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Summer Venture in Management | MBA

Summer Venture in Management The Summer Venture in Management Program is an educational program designed to increase opportunity in business education for high-potential college students making an impact in... View Details

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

leadership styles, and explore how you can unleash the potential in yourself and others. Access Your Free E-Book Free Leadership and Management Course Flowchart Which HBS Online Leadership & View Details

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language used to describe jobs and the company. Hiring. Educate managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions.... View Details

20 Aug 2015
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AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

When I began reflecting on my summer working for At Night Management / PRMD Music, I was reminded of the “10 Pictures” exercise I completed during the first month of my time at HBS. In the exercise, we were instructed to bring ten... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

they feel a lack of “agency,” a sense that only the highest rank of management can effect positive social change from within a business. Ironically, an increasing number of C-suite executives, including former Starbucks CEO Howard... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Introduction to Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) Our Most Comprehensive Offering 5 pre-set courses + 2 electives + a capstone project. Choose from the New Leader or Experienced Leader learning paths.... View Details

01 Feb 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

economies. It’s also testimony to a darker phenomenon. A recent study reported in MIT Sloan Management Review concludes that from April through September, the main reason for quitting in the US (10 times more important than compensation)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

2014, when George's branch obtained control and fired the CEO—who happened to be a cousin, Arthur T. Demoulas. Management was outraged, and the employees walked out in support of their CEO. The company lost tens of millions of dollars as... View Details

Keywords: Retail

06 Apr 2023
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Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program

It was January of 2022 when I stumbled upon the homepage of Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) while browsing a music industry leader’s LinkedIn page. At the time, with my background in music, non-profit... View Details

16 Mar 2023
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Insights and Inspiration: A Look Back at the Summer Venture in Management Program

Tony Nguyen is an Accounting and Management Information Systems student at the University of Houston, and a Summer Venture in Management (SVMP) 2022 alum. Why did you want to attend SVMP? I am a huge... View Details

Mar 02 2023
Testimonial

How GMP Continues to Transform Alumni

01 Dec 2012
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Taking Time to Make Time

POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something... View Details

Keywords: Time management

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

school, and averaged 28 points per game playing basketball. A teacher said, ‘Why don’t you test yourself against the big boys and girls back East?’ So at 16, by myself, I flew to Bradley Field, took a Greyhound bus around New England to... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

10 May 2022
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Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

Aug 07 2017
Interview

Navigating Constant Change in a Digital World

Oct 30 2019
Testimonial

Leading Change in Real Estate

Sep 01 2016
Testimonial

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Reinventing the GMP Experience

Attending a program at Harvard Business School Executive Education requires stepping away from responsibilities—both in the office and at home—to fully immerse yourself in the learning experience. Recognizing that this can be particularly... View Details

23 Feb 2012
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