, or being selected for leadership opportunities. But it’s more... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
illustration by Cathy Gendron When the pressure is on and the going gets messy, Swanee Hunt, former U.S. ambassador to Austria, can usually find a diplomatic way to discuss just about any situation. But for Hunt, a parent of three, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
Gompers found that the gender of male venture capital partners’ children had an effect on hiring; parenting more daughters led to hiring more women partners. He posits that this shift in hiring was the result of the “true removal of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
ways in every corner, in every neighborhood, in every sector around the globe. They are parents and friends and coaches and colleagues who serve and inspire us with their kindness, thoughtfulness, commitment, and skills. Thank you for... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
inequality persists. And one of the most enduring ones is the idea that women opt out and would rather prioritize their parenting role. But if you really look into the research, you see that professional women are actually pushed out by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
that Jumia had jump-started. At both companies, Kehinde constantly heard from retailers about the same kinds of challenges his parents had faced running their businesses. “Our merchants were struggling to scale,” he says. “They would say,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
and Mateo. While his father desperately wanted Rodríguez and his brother to attend Harvard (his brother earned a master’s degree at the Kennedy School), he says his own approach to parenting is more flexible: “As long as they are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
be an entrepreneur. Growing up in the Swedish-built mining town of Yekepa in northern Liberia, she started her first business when she was 12 — an after-school activities company; parents paid her to keep their kids busy. "I didn't know... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
daughter, I was technically on maternity leave and that maternity leave quickly shifted into a medical leave, which was a blessing in disguise in its own way, that I was able to be home, truly dedicated to my treatment, to my newborn and elder daughter, and luckily had... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
high odds, which Ed chronicles in his recent book On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. READ MORE Courtesy Ed Hajim Courtesy Ed Hajim In 1939 Ed Hajim's parents divorced and his mother was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
something nice to say, then don’t say anything at all” may be a recipe for success in polite society, as parents have long taught their children. But holding one’s tongue may wreak havoc in the business world, according to HBS associate... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
prepare for the wedding. We were both living in Washington, in separate houses. And I got a call from parents the next morning saying that she had died of a malignant brain tumor. And it really forced me to think about "what's life all... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
to provide early childhood education, post-trauma psychosocial support for children, parents, and women, and preschool learning materials and hygiene kits for families in container villages and other locations in the region via mobile trucks that serve as safe child... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
parenting popular in the United States and Europe. She also offers a few clever tips, such as how Russian babies are potty trained well before the age of two, and how Russian mothers easily get their young children to eat healthy,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
to help finance his education. “My original goal coming to HBS was to eventually work for a big technology company. The fellowships have enabled me to stretch and pursue my entrepreneurial passions more,” says Wu. “My family comes from a humble background. My View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
speech in which he thanked a number of people for their support over the years, singling out his parents for special mention. "A printer by trade, my father taught me the importance of prototyping," Bricklin noted. "If you run a printing... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
the corner store, and helped his mother, a single parent of four, sell furniture at weekend flea markets. Although his family was "periodically on welfare" and food stamps were a regular part of life, Rogers describes his upbringing with... View Details