Career Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

2013
Book

What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

By: Robert Steven Kaplan

How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us—and... View Details

Keywords: Career Planning; Vocational Guidance; Job Satisfaction; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Customization and Personalization

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01 Mar 2008
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HBS Career Highlights

Christensen gladly gave up the certainty of planned lectures for the ambiguity of free-flowing discussion driven by his students. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 1943 Earns his MBA 1953 Earns DCS... View Details

Keywords: Roland Christensen; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST, 13 Nov 2015

HBS MBA Career Reboot Camp in New York City

Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

May 2003 (Revised March 2006)
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Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)

By: Myra M. Hart, Robin J. Ely and Susan Wojewoda

Explores the career challenges facing highly successful women who leave the full-time workforce for several years to manage family commitments. Carol Cohen is a 1985 Harvard MBA who has professional line experience in a manufacturing environment, followed by a... View Details

Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships

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22 Jan 2025
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Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I decided to attend Harvard Business School, I wasn’t entirely sure what my next step would be,... View Details

22 Jan 2025
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Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)

conversation with a friend during a post-banking trip helped shift my perspective. When she asked me what I liked most about my finance job, my answer—running ads, planning events, and creating promotional items—had nothing to do with... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2010
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Webinars Offer Career Advice

Looking for sound advice on how to use social media for career advancement, or how to get on a corporate board? These are two of nine topics covered by the fall lineup of a yearlong Webinar series presented by Alumni View Details

01 Apr 1999
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Alumni Career Services Update

With his enthusiasm and expertise in helping others polish their résumés, plot job search strategies, and execute savvy career moves, Robert S. ("Bob") Gardella has become a popular contact for HBS alumni since assuming the role of... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

29 Sep 2020
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Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches

Started As you plan to kickstart your virtual networking, use the resources below to set yourself up for success. Review the HBS Alumni Careers website which includes tips on leveraging the HBS network.... View Details

February 2014
Teaching Note

Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

This teaching note provides a discussion plan and rich conceptual background for the "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper" case. Topics covered include definitions of success, lifespan career development, team leadership, managing professional service firms,... View Details

Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Team Leadership; Women And Leadership; Career Planning; Law; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Service Industry

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April 2011
Article

Behavioral Economics Perspectives on Public Sector Pension Plans

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few jurisdictions have shifted towards defined... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Public Sector; Retirement; Private Sector; Compensation and Benefits; United States

August 1982
Background Note

ERISA and Pension Plan Management

By: Jay O. Light

Keywords: Retirement; Financial Management

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Alumni Career Guide - Alumni

Volunteer Alumni Career Guide What are Alumni Career Guides? These are alumni who are willing to connect with current students to share industry knowledge and career advice.... View Details

14 Dec 2016
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Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

Business school was my escape. I saw it as a way out of a career in finance that I could no longer envision myself in. It was an opportunity to open the door to social enterprise, what I saw as the nexus of my interests in the private... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Make Plans for Washington GLF

opportunities for alumni to use the School as a resource for knowledge and information, career development, networking, and even travel. During my term as president, I want to use this column to highlight important ways in which the board... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 2013
Teaching Note

Searching for a Retirement Plan

By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas Goodman

Keywords: Retirement

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01 Jun 2012
News

Plan B: The Brick Bank

for future needs such as retirement or education,” reflects Adams. “However, there are some environments, including Vietnam, where that fundamental tenet is not the best economic decision.” Pedro Noyola (HBS 2013) noted that while he expects to spend most of his View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

22 Feb 2022
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Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy

Sadiq Gillani (MBA 2006) didn’t set out to build a different kind of career for himself. During his time at HBS, he had a clear, conventional vision of his future. As he told the Portrait Project in 2006, “I am going to devote my life to... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; career planning; creativity; Air Transportation; Transportation

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

COVID-19 is claiming an unexpected career toll among scientific researchers, and particularly on women, new research shows. If you are female, have young children, or work in a lab, you are more likely to feel the career-crunching effects... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Biotechnology; Health

July 1999
Background Note

Management Development Plan In A Family Business, The

By: John A. Davis

Defines management development objectives for family members employed in their family business. Outlines a process of putting these individuals on a career path to provide them with needed developmental experiences while respecting the broader needs of the... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Leadership Development; Experience and Expertise

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