mentoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014)

before I submitted my application, to introducing me to Christy Haubbeger, a good friend and mentor in the industry, to hosting me with his family in Los Angeles, he and his wife Mina Pacheco (HBS 2004) have become more than mentors, they... View Details

01 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

managing the balance sheet) or mentoring and coaching direct reports. A good CEO knows how to balance time spent on the outside versus the inside. While balancing their own time, CEOs should nevertheless work hard to ensure the continuous... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

professional development to be the best managers possible leads to better onboarding experiences and success on the job for all. Topics to focus on can include: Onboarding process Unconscious bias Delegation of tasks to new employees Establishing trust How managers can... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

27 Jan 2023
News

Turning Up the Volume

fabric, Suvanto, Goldman, and their teams created the Media Fellows Program, which gives LEDA Scholars credentialed experience through a year-long program that supports the organization through student-created content. It also gives the Edelman team the chance to coach... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2003
News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

Management Assistance Program (MAP), a local nonprofit, to match volunteers with projects. In addition to consulting work, volunteers can mentor a nonprofit executive or serve as a board member. Both Levy and Sanchez of South Florida cite... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Buy big, sell small

kirana-store experience. “I always wondered why so many kiranas fail, and I decided to dig deeper into that,” she explains. An angel investor in her travel venture introduced Shruti to Manish Kumar, an expert in consumer-goods retailing, who became her View Details

08 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity

assigned to a team led by another woman, the experience was revelatory. “I could see myself in that more senior role,” she says. Still, Eberle Walker had never envisioned herself on the path to CEO. Her mentors were chief operating... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

Profile

Kurt White

commander.” If he continued to advance in the military, however, “I’d never work with soldiers face-to-face again.” As he considered options that would allow him “to lead people I could mentor and train,” a business career looked... View Details

Profile

Daniel Schachne

either work or school." Daniel's mentor at the NBA, Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, is an HBS alum who encouraged Daniel to apply. Now in the second semester of his first year, Daniel finds that one of the things he loves most about... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

18 Jan 2017
Blog Post

The Latino Community at HBS

doesn't know it. A loved one that wants the best for you, a close friend that knows you, and a coworker or professional mentor that has guided you through your career. When applying to business school all of these people are the best... View Details

13 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Welcome to the BEI Blog!

connections between students and alumni already working in the field through our alumni mentor program, which promotes networking and idea-sharing on the challenges and opportunities that climate change is currently posing to businesses.... View Details

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

“Looking ahead, I aim to mentor and empower minority populations to enter the world of finance and entrepreneurship.” Sabrina Grandhi (MBA 2026)Sabrina is a first-generation Indian American. As a consultant, she was pivotal in starting... View Details

Portrait Project

Nick Soman

beach and Christmas dinner And tell anyone who asks that they have earned it. I still dream big, About the ideal Reuben sandwich, Or how to raise a kid that works out problems without tattling And is not as stubborn as we all were back then. I View Details

23 Jun 2021
Blog Post

How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

Nyantekyi-Owusu. “I heard this recommendation from my personal mentors as well but spending the summer in the US didn’t set me on fire. It didn’t give me that buzz. My intuition told me to look for opportunities with startups in Africa,... View Details

26 Jan 2017
News

Finding a Path out of Poverty

provides a mentoring network to let students explore a variety of careers. It also funds leadership camps for students and provides financial education to students and young adults in the community. “After starting out with only my... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Apr 2020
Blog Post

A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business

developing her own startup, Pepperpot Tea Company, as a participant in the i-lab’s Venture Incubation Program. Han reached out to Endline again for guidance after launching Bean&Bean’s e-commerce site, and their Zoom mentoring... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light

1982), Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, says, “Jay earned tremendous respect from his students. He was strong and analytical, yet with a big heart and great character—a force of nature, but in a subtle way.” Light’s leadership could also be found in his dedication... View Details

Keywords: leadership; HBS Dean; obituary; academia

01 Jun 2022
News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

Schrier. Interviews with potential advisees helped the cofounders create a viable business model. The Equity Network would be a mentor marketplace to give the next generation of Black, Latinx, and Native American business leaders greater... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

you know, it’s great to mentor. It’s important to mentor and support one another regardless of age or socioeconomic background in something that drives your passion. You don’t want to mentor somebody in... View Details

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

research department of Lehman Brothers took steps to create a comfortable environment for women, and to evaluate all their analysts fairly and mentor them intensively. This paid off: The bank developed a lot of stars and benefited from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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