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Heather McLetchie-Leader

One such inflection point came when I left business and chose to pursue an academic career in religious studies. I can’t say that I was raised religious. I don’t know exactly what “being religious” means. I grew up in the Caribbean amid... View Details

29 May 2013
Blog Post

A self-discovery journey

manufacturing plant? Really? Now, get a team of smart MBA student mates and let them talk about what your arbitrary choices seem to indicate while you silently write their conclusions. Discuss with them about it afterwards. It sounds... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Faculty Books

decisions, many critical choices still come down to human judgment, based on the best available insights. Visiting Professor Davenport and his coauthor relate 12 stories of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2008
News

No Rain Delay for Graduation 2008

smile. “Wherever your career choices take you, try not to forget to be home Sunday evening for dinner with your family.” Preceding Moore, student speaker David Rawlinson (MBA ’08) compared graduation to a... View Details

Keywords: commencement; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

opportunities to be creative, albeit different ones than those of an advertising copywriter. My career journey has not always been easy and positive, no career journey is. I’ve learned I prefer to stay away... View Details

18–20 May 2018
Reunions

MBA 2017 ONE-YEAR REUNION

Technology. Moderated by Amy Bernstein, Editor of HBR and Nicole Torres, Associate Editor of HBR Spangler Auditorium Jessie Tisch, MBA 2007 shares the career choices she made soon after HBS, entering public... View Details

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

that, in addition to professors at HBS, there were several classmates who, through their choices and examples, had tremendous impact.” What advice do you have for fellow alumni considering a career change?... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

January 1999
Case

Prague Post, The

By: Paul A. Gompers

Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Competition; Financial Crisis; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Czech Republic

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The Excess Burden of Government Indecision

By: Francisco J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Luis M. Viceira

Governments are known for procrastinating when it comes to resolving painful policy problems. Whatever the political motives for waiting to decide, procrastination distorts economic decisions relative to what would arise with early policy resolution. In so doing, it... View Details

Keywords: Saving; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Retirement; Policy; Government and Politics

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30 Mar 2015
News

Raising the bar to provide quality education

goal. In this interview she talks about the value and challenges of providing opportunities for all students. “I had a wonderful career at Goldman Sachs, so when I was 40 I was able to say that I’d had enough. I had enough [money] to move... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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HBS Launches Unique Deferred-Admission Program

timing.” The program is aimed at second-semester college juniors with significant leadership potential who are beginning to explore career opportunities. Applications are due by July 1, with acceptance decisions delivered in September.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 May 2019
News

Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities

company’s customer experience and devised a workshop introducing staff to brainstorming and ideation methods. Currently, she is a participant in the Venture Incubation Program at the Harvard Innovation Labs, where she is developing a startup that helps young adults... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Removing Barriers

burden of paying for an education, Anita says, allows students to make career choices after graduation that are less focused on paying back student debt. She adds that bringing international students into... View Details

29 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 29, 2006

for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of her masculine, aggressive style in the classroom. As she begins to plan for a new View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

affect company survival? Ownership as a choice. What are the potential models of ownership? What are the career possibilities in different ownership models? When should companies consider changing models? As a founder, how should you... View Details

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Niklas James

Harvard while in college, and says that “many of my choices were driven by a desire to go into a top MBA program.” Balancing ambition and responsibility HBS, Niklas believes, “instills a high level of ambition. People come here not sure... View Details

19 Oct 2022
News

If I Were You

Try something else. But really open your eyes. Xavier Paternot (MBA 2002): Xavier Paternot, 2002. Make career decisions based on your, on your guts and your, and your heart, and not on- on your head. Hang Li (MBA 2006): Hang Li, MBA,... View Details

23 Jul 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Consulting

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset owners and managers are making investment View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris

In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better... View Details