Goal Setting - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Oct 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

Projects, internships, and fellowships. HBS’s efforts reflect Harvard-wide sustainability and climate goals Back in 2014, Harvard launched a five-year Sustainability Plan which set clear University-wide... View Details

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Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations - Recruiting

directly aligns with healthcare professionals’ collective goals and individual purposes. Appealing to employees’ motivations enables leaders to help team members unite under a common goal. By extension, View Details

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Tricia Lee

divisions at Microsoft. It was an incredible journey, but I realized that to achieve the goals I had in mind, I'd need to round out my knowledge base. I wanted to learn the formal language of business (i.e. finance, ops, marketing), best... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Social Media - Alumni

we encourage all alumni to join HBS-wide networking groups on LinkedIn , Facebook , and Twitter . Explore the sites, and consider whether there are opportunities to serve your group's goals within the primary alumni social media... View Details

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Kavya Kopparapu | MBA

cost-effective methods to diagnose diabetic retinopathy and glioblastoma, and resource allocation for healthcare workers in infectious disease settings and have been awarded a patent for my work. However, I've firmly believed the role of... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

module. In keeping with Foundations' goals to build a sense of community and to set the stage for some of the educational themes in the MBA Program, Crimson Greetings evolved out of extensive external... View Details

09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

concerns can save lives, which directly aligns with healthcare professionals’ collective goals and individual purposes. Appealing to employees’ motivations enables leaders to help team members unite under a common goal. By extension,... View Details

Career Coach

Matt Spielman

executives and their teams. Together, they identify a starting point then co-create a path forward to realize key objectives. The process utilizes Inflection Point’s proprietary A-C-H-I-E-V-E goal setting... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and rewards are linked to performance outcomes. A framework is introduced for designing internal control systems to safeguard information... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

contribute to a plunge in the nation's economy. But, like Alice's Cheshire Cat, we recognized that to get "there," we had first to decide where we wanted to go—in short, to set the goal of... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

18 Jul 2019
News

The Pursuit of Impact

Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is founder and CEO of the financial data firm Bloomberg LP, the former mayor of New York City, and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he talks about the... View Details

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

Yaguchi, Cathy Xu WHAT PROJECTS WERE YOU WORKING ON THIS SUMMER? Paige Tsai (MBA 2020): Flatiron did a great job sourcing projects that were very aligned with our goals and research interests. A classmate and I partnered with Young... View Details

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

my professional goals and interests. Following 1L year, I wanted to see how private equity and M&A transactions were conducted from a legal standpoint. Following RC year, I hoped to apply the technical financial skills I had learned... View Details

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

expertise, Jonathan welcomes conversations ranging from self-assessment to goal setting to tactics and execution - always acknowledging how each of these is just one piece of that thing called life. Work... View Details

Portrait Project

Xiao Wang

I will make dreams come true. No, I cannot make you fly or find true love. But I can help with the goals that we set for ourselves every New Year's Day - that this is the year I will become fitter, feel more... View Details

31 Oct 2018
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Why I’m Donating One Billion Dollars to Save the Planet

world. The goal: to protect 30 percent of the planet’s surface by 2030. I believe this ambitious goal is achievable because I’ve seen what can be accomplished. Indigenous peoples, local leaders and conservation groups around the world are... View Details

13 Jul 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

programs at 12 centers across the country, creating more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and 12,000 jobs. “Our goal has been to leverage the program through government organizations, given their vast resources and existing infrastructure to... View Details

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

with our goals and research interests. A classmate and I partnered with Young Invincibles, a non-profit research and advocacy group, to better understand the drivers of voter turnout among young adults. Using census demographic data and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

13 May 2013
Blog Post

This husband, father and former pilot in the Marine Corps takes on HBS and his vision of changing communities for the better.

talk to two classmates from the same company, that worked in the same country, are from the same city, but that have two completely different sets of experiences and aspirations. I want to start businesses that change communities for the... View Details

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