career lessons - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2019
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Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty

the company culture: 18 years later, the policy remains in place, and is regularly utilized in recruiting new employees to the firm. It also ties the senior staff together through shared experiences and a commonly held ethos about time outside of work rarely found in... View Details

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David Gellis

be working with in the future." Grounded in service David anticipates a career combining direct physician practice with the exploration of innovations. "I'd like to use my clinic to test and develop ideas," he says. "I... View Details

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Boudreau, presents companies with a framework to think about how to organize outside innovators, such as the decision to follow a community/collaboration model versus a markets/competition approach. What are the lessons you hope that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts

Studies, University of Delhi. He subsequently led Expedition 3 to Sach Pass (15,000 feet). The lessons from these events were life-changing and shaped his later corporate career. This book shares the humbling View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Feb 2001
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The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure

The first in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore personally enriching projects off the beaten track. For some busy executives, spending quality time with the family means... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2024
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Alumni Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the... View Details

25 Jul 2019
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Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID

and final year of the joint degree, I can say that the program has far exceeded my expectations in helping me prepare for a career as a leader in sustainability. The first-year MPA-ID curriculum combines rigorous training in graduate... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

Chairman & CEO, GE Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Dartmouth College, 1978 B.A., Applied Mathematics LESSONS FROM HBS “Understanding the difference between knowledge and intelligence.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS... View Details

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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Course Number 1420 Baker Foundation Professor Stuart C. Gilson Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course provides students with skills and... View Details

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others Course Number 1816 Associate Professor Ashley Whillans Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course gives students frameworks and tools for (i)... View Details

28 Mar 2018
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Fueling the Future

Women who pursue STEM fields are accustomed to being challenged. When Cecily Kovatch (MBA 2002) began her career working as a field engineer for Schlumberger, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, the all-male crews on... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

25 Jul 2024
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Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success

so they can learn from their diverse perspectives and open their minds to a broader set of career and life paths,” says HBSCS past president and program co-founder Stan Furman (MBA 2005). “I’m sure we’ve all experienced moments of ‘I wish... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Jeff Bernstein

experiences better." An observant Orthodox Jew, Jeff also appreciates the accommodations the school makes such as providing kosher options whenever food is brought to student classes or events. Lessons for the future Jeff got married... View Details

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

success, and the role of hormones in cheating. "Tell us what you think were the most significant trends, ideas, or management lessons from 2015." Also worth reading is our list of the year’s most popular articles from the... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

running or want to start a firm immediately. Some, because they think their business will grow rapidly and create a successful career path for them. Some because they believe their business can do good for the world. And some, because... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

Chairman, President & Chief Executive, The Procter & Gamble Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Hamilton College, 1969 A.B., History LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The case study method had such an enormous... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Leveraging Female Talent

Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance, Groysberg's current focus is on women: both how they succeed as individuals and how organizations can best leverage female talent. His work has led to a new MBA elective, How Star Women Succeed:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

goods, and protecting the environment. Baker illustrates how these realities further corrode the commonwealth, with specific, pragmatic measures to reset capitalism so that it once again contributes to shared prosperity and sustained democracy. Have a Good Job? Why You... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past

says he “wanted to warn other members of the family whom I knew, and those I had yet to find” about their chance of inheriting the serious blood disorder. Diamond had been retired only a few years after a successful career in the global... View Details