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- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
leaving the Navy, I had to go through a process to recalibrate my skills to be applicable in the private world. And I knew business school was the answer for that. And for me, there was only one choice. “If I was going to pursue anything,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
change, Brooks says that entering the ministry late in life has been an asset. In guiding his church and parishioners, he is able to draw on a wealth of life experience, as well as on the leadership and analytical View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
that you don’t fully understand when you’re there — that all the OB and leadership classes and the ‘softer’ side of HBS are among the most important lessons to remember.” Part of that “softer” side is the ability to make contacts, and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
A Practical Playbook to Fuel Business Growth is also an ideal blueprint for current and prospective UX practitioners seeking to improve their skills and further their careers. Creativity Unlocked: An Inside-Out Approach to a Life of Joy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
yet another networking retreat. It's about fixing the organization—recognizing a diversity of skills and attributes, measuring them in a concrete way, and rewarding people accordingly. Recently, I found myself requesting a favor of one of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
In a 2006 case he prepared about the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), HBS professor Bill Sahlman quotes HSCI cochairman and codirector of science Douglas Melton as Melton pondered the management skills HSCI was looking for in its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
results and more effective solutions to complex problems. Catalyst research shows that men who have had women mentors are more aware of workplace inequities and can become stronger leaders themselves by developing inclusive leadership... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
the leadership talent and expertise required to build an organization. “There is a worldwide acceptance of Indian goods and services,” he remarks. “The challenge is to think big and achieve scale. We need global Indians who have been... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
moment launched Weeks’s career, and it also had a deep impact on Corning’s future as a successful innovator in materials science. The first in his family to go to college, Weeks thrived at HBS. The case method—“pretend doing,” as he calls it—gave him a way to test out... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does leadership even mean? In Lead to Win, Carla Harris examines the journey from individual contributor to leader. She targets the essential... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
business skills but left room for morning walks, dining together at every meal, volunteering in her community, and being with her daughter. In just three years, Lackley has taken the business from one where Mark worked on specific... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
people often don’t have the financial wherewithal and broad general skills to leave behind a job where they are intimidated. Working in fear is a terrible way to live, and a secret ballot can ameliorate much of that fear. Michael A.... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
big culture shift in his move to TNC, he says one of his favorite parts of his job is his colleagues. "Their principal engagement is fulfillment," he said. "It certainly requires a different skill set as a leader. While it may be more... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little bit like the Uber of farming, in that farmers have the knowledge... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
the Uyuni salt flats, the largest salt flats in the world. And I got into an exceptionally deep, sandy area and I'm very skilled in all conditions, but this sand was quite daunting. So I literally just stopped to take a look at what was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
Issue Focus: Leadership To keep pace with a fast-changing global business environment, “You’ve got to institutionalize the process of reinvention,” says William Fung. Photo courtesy Li & Fung Ltd. Issue Focus Making the View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
7 Laws of Enough is about a radical kind of change at the personal, organizational, and societal level: a shift from scarcity to sustainable abundance. LaRoche offers seven principles to guide readers on a transformational journey of self-discovery, toward new View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost generation. Did you get a sense of people’s outlook toward the future? Under the new leadership of Deng Xiaoping, there was an energy that you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
identify the critical issues at hand and to articulate a point of view to the management team. In many ways, I am applying the case-reading skills learned at HBS. "I also apply the theories and frameworks of Clay Christensen's BSSE... View Details