CEO skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Apr 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered Does branding work for business-to-business marketing? Can individuals... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Sports; Publishing; Auto

01 Jun 2015
News

Fast Forward

several of the new research tracks the project has produced and how a few of these ideas are being put into action. Transportation and Infrastructure After organizing a transportation summit in February 2014 that featured everyone from GE View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Apr 2017
News

Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry

As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Feb 2000
News

Filling a Vacuum

According to the headline in the Wall Street Journal (October 26, 1999), Gregory Slayton (MBA '90) is a "Silicon Valley Hybrid: A Boss Who Makes Others' Ideas Pay Off." Slayton, president and CEO of ClickAction, Inc., an Internet... View Details

15 Jan 2020
News

The Business of Access

the nonprofits and social services organizations whose staffs had the skills to help, and plotted a different way to give back. “My thinking was, if I were to help people here in California,” she recalls, “that would pay it forward for... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

16 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

back to school if things didn't work out. As an aside, I encourage all 2+2ers do go try something crazy before you get here - why the heck not? When my deferral period expired in the fall of 2014, I returned to campus. I thought I'd "round out" my View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job

that you’re comfortable working next to and interacting with,” says Scott Eckert (MBA 1995), CEO of the nine-year-old, 130-person, Boston-based bot maker. It’s a tenet so core to the company that its logo features an icon of a human next... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

25 Mar 2018
News

Modernizing Infrastructure Management

In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Benaree Wiley

"Early in life," says Bennie Wiley, "I learned an important guiding principle: look for ways to exercise your values." As president and CEO of The Partnership, an organization designed to open doors for minority professionals in the city... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

Web

Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

—including ideal skills for aspiring directors, the importance of relationships in seeking leadership opportunities, and, lastly, navigating current and future board challenges . Read on for recaps of each event. In September, 100+ alums... View Details

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business-Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs-offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy, and execution. In less than a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

benefit considerably by outsourcing, for example, analytical functions to qualified suppliers if those skills are lacking in-house. But some aspects of marketing are less amenable to outsourcing—those that directly drive marketing... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

10 Apr 2012
News

A Winning Formula

Ramos: Hustle, tenacity, drive—and a people-centric worldview. Courtesy Dave Ramos A veteran of Nortel and IBM, Dave Ramos (MBA 1989) is the CEO of the Dashboard Group, a northern Virginia–based management consulting firm he founded in... View Details

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

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

to business, the money and skills necessary to fund a decarbonized future, and different approaches to building a just and skilled workforce. Tufano’s session on financing highlighted the growing sense of... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

The Next Big Thing

life-sciences center of the world, by virtue of its unsurpassed “cluster” of world-renowned universities and teaching hospitals; medical-device, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies; financial firms; and skilled workers. “The leadership... View Details

Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services

07 Dec 2022
News

Putting Patients First

Javier Rodriguez (DaVita) Chitra Nawbatt (Linkedin) Javier Rodriguez (DaVita) Chitra Nawbatt (Linkedin) DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez (MBA 1998) recently spoke to HLTH Daily Show host Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6, 2009) about his company's growth... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

Sachs), and Sharon Patterson (President & CEO of the Billion Dollar Roundtable). What was your experience taking the course? Did anything surprise you? Scaling Minority Businesses was one of my favorite courses and I am truly honored... View Details

16 Jul 2013
News

Embracing Chaos

just-released first book, Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere (Harvard Business Review Press), Venkatesan's recipe for success includes doing things that most managers and CEOs aren't trained to do, namely, getting on the... View Details