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- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
(approximately 50 percent worker owned). While long-term wealth creation for frontline workers is great, I don’t want it to distract from the more immediate challenges that these View Details
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
in our classrooms and around the world. This is an exciting time for the program, as we invigorate our sense of purpose, center the education in the MBA experience, and ensure that the HBS MBA Program continues to attract the world’s most promising View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
of the 21st century. by Deborah Blagg and Susan Young Name: John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership Director: HBS Global Leadership Initiative Most recent book: John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do On vision: "People... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
Decision-Making in Your Organization What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated According to a recent Gallup survey, less... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
they could decide whether to continue working or take personal time during a two-month severance period. While most workers took the two months off to find a new job or take a break, the woman kept showing up to the office, and when new... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Profiles - MBA
teachers shaped my aspirations, I too want to foster creative learning in all classrooms for all students and learners and share this passion with everyone. Professional goals I'd love to create transformative, curious, fun products in education or children's media... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
from decades of teaching students from the Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z eras. George and coauthor Zach Clayton, CEO of the digital marketing firm Three Ships, urge young leaders to usher in a new way of doing business—one based on... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social entrepreneurs in improving education to employment outcomes, mechanisms for enhancing the... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
mail carrier to supplement the family's income. Even so, when young Malcolm graduated from high school in 1931, the country was in the midst of the Depression and further schooling was simply not an option. Pumping gas at a service... View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
the researchers, is intensive mentoring and monitoring of staff. “Because many young companies face both technological and market risks, founders may prioritize dealing with these challenges rather than the more mundane aspects of human... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
initiative with an unlikely acronym: YALP, the Young American Leaders Program. Launched in 2015 out of the School’s US Competitiveness Project and convening every June, YALP brings together 10 leaders from each of 14 cities across the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
some of the personal details of how and where they grew up—and how that shaped the person they are today. Photos by Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: John Hess (MBA 1977) is CEO of Hess Corporation, a global independent energy company... View Details
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
Indian nonprofit devoted to supporting the millions of low-income women who toil in the country’s informal economy. Serving young people and working mothers, brother and sister each came to believe that intervening at the preschool and... View Details
- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
particularly young people: the diverse, inclusive workplaces they’ve worked hard to develop. “Job seekers are more likely to click on job ads for firms with high diversity scores when presented with this information.” “Job seekers are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
growing dependency ratios at the level of the firm tell us, regardless of where we are in the world. But several deplored what has been done about them. According to Francine McKenna, "There's no pension crisis in the executive suite . The average View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
toppled—in fact, he calls it "one of the most amazing innovations of the twentieth century." Instead, he wants executives to consider how their own companies formed and developed at a young age. "All organizations start with a structure... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
technology. Business Track, 2019 MyToolbox Technologies, Inc. Wil Eyi (MBA 2019) Business Track Winner Platform for construction workers NomPot Ed Arthy (MBA 2020) Kasey Le (MBA 2020) Neha Mathur (MBA 2020) Zach Keeling, (MBA 2020)... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: Gwill York’s (MBA 1984) parents were determined that their daughter would be practical and self-sufficient. As it turns out, they didn’t have to push too hard. At the age of nine, York started driving... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
employee with young kids at home, or someone taking care of elder relatives, or a worker needing to focus on their own physical and mental health as a result of the situation will not be able to do a 40-hour... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman