career planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

narrow target pay range for every position in the company can be made transparent without revealing the exact pay for any person. This can help employees in their career planning and ambitions."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

417-035) provides background of the company and an outline of each people practice. This case takes a closer look at succession planning at the top of the organization, including a focus on leadership competencies and development.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

Zealand Club. After graduation she plans to move to Australia, where she will pursue a career in the food tech industry. What do you remember about your first cold call?My first cold call was in a Technology... View Details

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Considering Retirement - Alumni

Careers Considering Retirement Careers Considering Retirement As you progress through your career, you may be wondering what's next in your path. Whether you're looking to take a step back to focus more on... View Details

June 2018 (Revised February 2019)
Teaching Note

Home Nursing of North Carolina

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld

In 2011, immediately after graduating HBS, Ari Medoff began a self-funded search for a small firm to buy and run as its CEO. After just three month of searching, he identified Home Nursing of North Carolina (HNNC), a home care agency based in Greensboro, NC, as a... View Details

Keywords: Small Firms Management; Acquisition; Negotiation Process; Investment; Small Business; Management; Personal Development and Career

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Purchase

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

conditional compensation in the form of quota-bonus incentives to improve performance; however, it may lead to lower future performance. We find little evidence that effectiveness differs between a quota-bonus plan and a punitive-bonus... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

course and the introduction of online courses; expansion of the School’s intellectual agenda through research projects, new initiatives, and Global Research Centers; creating a more inclusive community with the establishment of the Race, Gender & Equity Initiative, a... View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

relativity. Those interests led to degrees from the Technical University of Vienna and even some opportunities to work on projects at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But his life plans took a sharp turn on a Tuscany... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

take. It allowed them to integrate everything they learned into situations they were likely to encounter in the workforce. As someone who is pursuing a career that requires me to evaluate businesses but also learn its operations, this... View Details

07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

the form of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Initially, Nate ran the business and after a few years changed roles with Julia to stay at home with their young children for three years. The two were in charge as co-CEOs before Julia... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Sep 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

the understanding of environmental challenges confronting business leaders today. The BEI supports incoming MBA students pursuing careers and developing new companies at the intersection of business and the environment through programming... View Details

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Tommaso Ruggeri

next flight, you know that this is just the beginning of a lifelong adventure together with your newfound friends. What is your most memorable classroom moment? "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

explored where I want my career to go and has given me a different perspective to bring to the classroom. HBS has great formal support for families through the MoMBA club and the Crimson Parents Club, and also has informal support through... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

contributions to the graduating class’s HBS experience. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2019 Best Paper Award in Investments at the Center for Financial Planning Academic Research Conference for “Lazy Prices” with Christopher Malloy and... View Details

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

current career plans in any way? This summer, I interned at CDC Group, the oldest impact investor in Africa and South Asia, and at EquaLife Capital, an East African investment fund. I found the role of value... View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

formulation and strategy execution. . . . [But] it doesn't have to be like this." Successful companies, they write, are establishing a new corporate-level unit called the office of strategy management. This unit is distinctly different from the strategic View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

personal and professional lives amid constant change. Despite the distance, we did our best to grow our careers and our relationship while aligning our paths to finally meet in the same place. That place turned out to be HBS. We’ve... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

launching his remarkable career as a scholar, teacher, and administrator and culminating with his appointment as the School’s seventh dean. McArthur’s vision, passion, and unparalleled gift for building consensus transformed the School.... View Details

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Peter Gumulia

high-quality education for millions of people,” Peter says. “At HBS, I’ve been able to work through these problems from multiple perspectives, including education, technology, business, and design thinking.” Peter plans on using his MBA... View Details

24 May 2017
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Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

within three months became one of the most successful brands of its day. When the company abandoned its plan to take AltaVista public, Lang left. “I didn’t agree with the strategy,” she says matter-of-factly. “I wasn’t going to stick... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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