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  • 20 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing sustainability and addressing the... View Details
  • August 2017
  • Article

Teaching Versus Living: Managerial Decision Making in the Gray

By: Eugene F. Soltes
Preparing students for the consequential ethical decisions that they will face in their careers is among the most difficult tasks of management education. I describe some of these challenges based on my book Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Organizational Culture; Business Education
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  • 03 Jan 2014
  • News

Headhunters Reveal What Candidates Want

Keywords: human resources; career decisions; employee recruitment
  • 14 Oct 2023
  • News

Careers That Matter: Laura Alfaro

  • April 2007
  • Case

Leadership Forum: Building Great Careers - Video

By: D. Quinn Mills and Carole Winkler
Leadership: Can I learn it, how do I do it, and how can I use it to advance my career? How is today's world different from the one our teachers entered years ago, and how does that affect me? The two videos on this DVD address these and other questions typically asked... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Leadership Development; Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Style; Knowledge Dissemination; Teaching; Executive Education; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Style; Education Industry
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  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Gardella Joins Alumni Career Services

Robert S. ("Bob") Gardella cheerfully admits that he found his position as assistant director of Alumni Career Services (ACS) in the most unlikely way: through an ad in the newspaper. Now his job is to help give HBS alumni the skills and... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
  • 21 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

addition to being an HBS Career Coach) was instrumental in helping me to think through my decision of launching the business, both from a personal and financial perspective. In fact, it was Jill who... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2022
  • News

Why Identity Matters When Asking for Career Help

  • 12 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

are not so different from organizational teams in other fields of life, including business. And watching the career moves of football stars may shed light on how you, too, can plan your next step. That's the message of new research by HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports
  • August 2011 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Career at a Crossroad: Akhil Patel

By: Noam Wasserman, Lisa Brem and Yael Braid
Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but his fiancée is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Green Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
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  • 11 Feb 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions

Keywords: by Katherine B. Coffman, Clio Bryant Flikkema, and Olga Shurchkov
  • 24 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

This year the theme of Climate Week is highlighting what businesses and governments can do to meet their climate targets. In that spirit, we have reached out to recent alums working in the climate space and asked them the following, “What View Details
  • March 2018 (Revised February 2023)
  • Teaching Note

McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
Teaching Note for HBS No. 618-034. View Details
Keywords: Management Skills; Human Capital; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Outcome or Result; Consulting Industry
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  • 22 Jun 2022
  • Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing experiences are at stake, people... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

curriculum provides a strong foundation in general management, builds students’ design skills, and extends their understanding of engineering. Upon completion of the program, graduates are prepared to make decisions grounded in technical... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • April 2022
  • Case

Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law

By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Olivia Hull
Follows the journey of lawyer Marsha Simms from her childhood in racially-segregated St. Louis to the upper echelons of the New York legal community. Describes her education, career choices, accomplishments, and setbacks. Highlights significant moments such as her... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Career; Career Management; Diversity; Inclusion; Equity; Gender; Race; Corporate Finance; Law; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Social Issues; Legal Services Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
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  • 18 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

career shaped my view of climate change and the energy transition because it showed me that technology alone isn’t enough and that several stars must align to make real impact. It is critical to consider the business model, strategy,... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

This year the theme of Climate Week is highlighting what businesses and governments can do to meet their climate targets. In that spirit, we have reached out to recent alums working in the climate space and asked them the following, “What View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

Considering a new career or an exciting but daunting job opportunity? Wondering if you need to change direction in your professional life? From the newly minted MBA to the seasoned executive, HBS graduates can now explore these questions... View Details
Keywords: Bob Binstock
  • June 2022 (Revised November 2023)
  • Case

Platinum Capital

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
How should a venture capital firm divide compensation and decision rights between its founders and its next-generation partners? Platinum Capital faced this decision in July 2020. Platinum’s younger partners had just requested a piece of the firm’s highly lucrative... View Details
Keywords: Decision Rights; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Compensation and Benefits; Governance; Retention; Negotiation; Partners and Partnerships
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