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02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

of questions: Will they be as sensitive to the needs of those in their employ as they want their managers to be with them? Will they open up their organizations more widely to global opportunities? Will they create work environments in which jobs View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

the firm, though they do take bold business initiatives. Some firms like Southwest have no long term debt. Southwest self-financed because to grow too quickly would have undermined their ability to hire employees who fit Southwest's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Moral Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap widens dramatically AIDS Influence: High 90 1990 s Internet... View Details

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

and managing cow manure (a material source of emissions!).” Hilton continues to support climate founders as an independent sponsor. He’s carefully working “to define the niche that fits my skillsets and interests best.” He remains... View Details

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

with the social impact of the organization. Managerial opportunity and opportunity for managerial development, particularly jobs that require business and managerial skills gained at HBS. Opportunity to produce significant, sustained benefits for the employer within... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

response to it, particularly in the developed economies, fits this description. Environmentalism, as we have known it since the 1960s, has been grounded in the physical sciences, law, economics, and public policy. Advocates for strong... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in countries including Guatemala, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

those with chronic health conditions. She was extremely good at understanding the customers' needs and then devising solutions to fit those needs. She got a thrill out of it! Then I asked her what she hated about her job. She hesitated,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

Okeho, a town of about 2,500, before his family moved to Wisconsin so his parents could attend graduate school. When he was eight, the family returned to Nigeria, where Gbadegesin experienced culture shock in reverse. “I didn't fit in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Finance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

03 Jul 2015
Blog Post

What is HBS Bridges?

a powerful and fitting conclusion to our time at HBS. Here I was, nearly two years later, back in Burden Hall where it all began. The excitement and buzz in the room was just as palpable as it was then. Similar to when we started at... View Details

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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

UPDATED 04 OCT 2022 We are thrilled to announce that the Certificate of Management Excellence (CME) has expanded to include more programs and increased flexibility to fit your career path and personal goals. In addition to the Leadership... View Details

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

why that happened," says Ofek. Clocky fit the bill. In the case "Clocky: The Runaway Alarm Clock" (with Eliot Sherman) and the follow-up case, "Nanda Home: Preparing for Life after Clocky" (with Jill Avery, HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

ongoing assessment of the appropriate balance between a product's form and function and how that fits with the way people live today. In the past, she notes, it was de rigueur to set a table with coordinated china, flatware, and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

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Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

program that is right for them, whenever they can, in whatever format they can." More Insight Want more help in understanding the various learning experiences at HBS? Check out these past blog posts: What's the Right Fit for You—An... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

of meeting the climate imperative? This is Your Time Be at Your Best to Enjoy it the Most Meredith Oppenheim (MBA 2001) , Founder and CEO of Vitality Society Josie Gardiner, Vitality Society Coach/Advisor, and Co-Author of Harvard Medical School Breast Cancer Survivor... View Details

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

who artfully morphed their founding stories to fit their current iteration, creating a narrative arc as the companies evolved, McDonald says. “The founding story that’s associated with a Facebook app becoming a regulated financial... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

Maintaining Networks Show Hide Details Concepts Mapping Power Dynamics Building and Maintaining Networks Analyzing Your Network Developing Your Network Featured Exercises Analyze patterns in your own professional network and the fit... View Details

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

write about a personal past experience that fit one of five categories: unethical, ethical, positive, negative, or neutral. The participants mostly wrote about commonplace actions (cheating on an exam or padding an expense report, for... View Details