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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
easy. It has more to do with the relationship between joy and accomplishment. A number of years ago I interviewed the novelist John Irving, who reported that he often spent twelve hours a day writing. I asked him why he put in such long... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Brown and Company) Beginning in 1979 as a cable channel televising sporting events in Connecticut, ESPN is arguably now the most successful network in TV history. The authors tell the inside story of this amazing rise, drawing on over 500 View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
(1970). In a 1988 interview in Manager magazine, Andresen said that his business philosophy was based on "diligence, toughness, and honesty" toward himself and others. "You have to have the ability to constantly criticize and evaluate... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
collection of those conversations. One quick note, the first interview was recorded in our offices and the rest of them took place on campus during reunions. OK. On to the episode. I'm Jimmy Childre from OPM '18. When I finished college I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
job. You’re asked to deliver a five-minute, nonstop pitch to two interviewers on your qualifications. They listen but give no feedback—none of the encouraging head nods or mmm-hmms that make us feel we’re being heard and understood.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
interview dates on campus. I was all set to go when I received a call from Grove to come to his office, where he directed me to cancel my trip. When I asked why, his blunt Hungarian-accented response was that “HBS graduates were a bunch... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Boston derails his life. Expelled from school, with a cloud over his head, he jumps at a chance opportunity to interview for a job in Paris, hoping for a fresh start away from everyone who knows his past. Alone in a foreign land, Mason is... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
who loves Donald Trump. And I interviewed him for 45 minutes as all of these interns are writing it down. It was really interesting. At the end, the woman who was sitting next to me, who is a senior at Harvard, I said well, what did you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
More at www.WineriesOfTheSierraFoothills.com. Gender Balance: When Men Step Up edited by Marie-Christine Maheas (GMP 8, 2010) (Editions Eyrolles) The business leaders interviewed for this book are categorical: gender balance is a tool to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow draws on hours of in-depth interviews with Grove, other key Intel employees, and numerous high-technology entrepreneurs to craft a revealing, instructive portrait of a man and the company he built into one... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
and WeWork—along with interviews and stories from their own personal experience, to make these ideas come alive. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people and, ultimately, in yourself. Reimagining... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
In Rangan’s view, the sector is poised on the brink of transformation, a topic he enthusiastically expounded upon during a recent interview in his Morgan Hall office. The terms “social enterprise” and “nonprofit” seem to be used... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
real, serious, sustained commitment to shoot for the pinnacle — and to defend and advance your position if you attain it.” Yet luxury’s challenge remains an ongoing enticement for Birnbaum and the other alumni interviewed for this... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
leader―one who emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity. Drawing on a global survey of 700 mid-tier to senior executives and interviews with C-level executives from around the world, Mukherjee explains how digital... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
took a job at Stride Rite. By the time eBay came along, I was at Hasbro in Rhode Island. Fortunately, my husband was game to move back to California. What was your first reaction when a recruiter asked you to consider interviewing at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
independent directors.” Another way to think about it is to ask, do we have the right legal definition of independence? My short answer is no. Several HBS colleagues and I recently did interviews with 35 directors who are leaders on their... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship The Sweet Life: Paul Conforti at Finale Desserterie & Bakery. “Everything is a balancing act... you’ve got to be able to adapt.” Related Links A Growing Drumbeat Show Me the Money - or Not Cloudflare introductory video A Day at the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Signify, Symmons, and Haier and interviews with thought leaders and business executives from top companies including Amazon, ABB, Tesla, Samsung, and Google, this book provides practical advice for product-making companies as they embark... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
industry. Because so many people are not getting the treatment they deserve. Flint: You've developed a coaching practice called OutshiningED. What were some of the areas you wanted to address with that? Ronga: I dove in on this research piece View Details