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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Talent: The Best Employee Perk?
The company has no vacation policy and no travel expense policy. Nor does it have formal reviews, which it believes create unnecessary bureaucracy. Instead, Netflix fosters continuous, open, and honest conversations about performance. The... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
A Sustainable Success Story
Robb Turner (MBA 1990) and his wife, Lydia, were looking for a place to build a family vacation retreat in 2009 when they found 800 acres of pristine hardwood forest in rural Dover Plains, New York. “The land was stunning—completely... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Pens Down
to represent your personal, professional, and—something else—self.' No thanks!)" —Jeni Golomb (MBA 2003) "As I recall, there were six one-page essays. I crafted every word while on a week's vacation from work." —J.W. Penland (MBA 1996) "I... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
With vacation season upon us, it's time to consider what good read to pack before heading out to your favorite beach or resort. I have the perfect antidote for all those mindless pulp fiction novels that fly off the shelves this time of... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Participation Guys
to play the 100 percent game,” says Sternfield. “Section C has always been a close section,” he continues. “With close relationships forged from our incredibly intense first year of business school as our base, and many visits with sectionmates during business trips... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
the rest of our lives." One way to think about it: forget the granite countertop or the pool—how much time are you going to spend in the house compared to the time you spend driving to and from work? Pay Now, Consume Later "The worst thing to do on View Details
- 15 Jul 2024
- News
A Sporting Chance
The fall that had such a profound effect on Jorge Perez de Leza’s life would later have a big impact on others with disabilities as well. “When you hear somebody say that in one minute your life changes—it really can happen,” says Jorge Perez de Leza (MBA 1996), the... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
countries with the highest potential to increase the world’s agricultural production.” Roughly 4,000 visitors walk through Colombia’s pavilion each day, experiencing high-tech simulations of its five different climate zones. In addition to boosting Colombia’s image as... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
part of these events, identifying sponsors who could provide consistent support year after year, fine-tuning the conference surveys, and examining the viability of developing alumni vacation programs. This promises to be a busy yet highly... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
summarizes. “It’s definitely not the same old thing every week.” Gehrke adds that HBS reinforced her aptitude for planning and efficiency. “Last summer I ran the business while I was on vacation in France with an email and phone call from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Take 2: From Ad Copy to Cuneiform
executive vice president and director of the Ted Bates Agency in New York City (then among the top five advertising agencies in the world), managing the firm and million-dollar accounts for big-name clients such as Prudential, Colgate, Maybelline, and Pfizer. A family... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
the roots of GE’s “ecomagination” business initiative can be traced in part to 3,000 pages of reports written on global warming, brought along on vacation a few years ago. “I wanted GE’s response to environmental realities to be something... View Details
- 27 Mar 2023
- News
A Sporting Chance
actually was in Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls. "I slipped. I had climbed to the top of a tall wall, and I just plummeted and hit my head." Perez de Leza was 25 at the time, a native of Madrid taking an extended summer vacation... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
board members who are retiring this year. It has been an honor for me to work with each of them. Finally, a new board president will take my place in the fall, and I will move into the role vacated by Ed. My term as president of the HBSAA... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
domestic product. The lure of faraway places recently led the Bulletin to consider two different sorts of vacation enterprises in which HBS alumni play prominent roles. The first, Turtle Island (at left), is an intimate, one-of-a-kind... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
A Man without a Pause
Schroders, later to become the very successful president and CEO of its New York–based banking arm, known as Schrobanco. He made friends with some of the most powerful businesspeople and artists of the day. He belonged to exclusive clubs, ate in expensive restaurants,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Reunion Snapshots
Erik Sorensen (22nd OPM) Currently the managing director of Club Sultan in Marbella, Spain, an exclusive European holiday ownership club, Erik Sorensen specializes in marketing luxurious vacation opportunities. "My business is about... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
wrote his business plan, found a partner, and left Microsoft in 1997 in order to start VacationSpot, an online reservations network for consumers seeking to rent vacation properties. “We worked hard on it for three years,” states Murch.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone
things people had never seen." While on a purchasing jaunt in Africa, she discovered the Serengeti. "There were a million and a half wildebeest all traveling hundreds of miles to give birth in one place!" she recalls. Rapone soon began spending all of her View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
improvements in Chelsea, but I wouldn't hold that initiative up as a model for change," he observes. Walling's experiments in art started ten years ago, when he took a set of paints with him on vacation in Montana. "It was a pretty place,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg