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26 Apr 2024
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Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

CU would move to the Big 12 conference, where it would earn $30 million a year in media rights, drawing even more visibility to Colorado. Coach Prime’s playbook for executives Business leaders can learn 10 key lessons from Sanders’... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

03 May 2012
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Clay Christensen's Life Lessons

22 Apr 2011
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Shakespeare's Tough Leadership Lessons

19 Feb 2021
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Lessons Learned from Research

03 Apr 2020
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The Lessons We Choose

01 Mar 2008
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Lessons from Private Equity

the generally superior returns generated by private equity firms? The answer is delivered in Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (HBS Press, 2008) by Bain & Co. chair Orit Gadiesh (MBA ’77) and Bain partner Hugh MacArthur. The... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

It is the students who ultimately end up teaching all of us. Here are the nine lessons we learned from the Class of 2019. 9. A Lesson in Vulnerability and Giving Triston Francis and Sana Mohammed spoke... View Details

11 Nov 2015
Book

Alex Ferguson's Lessons on Leading

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

2010
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Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance

By: Kenneth A. Froot

Of the 20 most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain, and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Insurance; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Behavior

Citation

05 Dec 2013
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Lessons Learned from Healthcare.gov

Keywords: communication; collaboration; Health, Social Assistance

25 Jan 2011
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Lessons in Asset Management

01 Jun 2001
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Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons

The first in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have embarked on second careers. Just a few months removed from Wall Street, where he commanded a workforce of six thousand seasoned financial services pros, Richard S. Pechter (MBA ’69) stood before an... View Details

Keywords: Lory Hough; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

November 2007 (Revised February 2009)
Background Note

Myths and Lessons of Modern Chinese History

By: William C. Kirby and Brittany Crow

China is an ancient civilization, but it is really a very young country. How we understand modern China is rooted in our understanding of history. Thus, the authors examine several myths surrounding important historical themes, including unity, economic and political... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Globalization; Government and Politics; History; China

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28 Nov 2016
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Digital Change: Lessons from the Newspaper Industry

01 Mar 2019
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INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling

Bhartia and Raamin Mostaghimi (both MBA 2014). The book gives early readers insight into how to add value and avoid checked luggage, plus lessons on the language they’ll need to manage up: When a partner asks for 15 hours of work in the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint