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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
desk on two consecutive weekends and wrote what became known as the company’s “I Can Make a Difference” philosophy defined by ten tenets or “Grooves” that aim to empower individuals to realize their potential. Over the years, the Grooves... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
Manufacturing, but it was really his philosophy of life and of business. At Harvard, Doriot became a Yoda-like figure, dispensing wisdom to an ever-growing group of disciples. “Doriot was arresting,” says Ralph Hoagland (MBA ’62),... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
customers and the community, and differentiates us from our competitors," explains Jackson. "It's all part of our business strategy for leading BankBoston into the 21st century and is consistent with the philosophy of managing with values... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Early on in Kim Scott’s career, she had a few wake-up calls that set her on a mission to become a better boss—a leader who was highly effective but still very human. She began to develop a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
As an undergraduate at Princeton, Coupounas majored in philosophy and then spent a year at Oxford studying philosophical theology as a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellow. She also sang and acted in various choral groups and theater... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
Citizenship: Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust, by Professor Emeritus Ray Goldberg FIRST LOOK: Baby’s First Business Book It’s never too soon to start preparing for your first client meeting: That’s the philosophy behind The... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Boeing, one of your first decisions was to pay a $615 million penalty to the Justice Department for illegal actions Boeing took to win contract work from the government. How would you distill your philosophy on the subject of leadership?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
then rereadings—of a book, the author’s words come to life. It’s a philosophy on how to absorb everything a book has to offer, and it has forever shaped how I read. —Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2017) is cofounder of HourWork, which helps... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
giving—whether your attention or your money. Once ready to nudge yourself toward better, the book trains your eye on how to extend what you’ve learned and positively influence others. Melding philosophy and psychology as never before,... 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
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
vision for the organization of the future; reveals the workplace innovations that emerged during the pandemic; and defines the new model of leadership for sustaining continuous change throughout the coming years of opportunity and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
step-by-step, room-by-room guidance on how to create a welcoming and functioning space that expresses your unique individuality. Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms by Mike Cleland and Barry Asin... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
Chouinard because the founder of Patagonia must have an interesting story to tell. Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes, Jim Holt because my son gave it to me. Do you have a “guilty pleasure” author? The... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
a large company. Fortunately for SABO, in 1975 he accepted the company owner's offer to make him a major shareholder if he returned. Over the next decade, Andresen's leadership transformed the company. By 1987, SABO had grown to a... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
for five years before moving over to Xerox in 1978. “I like to learn,” Barron has said. “And I like to do.” That straightforward philosophy led to a multifaceted, 21-year career at Xerox, where she held senior View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
success put them in a group even more exclusive than the approximately 7,000 companies worldwide that received a venture investment in 2010. Birchbox was among the just 823 companies—11.8 percent—that had at least one woman founder. The number with a woman of color on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
this one played out brilliantly. Within a decade, Dr. Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) rocketed through the ranks of Sandoz and in 1996 led the firm’s merger with Ciba-Geigy, emerging as CEO of the new company called Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland. The merger put... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
galvanized wire used to make lobster traps and fencing. The coating comes in a variety of colors. Photo courtesy Riverdale Mills That philosophy has been a guiding tenet at Riverdale from Day One. While rehabbing the abandoned mill he... View Details