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- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
to turn into a leader of a coaching firm? Amy Jen Su: It's so funny, as I was just mentioning that year that I took off for physical therapy, I think that was just really one of those hallmark years where at... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
“Everyone was telling me that loss of life was an inevitable part of mining,” recalls Carroll. “I knew we could do better.” It took several days to get the 28,000 workers out... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
district work well, and it still hasn't been done. That's a real tragedy." His most recent school-related job ended in 1995, when he left his position as president of the organization responsible for... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Shari P. Hubert
applicants to HBS. Hubert has accepted a position with the Boston Consulting Group in New York and looks forward to the new opportunities that post-HBS life will present. "Long term, whatever I end up... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
us for years—even before we raised any money—in part because Jana Care is a very mission-driven company. That was an important lesson for us: Money is not the only motivating factor in a small company. If you can build the right dynamics... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
Courtesy Rick Sontag Courtesy Rick Sontag In 1994, Rick Sontag (MBA 1968) was the president of Unison Industries, an aviation component manufacturer he had grown from one Midwest factory into a 1,500-employee international business. He... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
on, I got a job fixing rotary compressors in refrigerators. DM: Mm-hmm [affirmative]. JI: I was leading, kind of, 7,000 people. I was 32 years old. It was the biggest product recall in the history of GE. So it was a crisis every day. And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work by Cathleen Benko (MBA ’89) and Molly Anderson (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors argue that a lattice model rather than the corporate ladder is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
years. Our Peace Corps service will end on March 31, 2005. After that, we plan to stay home for a while and meet our three new grandchildren. Another Peace Corps tour is not out of the question, nor is... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Turning Point: Network Effects
nonprofit that develops national networks of volunteer mental health professionals who can provide free, confidential care to individuals experiencing an acute or chronic need for help. Our initial focus was... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Turning Point: Crossover
with the foster kids there reinforced for me the power of coaching as a platform for teaching positive values and life skills, all while being involved in a game I love. A few years later, I began volunteer... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
they found not only a network of support and resources, but also many classmates with their own family’s challenges with food allergies. The group includes Ron Laufer (MBA 2000),who conducted scientific research and advised EAT on health... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Action Plan: Portfolio Strategy
Sadiq Gillani (MBA 2006) didn’t set out to build a different kind of career for himself. During his time at HBS, he had a clear, conventional vision of his future. As he told the Portrait Project in 2006, “I... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
alumni profiles are introduced as "Interesting and Important Things about Men You Know." Summer 1942 Full page photo/obituary announcing the death of Ensign Francis X. Clarke (MBA '41), the first American alumnus "to lose his View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
the country. When I first went to Yamhill, I just assumed that people there were a little bit more easygoing. I assumed that they had such a great life because they had many, many acres of land which, you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
just made the biggest mistake of my life by thinking that I could fit in at HBS. I learned that my 75 sectionmates had been working on Wall Street or in banks or as salesmen for Xerox and IBM. At least six... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
talk about life and spiritual principles while engaging with each other as a team—building unity, being transparent, and applying scripture to everyday life. What I offer is a source of peace and recognition... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
Clubs News Clubs News It’s been a decade since the HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS) launched its signature Mentorship Program, aimed at helping local university and trade school students to prepare for life after graduation, both personally and professionally. The program... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
universal participation later on," notes Austin. "Over 60 percent of the recent graduates in the 25Ð 29 age group are involved with nonprofits; toward the other end of the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
in a way that would convince high school administrators and students to invest their time in a new program, and, of course, raising money for everything from test-graders to marketing. When funds were tight, the board made personal... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov