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- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
COVID-19 Crisis portal. The material in this portal has been organized into six key topics: The Crisis Economy, Leadership Skills in a Crisis, Leading Your Team, Managing Yourself, Managing Cash Flow, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
pandemic. The program provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. This summer, HBS is supporting a record 162 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, with many of... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
point in life where they can give some time and share their considerable skills but they don't know where to go to volunteer." Last year, with the help of several professionals from Microsoft who had founded the original SVP in Seattle,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
as the professors and courses. “What they were doing in the world was amazing, and I realized I had been given a tremendous opportunity. I gained leadership skills and strategic vision that has enabled me to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Life of Significance By Warwick Fairfax (MBA 1987) Mount Tabor Media In Crucible Leadership, author and leadership advisor Warwick Fairfax shares the power of embracing the crucible moments: those past trials, failures, and setbacks that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
this one played out brilliantly. Within a decade, Dr. Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) rocketed through the ranks of Sandoz and in 1996 led the firm’s merger with Ciba-Geigy, emerging as CEO of the new company called Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland. The merger put... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
first annual Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership to IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA '65) and Levi Strauss CEO Robert D. Haas (MBA '68). The two chief executives received the newly established award on behalf of their companies'... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
Most of that stuff, when you're young, is in sports. I was very fortunate. I was a very good athlete. In particular, a very fast runner, and I literally enjoyed using that skill in different settings. I liked winning. It's like a habit.... View Details
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
Turning Teachers into Leaders
innovative technologies, for implementing higher standards, for providing better feedback and support to teachers. “HBS gave me the skills by helping me to think as a systems thinker. By that I mean to consider the marketing angles, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
Leadership Project, a collaboration of HBS and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Here, Khan and Kim talk about the successes and failures of online education brought to light by the pandemic—and what education might look like on the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
requirement to know where you are on the playing field. Different firms can come at the business in very different ways. For Accel, historically we have specialized. Over time, those specializations continue to become more granular. At the same time there are clearly... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
“Professor Desai’s students and alumni who heard him for the first time pointed out his expert skill at communicating complex subjects in a simple and highly accessible way.” A question and answer session followed the November 11 talk,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
development, and review in quantitative reasoning, accounting, computer skills, and business writing and logical expression. From January 8 to January 30, they became the first group to encounter "Foundations" - the "sequel" to Essential View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
mismatch in skills disadvantages both employers and workers. For many, particularly those from traditionally underserved communities, the path from high school to a viable career is strewn with obstacles. Yet, despite the friction over... View Details
- 07 Dec 2022
- News
Putting Patients First
whatever they do," he says. "And so my job is to actually look at the skill sets and make sure that we have the best players on the field so that they can thrive—and that just totally energizes me." WATCH VIDEO View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
believe I had the skills to turn around a troubled technology company," says the Long Island native, who had worked at McKinsey and American Express before becoming chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco. "Over time, the IBM board members... View Details
- 10 May 2023
- News
Alumna Snags an Emmy
Plays) resulted from many hours of user research to understand the unmet needs of sports fans and then months of prototyping and iteration, all of which were hard skills I learned in TOM and the Product Management course. The development... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
extraordinarily demanding group of fellow students and faculty. Developing the skills to listen carefully, think analytically, and communicate clearly is a requirement of leadership." CHARLES WAITE University of Connecticut, 1957 B.S.,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
FIELD Updates Greet Class of 2014
transforming a set of blueprints into a stunning new Executive Education facility. Tata Hall is scheduled to open in December 2013. As the second class to experience the new, yearlong required curriculum of FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for View Details