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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni, Faculty, and Other Experts Offer Career Advice
executive; and Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) will explore strategies to manage mobile employees. Also presenting will be executive coach Patti Hunt Dirlam, HBS professors Joseph Badaracco and Kathleen McGinn, and career consultant Sarah... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
side. I ended up being an accounting major.” Jones worked for a year after graduation for Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) before heading to Harvard Law School. “I never planned to be in business long-term, but I looked at it as an... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
few interviews. I consulted many experts, including a speech coach who worked with me to fine-tune my questions. Fortunately, I also learned a lot on the job. By the time I got to my last interview, with Lady Margaret Thatcher, I'd had a... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
partner of Moreton & Moreton Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1987 to 1989 and a management consultant at Edgar, Dunn & Conover in San Francisco from 1983 to 1987. Moreton earned his Ph.D. in business policy and strategy at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
fibrosis treatment. Williams got into pharma by chance. After working in investment banking before and after HBS, he took a job at the consulting firm Corporate Decisions (now Oliver Wyman). One of his first clients was launching a drug... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Noted & Quoted
“We need to get the drama out of the newspapers and, frankly, out of the company.” —Meg Whitman (MBA 1979), describing one of her many tasks as Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO. (The Times of London, December 12, 2011) “A lot of people are afraid of selling. It’s a hole in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Making a Difference
Passion for aiding entrepreneurs and supporting women’s issues brought four members of the MBA Class of 2012 recognition as winners of the Dean’s Award. Established in 1997, the award celebrates students’ positive impact on the School and community. Three of those... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
“There’s no better horse in the world you could possibly hitch your cart to.” That’s how Matthew Nordan summed up the state of clean, green energy at the School’s Building Green Businesses conference in early March. During the session “Crafting the Future of Green... View Details
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- 18 May 2010
- News
Executive Ethics
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
MBA Recruiting Twitter feed Some students call it “hell week,” but the serene second floor of the Doubletree Guest Suites in Cambridge reveals none of the angst associated with the job interviews taking place. When I arrive midmorning, there are still a few yogurt... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Pitch for Change
The “Pitch for Change” wasn’t a case of saving the best for last, because all that came before was so good. But the elevator-pitch, business-plan showdown did close February’s 11th annual Social Enterprise Conference on a high note: Competing against contenders from... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
Henry McCance, founder (left), and Tim Armour, President & CEO, of Cure Alzheimer's Fund Twelve years ago, when Henry McCance (MBA 1966) and his wife initially faced her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the couple consulted some of the... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
about your consumers, too. I'd like to mention, you know, there was this study done maybe 10 years ago by the Boston Consulting Group. They interviewed about 25,000 women across 20 countries, and their conclusions showed that the female... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
consulting firm used to be as good as it gets: a six-figure starting salary, a $30,000 signing bonus, a pledge to pay some or all of their B-school tuition — which amounts to more than $50,000.” But, times had changed. Students were... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, authors Conn and McLean—both veterans of McKinsey & Co.—offer a seven-step, systematic approach to creative problem solving, developed in top consulting firms, that will... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
students to focus on what interests them. As part of their projects, they can evaluate new business ideas, prepare business plans, or consult with existing entrepreneurial businesses. One team of students, for example, worked with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
daily combat. Michael Farmer (MBA 1971) is chairman and CEO of Farmer & Company, a strategy consulting firm for the advertising industry. He is the author of two books, Madison Avenue Manslaughter and Madison Avenue Makeover. View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the Business for Racial Equity Pledge was signed by more than 1,000... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
made their mark in the media and entertainment realm — be it publications, television, movies, theater, or the arts. At graduation, investment banking and consulting ranked as top career choices. But over the years, she’s seen her fellow... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
Stearns before serving as the CFO for a nationwide health-care company with 24,000 employees. Zweig worked at Time Inc. and Dow Jones and cofounded Salon.com. He was most recently senior editor at the World Business Academy, an international research and education... View Details