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02 Sep 2021
News

Back to School

investment banking to become a seventh-grade math teacher at Harlem West Middle School, teaching for three years before taking positions in school leadership at Success Academy Midtown West and Harlem Central Middle School. The experience... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2012
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Thinking Green

Sciences and the Design, Medical, and Law Schools for a Harvard Thinks Green forum in Sanders Theatre. “This transition we face as an economy, as a world is going to hit every major industry,” said Henderson. Kaplan, a member of a Harvard committee on greenhouse gases,... View Details

Keywords: awards; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Mining; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

25 Feb 2020
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Teachable Moments

forge matters. In reality, the art and practice of leadership are deeply personal for the leader and those being led. They are deeply personal because molecules are stirred when a leader has an interaction with another person. Energy is... View Details

05 Apr 2018
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50 Years After King

the most influential women in business. Beyond her leadership at Young & Rubicam, she led a $5 billion division of Kraft Foods. Today, in addition to extensive board work, Fudge is a dedicated philanthropist, with a focus on education and... View Details

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

two seconds added up the savings delivered to Walmart's customers over the company's lifetime. How you feel about Walmart's future may depend on how you feel about its policies and business model. Clearly, leadership has chosen to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

There is a theme to Dwayne Johnson’s life, and that theme is never settling. Johnson vividly remembers a moment in the mid-90s when he was being driven back home to Tampa, Florida, by his father after getting cut from a Canadian Football League team, his dreams of an... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

November 1972 (Revised December 1978)
Case

Dobbs House (A)

By: W. Earl Sasser, Daryl D Wyckoff and John Klug

Keywords: Leadership Development

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June 1996
Background Note

Summary of Leading from the Front

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Leadership Style

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01 Dec 2018
News

Lighting the Way

follow.” —Ceena Beall (MBA 2019), President, Leadership and Human Capital Club Photos by (left to right) Stuart Cahill, Stu Rosner, John Deputy, Neal Hamberg Photos by (left to right) Stuart Cahill, Stu Rosner, John Deputy, Neal Hamberg... View Details

25 Jun 2024
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On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)

When Nordstrom announced the promotion of Alexis DePree (MBA 2007) to COO in early June, media outlets noted DePree’s expanded, end-to-end role in managing operations and customer experience in an increasingly complex retail environment. DePree joined Nordstrom in... View Details

Keywords: retail; customer service; supply chain management; career experience; Retail Trade

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

who applied to the School on a lark, accepted a position at Bain & Company after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. She and a Bain partner later wrote an article about leadership styles and submitted it to the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2008
News

Building a Better MBA

wrote case studies on MBA programs at Chicago, INSEAD, Stanford, Yale, and HBS, plus a case on the Center for Creative Leadership (all are available from Harvard Business Publishing); collected data on aggregate trends in MBA enrollments... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2006
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End of Campaign Celebrated

Harvard Business School. Close to 200 members of the HBS community took part in the event, which highlighted the impact of the campaign on the School and paid tribute to the leadership of former Dean Kim B. Clark and his wife, Sue. The... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
News

Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business

themselves fully heard and recognized.” This degree of openness is equally apparent when Lim describes the reasoning behind his application to HBS, where he has served as copresident of the Leadership & Ethics Forum. “It dawned on me that... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

November 2012
Case

Hillary Clinton & Partners: Leading Global Social Change from the U.S. State Department

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

As U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton acted on a long-standing interest in public-private partnerships to elevate and activate an Office of Global Partnerships reporting directly to her. One major initiative that also addressed her interest in women's... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Partnerships; Global Collaboration; Innovation; Leadership; Leading Change

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06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

existence of passive leadership constitutes a substantial barrier to candid dialogue and debate within organizations. Leaders can and should take concrete steps to build conflict into their decision-making processes. For instance, they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2025
News

Challenge Accepted

exposure to career opportunities in business than they did in areas such as law and medicine. That insight planted the seed for what would become Management Leadership for Tomorrow, or MLT. After leaving HBS, Rice held senior roles at the... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

resonates with me and in terms of being at my own crossroads, trying to figure out where I should go next," says Kraus, who this fall is coteaching the MBA elective Founders' Dilemmas and is working with Senior Fellow Timothy Butler on a new entrepreneurial View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

made her a perfect candidate to lead Catalyst, a nonprofit that advances women in business leadership roles. “When being mentored and paying it forward is part of your company culture, you have the foundation for inclusion, where... View Details