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- 22 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)
fully prepared me for entrepreneurship. I needed to find clients, build a team, and establish myself in an entirely new way. Over time, I learned to hire slowly and fire quickly, trust my instincts, and prioritize building a strong,... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
internal investigations, dismissed its CEO, fired some 500 employees, and offered amnesty to workers willing to come forward with details of corruption. SNC-Lavalin, too, has fired its CEO and is currently... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Health Care Initiative?
attend every health care event! The first few months at HBS can feel like you're drinking from the proverbial fire hose. However, rest assured that if you have an interest in health care and are looking for guidance, the HBS Health Care... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
the negative energy and animosity in DC towards the auto industry.” —John Smith (MBA 1976), group VP, global product planning, GM, on the controversial UAW jobs bank program “He did remarkable things. And the people who fired Rick had... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
fellow adventurers on a journey together. You can try to get them really fired up about what you’re trying to do and why you’re trying to do it. And the advantage of that is if they find themselves making tough decisions on their own... View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
wreaks envy upon matter—sometimes stoking it, sometimes exorcising it. So Mephistopheles destroys. He cannot create—even though he is a genius. He can dream of great fires but cannot, like his creator, invent the spark that causes a fire.... View Details
Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
A factory worker uses company time and materials to fashion a lamp he will take home for personal use—an artifact called a "homer." The practice is probably illegal and clearly against written company policy. If discovered, the worker could be View Details
- 16 Aug 2022
- News
HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship
Japan Fellowship lit the fire for me. Now I want to light other candles.” The HBS Japan Fellowship relies entirely on contributions from alumni for its funding. One such donor, Thierry Porte (MBA 1982), calls the fellowship “an investment... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
should be a hard-ass and fire people all the time. I definitely was not that kind of CEO. I probably erred on the side of consensus and collaboration. The external environment is a big factor in creating company culture. For us, it is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)
no conflict, it would be like a doctor not having sick patients or a firefighter not having any fires to put out. So you deal with it. Player skills, competition, and coaching in the WNBA is getting better and better every year. Now women... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
until a catalyst causes the situation to combust. Even former United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would agree, Hanson says. “I know Tim pretty well,” Hanson says. Continuing the forest fire metaphor, he says, “He’s more of... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory, including formation of the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord (“Accord”) and the Alliance for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
the Jack Welch-style of firing the so-called bottom 10 percent every year." Recruit developed this strategy in the wake of crisis. In the 1980s, Recruit Holdings’ CEO sold shares of a subsidy before it went public. The resulting scandal... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
Stock exchanges as auditors? The stock exchanges should be responsible for hiring and firing auditors, negotiating their fees, and overseeing the outcomes of the audits themselves, say Healy and Palepu. As they see it, the exchanges have... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
experience was exactly what she needed. “I was drinking from the fire hose,” she says. “At MIT, I learned how to problem solve. At HBS, I got a framework that allowed me to see the bigger picture.” The School also facilitated her career... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
Heidi Duckler, has had a modern dance company that performs in unusual urban spaces all over the world—the firing range of the LA Police Academy, a laundromat. Her work causes us to see the ordinary in extraordinary ways.” Pas de deux:... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
direct boss get fired for trying to inform the senior management. In 2011, Hunt was told to change the quality control reports so they looked better than they were. That’s when she took a stand. Episode two, “Ask Why,” focuses on Enron,... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
faced another life-and-death experience when she was struck as a pedestrian by a car whose driver had fallen asleep. She lost both legs and today uses a wheelchair for mobility. "Bashert," she says, using the Yiddish word for destiny. "I was in front of the house of... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
heartbeat spiked and my hands started to tremble slightly. I took a couple of deep breaths and started scanning for targets. Through the remote weapon system, I saw five individuals maneuvering amongst prepared fighting positions. I began View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
essentially enumerating the qualities that we should look for in a leader without suggesting how we identify and select for them. Some of the more interesting ones included Kapil Kumar Sopory's suggestion that we look for "... the person with the biggest View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett