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- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
was also highlighted. The idea for the webinar came to club president Charles Lazarevic (AMP 161) during an information-packed presentation by Baker librarians at the Spring Reunions. “During the Q&A, they said they could offer the London... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
showed the right level of conviction." A summer internship at Goldman Sachs resulted in a job offer. But when Petzel learned of an opening in another division that appealed to him more, he turned down the first View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
coach’s school of experience didn’t offer open enrollment in a course on “How to deal with pressure.” It was closed for everyone except his five starting players. And the team paid the price. Sending Your Kids to the Right School Thinking... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Reinventing Work and Life by Linda Rossetti (MBA 1991) (Palgrave MacMillan) Rossetti introduces women to a new way of thinking about the events that shape their adult lives—like marriage, job loss, or empty nests—and View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
by Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994) HarperBusiness Chugh offers advice on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that we can make the world (and ourselves) better. Being the person we mean to be... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Lafley is proud of the fiscal year that Procter & Gamble recently completed. It's his fourth year on the job as CEO, and P&G's sales topped $50 billion—the best results in the history of the company, which was founded in 1837. "I'm... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
in part, perhaps, to its tough, unglamorous realities. “Anyone who does a good job in the food industry and makes money works really, really hard,” says Keith Garner, owner of Pasta Cuisine, a restaurant and catering business in Oakland,... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
business functions, VanAuken finds that "consulting offers the greatest amount of variety and intellectual stimulation for people like me who get bored easily. It provides maximum independence, flexibility, and freedom in one's personal... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
challenges,” he explains. A former supermarket industry CEO, Alvarez shares his passion for exploring all aspects of the food industry—from farm to port to table—with participants in the Agribusiness Seminar. The Executive Education View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
Or take Warren Buffett, who has played a key role in the global capital markets for several decades. Steve Jobs is another example of an entrepreneur who changed the world. So too is Bono, the lead singer of U2. Here is a musician who... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
on individuals and institutions that offer these policies, and to see what's going on there. Most people, when I talk to them about sabbaticals, they have a friend, or they have an anecdote of someone that went on them. It's always... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
It’s also about a movement of people away from jobs where they’re not sure they are innovating to jobs at startups where they can be entrepreneurial.” -Diane Hessan (MBA 1977), CEO, Startup Institute... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on Mondays. People were not recharging... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
high quality of life, and an exceptionally welcoming local culture, combined with growth-friendly public policies are at the core of the boom in Dallas, according to Clark. The discussion also touched upon some key trends in job creation,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
and T-shirts. Going against the corporate norm is nothing new for Scher, who shunned the usual perks and salary an HBS graduate typically commands in favor of the glamourless, risky, and low-paying job of starting up a company that wasn't... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
such a protected market into a wide-open, hypercompetitive environment is a very difficult process.” Today’s headlines confirm that difficulty, as GM and Ford close plants, cut jobs and production, and try to deflect talk of bankruptcy,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Illustration by Ket-le / iStock; photo courtesy of Jeff Immelt Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jeff Immelt graduated from HBS in 1982, he had job... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
make the job better for them.” The prize money will also allow the cofounders some room to be creative. “We can explore things that we otherwise might not have had the freedom to do,” says Borkenstein. Gruskin says there were other... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
including Dollar Shave Club, Rent the Runway, and “pay as you fly” insurance for drone flights. Finally, the authors outline the challenges in adopting these new models and offer guidance to overcome them. Spirituality After Harvard: My... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley