Careers - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Sep 2023
News

Q&A With New Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Rupal Gadhia

03 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

With their podcast, Alexey Youssef (MBA 2022) and Shad Faraz (MBA 2022) bust the myth that physicians cannot venture outside the traditional career path. In my first year of university, one of my professors hosted a special session on... View Details

Blog

Discover Upcoming HBS Executive Education Programs

As a business leader, you are often confronted with a wide range of opportunities and challenges. You're expected to bring new ideas to the table, find solutions to existing and arising obstacles, and stay in the forefront of innovative thinking. Harvard Business... View Details

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

Career Coach

Sarah Sikowitz

Sarah (Kellogg '06) is the Director of Career Education and Coaching in the HBS Career and Professional Development office. Her team manages all the student and alumni programming, along with the View Details

Career Coach

Ildi Nielsen

Ildi (Dartmouth ’94) offers 20 years of experience as a Career Coach and Executive Search Consultant for MBA and post-MBA professionals. She worked as a Career Coach at Boston Consulting Group where she... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Retail

22 Mar 2017
Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

I came to HBS with an interest in social impact but without any specific career convictions. Over the past year, the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) has been especially influential in guiding my career... View Details

13–14 Oct 2023
Reunions

2023 HBS Fall Reunions

We look forward to welcoming you back for your reunion! This is a special opportunity to reconnect with old friends and make valuable new connections; strengthen your professional career and personal life with the latest thinking on critical topics; and feel... View Details

Career Coach

Eileen Stephan

Eileen offers over 20 years of professional experience in recruiting, career management and career coaching in both the corporate and academic worlds. Her most recent position as Global Head of Graduate... View Details

Keywords: Education; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Hospitality; Retail; Social Enterprise

Career Coach

Hillary Mann

Hillary Mann (MBA, Babson ’15; University of Michigan ’04) is a Corporate Relations Director who manages relationships with organizations in Consumer Products, Retail & Luxury Goods, Hospitality, Agribusiness, and Sustainability. Hillary brings over 10 years of... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Education; Entertainment / Media; Hospitality; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Real Estate; Retail; Social Enterprise; Sports; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

Career Coach

Kendall Borges

and alumni to define their career vision and act on it through developing a pitch, finding opportunities, identifying networks – and much more. She enjoys helping clients discover what brings them joy, purpose and meaning and how to... View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Sam Walton: Great From the Start

learn from everybody," he said, and one of the key characteristics of his career was that he kept learning until the day he died. He learned from Butler Brothers, from retail publications, and from his competitor, John Dunham, with... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

Now in its second year, Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) are no credit, no fee elective courses for MBA students. SIPs are open to first and second year MBA students. They offer a great opportunity for students to think about career... View Details

September 2019
Case

Sonia Millar: Negotiating for the C-Suite

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Anne Donnellon

This case addresses the nuances of gender dynamics and career progression at the top of the organization, where even women who have strong leadership expertise, experience, and alliances with powerful male colleagues still get stuck. Told from the point of view of... View Details

Keywords: Executives; CEO; Promotion; Gender Bias; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Diversity; Power and Influence

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Educators

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12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 04 Jun 2015
Webinars: Trending@HBS

New Results from the HBS Alumni Survey: Life and Leadership After HBS

Professor Robin Ely will share survey findings about the lives and careers of alumni, including how they negotiate work and family, how alumni of different genders and racial groups experience their careers and family relationships, and how alumni view barriers to... View Details

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

general lost their relevance? Are they preparing graduates in useful ways for careers in management? If there is room for improvement, can it be achieved within the "academy," where business schools seem to be caught in a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

December 2014 (Revised March 2018)
Case

John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World

By: Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka

By the late nineteenth century scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the precise mechanisms often varied, this process mainly involved horizontal integration, some form of legal or administrative... View Details

Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Wealth; Business History; Vertical Integration; Consolidation; Personal Development and Career; Energy Industry; United States