Publications

Research Summary

Monica Higgins' research, teaching, and course development activities all focus on the study of careers. Her work speaks to a particular subfield within the careers academic audience-one that adopts a 'relational' approach to career theory. A relational model is... View Details

22 Jun 2021
News

Never in My Wildest Dreams:' What the Guru Who Predicted Remote Work 20 Years Ago Thinks about It Now

November 2003 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Beverly Stern: Retail Executive

By: H. Kent Bowen and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Beverly Stern has been a successful operating manager in three prominent retail chains: GAP, Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma. Stern's last job at a start-up did not meet her expectations, and she must now decide what to do next. She has an offer to start a new retail... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Experience and Expertise; Personal Characteristics; Jobs and Positions; Decisions; Retail Industry

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31 Jan 2025
News

Know Your HBS Staff: Daneli Ureña

06 Jun 2014
News

Want to Know How to Make a (Good) Impact at Work?

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 26 Oct 2016
Webinars: Career

Avoid the Mid-Career Slump

Do you feel stuck in your career? Are you working hard yet not making as much progress as you would like? Are you afraid you are plateauing prematurely or, even worse, heading for burnout? Or maybe you feel you're not performing to your potential? Welcome to the... View Details

17 May 2013
News

Live With Former Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Robert S. Kaplan

16 Jul 2013
News

Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

September 2021
Case

Tonya Thayer

By: David Fubini

Tonya Thayer, Senior Partner and leader of the Consumer Package Goods practice at Sinclair Consulting, must evaluate Alan Henderson, a Principal (junior) Partner and a key member within CPG, as the six-month update on his progress and development nears. While prior... View Details

Keywords: Advice Giving; Performance Review; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career

20 May 2021
News

Spotify, Pixar, Levi’s, and Nearly 200 Other Companies Join Time’s up to Reimagine the Caregiving Economy

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Innovation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2002 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Battery Ventures

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon, Nitin Gupta and Sameer Bharadwaj

Todd Dagres, general partner of Battery Ventures, reflects on his firm's organization and its effectiveness in one particular deal. One of the perennial challenges of venture capital is the scaling of the firm. Usually regarded as a craft industry, venture firms tend... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Structure; Financial Services Industry

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

right side of racial and social justice, and we are more resolved than ever to take that commitment to another level. Our goal is to do everything we can to achieve progress on each of the targeted pillars, and we will work tirelessly to... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

This Mother’s Day, we celebrated progress and possibility on the HBS campus! HBS first accepted women into the MBA Program in 1963. Fast forward six decades and now classrooms are 44% female and most sections have 1-2 mothers. Across the... View Details

Career Coach

Erika Osterling

Erika (HBS '09, ITESM '00) brings 20 years of experience as an operating leader and advisor. She has spent most of her career within Energy & Industrial, with additional roles in Consumer and Retail. Erika's 12+ year View Details

Keywords: Energy; Oil & Gas; Energy; Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing

15 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This

If organizations want to help their employees keep up with the Joneses, turns out it’s better to keep the Joneses out of sight. So suggests an article in the Journal of Finance by Harvard Business School assistant professor John Beshears. The piece is based on a field... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Beshears; Financial Services

09 Feb 2023
Blog Post

The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) are courses that offer a great opportunity for students to think about career choices, gain practical skills, and explore new topics. These are no-fee, no-credit courses over winter break open to both... View Details

July 2020
Case

Kathy Fish at Procter & Gamble: Navigating Industry Disruption by Disrupting from Within

By: Emily Truelove, Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards

When Kathy Fish, Procter & Gamble’s Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer, and a 40-year company veteran, stepped into her role in 2014, she was concerned that the world’s leading consumer packaged goods company had lost its capability to produce a steady... View Details

Keywords: Female Protagonist; Organizational Change; Organizational Behavior; Culture Change; Digital; Innovation; Lean Startup; Experimentation; Metrics; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Leadership; Leading Change; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Disruption; Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation