Leadership Transitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

Career Coach

Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer

equity, managing career transitions and juggling work-life balance. She also has an expertise in coaching C-level executives of private equity backed businesses, given her years as an investor. Additionally, Annette has a passion for... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

like push email with its BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This gave them a first-mover advantage, but as technology improved and data capabilities on wireless voice networks evolved rapidly and took off, the advantage turned to a burden with BlackBerry unable to View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

forever, and this is an example of the type of industry transition that future energy executives must anticipate. "At some point it will become more trouble than it's worth to extract those supplies and refine them—and at that point... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

Consulting Group. “We are also providing support to people transitioning to the continent by introducing them to others who made the move and by sharing information on what to expect.” YAM has also proven to be an asset for companies that... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

leadership of Deng Xiaoping, there was an energy that you could feel—the possibility of stability and maybe a different face toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country that had only begun to emerge from... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

company in 2006 that involves letting go 5,000 employees and managing the transition to a more diversified product line based on the company’s proprietary technologies. In one instance, Fuji manufactures protective film for flat panel... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

03 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Energy & Environment Club

change. At HBS I took on a leadership position in the Energy & Environment club motivated by a desire to help others increase their impact in the fight against climate change, and to engage with a vibrant climate community. My... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration George Serafeim’s research increasingly focuses on the intersection between sustainability and digital transformation. Over the years his research has spanned four main areas: business strategies in the context... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2007
News

Security Chief

luggage and screen passengers for traces of explosives and narcotics. Public transit systems deploy the company’s surveillance cameras. Homes and offices rely on GE’s security and fire alarm equipment. Exporters install the company’s tiny... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

leadership and entrepreneurship, this guide covers basic concepts and pertinent issues for leaders at all levels. Two easy-to-follow models are applicable to all types of organizations. The Opportunity Model shows exactly how to identify... 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

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

African Managerial Leadership Chalsty Fellowship Will Help Black South Africans Attend HBS From Wildlife to Winetasting READ MORE Mandela in Triumph at Harvard New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

Web

Digital Transformation - HBS Online

your course. Ask questions, collaborate, give feedback, and share experiences and expertise across industries to grow or transition your career. You’ll build lasting connections that support you wherever life takes you next. Learn More... View Details

01 Feb 2023
Blog Post

How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters

recruiting process takes, how many rounds of interviews there will be, who they will interview with, and more. It’s important for you to get in touch with your recruiting team (if you have one), or prepare HR or leadership so they have... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

technical support to the faculty. Student leaders showed great ingenuity in reimagining social experiences online, including the annual HBS Show. As a result of these collective efforts, our transition to remote learning and working went... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Profile

Stephanie Tilenius

to follow your dreams.’” Blazing new trails – out west “I’ve never looked back,” Stephanie says of her decision. “HBS marked my transition from finances to the operating side – to the building side.” Yet even at HBS Stephanie continued to... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

of the Organizational Behavior unit and the HBS Leadership Initiative, believes that the process of becoming a manager requires both a significant psychological transition and a considerable amount of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Career Coach

Jill Huggett

experience enables Jill to fully appreciate the many challenges one faces throughout their career. Jill's coaching style is realistic, practical and applicable. She coaches people to strive for the optimal outcome and persist until desired results are achieved. Jill... View Details

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