leadership skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Global Leaders

activities. They hope to enable more business leaders to benefit from the School’s global research and leadership as well as to help others from around the world build skills through the case method, just as... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Education Innovation

populated, in part, by HBS alumni. Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is pushing to "reteach" teachers, equipping practitioners with real-world skills to improve learning ("5 Bright Ideas"). Scott Given (MBA 2010) and his fellow charter school... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

02 May 2016
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Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math

2010 that leverages the popularity of NBA basketball to help middle school students master the fundamentals of math. “STEM skills are driving innovation across all sectors today,” Daugherty notes, “but 67 percent of eighth graders... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

Noting that nearly 40 percent of the alumni present had graduated from HBS since 1980, Piccus predicted a lively exchange of ideas between dynamic business professionals and some of the School's leading academicians. "This is an historic time," noted Clark. Citing the... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Jun 2014
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FIELD 2 in Accra

FIELD 2 is the second module of a three-part, required course called FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), developed as a result of an intensified focus on field-based learning to be a complement to the School's... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Information

01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers

Packard Foundation, involves ramping up leadership and skills training for nonprofit executives. “With trends in the sector pushing toward larger, more complex organizations focused more on how to deliver... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

SPNM networking opportunity, similar to one established by the HBS Club of Michigan, which has sent four nonprofit leaders to SPNM every year since 2006. The Michigan club’s Not-for-Profit Leadership Collaborative meets five times a year... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2006
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The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could

not luck. It’s the ability to recognize opportunity. Louis Pasteur said, ‘Chance favors the prepared mind.’ I was ready.” Indeed, he was. Summoning his HBS skills and McKinsey experience, Rogers quickly went about rounding up the $1... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning

and develop leadership and ambition for a career by practicing real science in an inspiring natural environment. Evaluations to date show that students who complete Connections modules have a better grasp of academic principles; and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 1998
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A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

based on Outward Bound's educational philosophy. That path brought him to HBS, with the goal of gaining the organizational skills to put his plan into action. If Georgetown was the catalyst for O'Neill's dream of helping kids before they... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

28 Sep 2021
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Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students

secured an internship in banking and equity research, and in his junior year, he did a banking internship, both times at Credit Suisse. After graduation, Westphal spent two years working at JPMorgan, where he honed his business skills and... View Details

Keywords: Becca Carnahan

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

MBA students a range of possibilities for interacting with the social sector, both inside and outside the classroom. Participating in the program provides students with the opportunity to build their general management skills and explore... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

09 Feb 2016
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Powering into the Future

bother. We want to make it a no-brainer. You pull into your garage, you don’t have to think about it, and the car will just start charging. “I really came to HBS to round out my skill set to be a general manager. My whole aspiration was I... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Short Takes

altruistic reasons for serving, many also reported that such participation allowed them to practice business skills and make professional contacts not always possible through their everyday duties. "One focus group of top-level managers... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

71, 1975), chairman of Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates. With Tata’s support, Gandhi started the Indian chapter of AIESEC, a nonprofit organization that helps young people learn leadership View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

15 Sep 2020
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How To Make Diversity a Reality

different way of thinking about things. And then you've got either large GPs who haven't quite created the opportunity for people of color to come and get the experience and be able to develop that skill set so that they can either do... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR

(think data analytics) as global competition for skilled workers increases. Matthew Breitfelder’s (MBA 2002) transition to the field came midcareer, after stints as an international economist at the US Department of Commerce, a corporate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

manufactured at scale.” The unique circumstances of the vaccine effort, and the need to apply leadership and management skills from the private sector to public service made for an engaging conversation... View Details