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- 11 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Video | Nicole Ledoux (MBA 2008)
an unexpected pivot from finance to entrepreneurship, launching the healthy snack brand 88 Acres with no background in the food industry. She reflects on the challenge of building a new network from scratch and the circuitous path that led her to a purpose-driven... View Details
- January 1988 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Gurcharan Das: A Look at a Career Choice
By: Francis Aguilar
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
Aguilar, Francis. "Gurcharan Das: A Look at a Career Choice." Harvard Business School Case 388-082, January 1988. (Revised August 1989.)
- July–August 2013
- Article
Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman
We investigate the role of workgroup sex and race composition on the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out" organizations. We develop a nuanced perspective on the potential career mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Race And Ethnicity; Ethnicity; Race; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Legal Services Industry
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Katherine L. Milkman. "Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals." Organization Science 24, no. 4 (July–August 2013): 1041–1060.
- April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-375, April 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni, Faculty, and Other Experts Offer Career Advice
Three HBS alumni will present online seminars in this fall’s Career Management Webinar Series, a resource offered by Alumni Career & Professional Development. Mark Chussil (MBA 1979) will discuss creating... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
New on the Web at Alumni Career Services
HBS alumnae seeking to return to the workforce and all alumni interested in board positions now have new tools on the Alumni Career Services Web site to assist in their search. The “on-rampers” résumé database was designed exclusively for... View Details
- 2013
- Case
Career Pathways, Performance Pay, and Peer-review Promotion in Baltimore City Public Schools
By: Susan Moore Johnson, John J-H Kim, Geoff Marietta, S. Elisabeth Faller and James Noonan
In the fall of 2012, Dr. Andres Alonso had much to celebrate about in his five-year tenure as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, including the approval and implementation of an innovative teachers' contract with a jointly-governed four-tier career pathway that tied... View Details
Keywords: Labor Management; Public Education; PELP; Union; Compensation; Collaboration; Public Education Leadership Project; Education; Labor; Compensation and Benefits; Education Industry; United States
Johnson, Susan Moore, John J-H Kim, Geoff Marietta, S. Elisabeth Faller, and James Noonan. "Career Pathways, Performance Pay, and Peer-review Promotion in Baltimore City Public Schools." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2013. (Case No. PEL-071.)
- Web
Career Timeline - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Biography Biography Career Timeline View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Piloting new career horizons for women in aviation
Jeanette Eaton (PMD 72, 1997) is helping a new generation of women take flight. As an executive for Global Business, Commercial Systems, and Services at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Connecticut, she advocates for youth, especially girls, who are considering View Details
- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing experiences are at stake, people... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a career one stage at a time
Deborah Denenberg (MBA 1983) talks about her career as a Broadway theater producer, business educator, and working parent. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 20 May 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Video | Michael Rodriguez (MBA 2019)
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- 19 May 2021
- News
How to Make Better Decisions About Your Career
- April 2000 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents two situations: 1) two graduating MBAs from Harvard Business School compare and contrast their strategies for getting off to a good start in consulting, and 2) a junior consultant has to deal with difficult feedback in his very first performance review. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Planning; Practice; Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Adaptation; Consulting Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career." Harvard Business School Case 800-373, April 2000. (Revised March 2015.)
- 04 Jan 2022
- News
The Upside of Feeling Uncertain About Your Career
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
business acumen if he wanted to become a leader in the industry. Sondecker, who is a US Air Force Reservist, credits the financial aid he received with furthering his career goals. “The fellowship is a tremendous help, enabling me to... View Details
- 2021
- Book
The Four Elements: Finding Right Livelihood in the 21st Century
By: Timothy Butler
This is a book for all who are facing career and life transitions. At such junctures, our decisions require the full self, and astute thinking alone will not carry us into the new place that our lives demand. The Four Elements shares the recent research of Dr.... View Details
Keywords: Meaningfulness; Career Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Transition; Decision Making
Butler, Timothy. The Four Elements: Finding Right Livelihood in the 21st Century. Open Boundary Press, 2021.
- October 2023
- Supplement
OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent (B)
By: Boris Groysberg, Annelena Lobb and Kerry Herman
Groysberg, Boris, Annelena Lobb, and Kerry Herman. "OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 424-002, October 2023.
- August 1989 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
James Burke: A Career in American Business (B)
By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith
Covers the history of Tylenol from the autumn of 1982 through the second tampering incident in February 1986. Also deals with other developments in the history of Johnson & Johnson, especially the acquisition and divestiture of Technicare. View Details
Tedlow, Richard S., and Wendy Smith. "James Burke: A Career in American Business (B)." Harvard Business School Case 390-030, August 1989. (Revised October 2005.)
- 02 Aug 2013
- News