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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
and general management consulting services — all free of charge. “The five CAP volunteers assessed our agency carefully and gave me the kind of information I hadn’t had before,” says Alston-Follansbee. “They helped us realize that what we do best is provide services... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
the Honeywell/GE merger for the Boston Consulting Group. Rather, she was assigned a client her bosses thought was more befitting a "lady": Mrs. Smith's Pie Company. Even that was a controversial assignment, her superiors fretted, because... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
financial independence and control.” The response to iTrust’s financial planning seminars for women has been “overwhelming” and bodes well for the future “because women are more open to and are more likely to adopt a financial planning... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
list of clients such as Genentech, Merck, and Procter & Gamble, Hazleton tested concepts and compounds and was deeply involved in the development of everything from contact lenses to chemotherapy drugs. Over the next two decades, Nielsen,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
entrepreneur who initially thought he’d have a career in the private sector before pursuing academia. He spent the summer between his first and second years as an MBA working as a consultant and discovered he loved the process of researching and answering questions for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
to a career switch to investment banking that would culminate 23 years later in Ogunlesi’s appointment to executive vice chairman and chief client officer at Credit Suisse. Now chairman and managing partner at Global Infrastructure... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
muck. Somehow chicken wing bones would find their way into my shoes. When my mother would pick me up, the stench was so bad, she would roll down all the car windows, even in the dead of winter. It was easily the worst job I ever had. But I learned the View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
commonsensical, and proven to work.” Klarman’s long-term outlook has served him — and large numbers of clients and community members — extremely well. At Baupost, the Boston-based 165-person firm he has led since earning his MBA, Klarman... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
holds the "monopoly position" in the world marketplace it once enjoyed. "Students come here to learn, but they also have a responsibility to teach," he observes. "They have been admitted to HBS on the basis of their unique experiences -... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
leaders through Bridgestar, a nonprofit executive recruiting service leveraged by technology; and to create a robust source of knowledge from those activities that can be shared freely — and free of charge — with others. “The vast majority of Bridgespan’s View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
us closer to freedom,’” Poznansky writes. APRIL 12 Corporate Responses to the War in Ukraine Tuesday April 19, 2022, 5:30pm, Virtual program How are businesses and business leaders reacting to the war in Ukraine? Senior leaders from three... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
well portrayed in the news necessarily. And I also think-- I think, unfortunately, the media likes to take a clickbaity spin on a subject. Oh, AI, like the evil overlord robots are coming to steal your job, right? We were at TED last week, and we actually gave an... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
boss. We had an external client who loved my work. There came a point, however, where for various reasons my boss felt threatened by my work and decided to oust me from the organization and proceeded by giving me a horrible review. I was... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
experienced people,” Desai said. “Sitting back and listening is the worst thing you can do. Be aggressive in challenging them.” The Boardroom concept was born in response to feedback from HBS students following the 2015 launch of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
think the so-called rewards they bring are pretty overrated." Rather, Glover finds immense satisfaction in helping clients create safer workplaces and a cleaner environment. "The icing on the cake," she says, "is that we simultaneously... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
state-of-the-art graphics, to target the right audience, and to measure responses instantly. But many experts contend that Internet advertising is still in its infancy. There is a widely held belief that in the future we will compare... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
much time apart, and, two, this is not the life that we had imagined for ourselves in terms of having a really good partnership and thinking about starting a family,” Gordon says. Gordon’s deep network allows her to provide clients with... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
affected company shut the necessary doors, saving it an estimated $20 million. Flashpoint has public sector clients too, including global governments as well as US military and law enforcement agencies. In fall 2014, it launched a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
some time networking. Webinar Tackles Race and Mass Incarceration Using Case Method Nearly 2.3 million individuals are currently locked up in U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers. Of these, 60% are Black or Latinx. Why the mass incarceration, and why such... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
her bachelor’s degree in 1983. Fisher spent five years at IBM, working with clients in health care, insurance, and defense. “I found I appreciated business in ways I never expected,” she says, “and probably have affected the health of... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley