Confidence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
News

Seeing Things Others Don’t

genius is arguably the best fund manager of our time.” A contrarian who likes to uncover and then make big bets on emerging trends invisible to everyone else, Heebner said he feels most confident “when everyone else thinks I’m nuts.” His... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

Profile

Sid Shenai

"Here, I can push ideas and convince others to act on them," Sid says. "I've gained the confidence to be in front of accomplished peers and earn their respect." Sid has assumed numerous leadership roles through a... View Details

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Maren Quezada

from a background where I was expected to just listen. The case method puts me in a decision maker’s mindset. How can I articulate my mission? Being required to participate gives me the power to share my perspectives.” In addition to “gaining greater View Details

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Colt Stander

he says. “But the summer Analytics program really helped. It was a boot camp that boosted my confidence as well as my quantitative skills.” And upon reflection, design and business share similar challenges. The pathways aren’t clear,”... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

2,000 to 2,700. Even so, he finds time for hiking with his wife, Mary Ann, and reading. At some point, he would like to explore teaching business courses at a university. As for Interbake's future, Baxter remains confident of continued... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 2002
News

Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future

conference a success. "In just its second year, the conference has grown to be the largest event of its kind in the United States," said Everett. "We've really benefited from the work of some amazing classmates, as well as fantastic support from HBS alumni around... View Details

17 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Tech for the People

enabled him to work on tech issues in the San Francisco mayor’s office. This experience built his confidence and provided him an entrée into what he calls “the fairly small world of civic innovation.” Today, Tsai is applying his... View Details

30 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

day, challenging discussion, etc.) of typical business school study. We were confident that if we deployed our outstanding recruiters to Black and other college campuses across the United States, we would be flooded with students eager to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

committees. We have to be the ones saying who should be considered for the next open seat.” Benko, who was named to Nike’s board of directors in 2018, says that WomenExecs’s member diversity—by geography, industry, function—both builds View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Profile

Lauren Burrows

that HBS would give me unparalleled access to the resources and connections I would need to chart my desired career path. More importantly, I felt that HBS would give me the opportunity and resources to develop and gain confidence in my... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

Career Coach

Christina LaMontagne

hoping to make challenging industry and role changes - supporting them with finding their passion, career visioning, goal setting, job search tactics/execution, and confidence building to land their dream role. Her own experience... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

01 Nov 2021
Blog Post

ACE YOUR PHONE OR VIDEO INTERVIEW

there are a couple of strategies you can use to increase your confidence and make a strong impression. First, smile! Smiling affects your tone of voice and helps you demonstrate enthusiasm – even if the interviewer can’t see you. Try it... View Details

20 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Bryan Guerra...

developed a higher comfort threshold for dealing with uncertainty, but also, I gained a greater flexibility to adapt to a variety of situations, which has given me a certain confidence for dealing with new situations, which I didn't have... View Details

Keywords: Technology

12 Apr 2017
Blog Post

2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree

immediate community. The 2+2 program gave me the confidence to more boldly seek an opportunity that I may not have considered otherwise. In an attempt to find a role that would allow me to give back to the city I was born and raised in,... View Details

Student-Profile

Fanele Mashwama

Shawn Cole—plus he had an existing network of friends and colleagues in the Boston area—so he felt confident that HBS would be the right fit. “The Business Economics program struck the right balance between background economic theory and... View Details

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Strategy Execution - Course Catalog

consumer products, education, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, military, publishing, retail, robotics, software development, and space exploration. By the end of the course, students will have gained the practical knowledge and View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Joel Bines

demonstrating, says Bines, "that students and faculty members are truly partners in the HBS classroom." While he considers himself lucky in his career to have been able to make good on the confidence others have placed in him, Bines... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

Portrait Project

Shreya Saraf

classmates would get pulled out of the upcoming Independence Day celebrations. It was me. My voice, along with my confidence and spontaneity, quickly disappeared. I stopped singing in the shower. I bobbed my head when my favorite song... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Tidy Minds

employees, Sorrell replied: "I think they should be smart; the word aggressive is overused, but pushy; confident but not arrogant; intelligent but not overly intellectual. You have to be able to cut through the wooliness of things and get... View Details

Keywords: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 10 Nov 2015
Webinars: Trending@HBS

Prospects for Shared Prosperity: Findings from the 2015 Alumni Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

Americas leading companies are thriving, but the prosperity they are producing is not being shared broadly among U.S. citizens. Professor Jan Rivkin will present the results of HBSs effort to gauge alumni opinions. View Details

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