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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Dot-Mom
instincts were about wanting to take care of a family in a traditional way." And that is what she is now doing. Long a single mother with two daughters, last year she married Random House CEO Peter Olson (MBA/JD '76); the new family of... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
Summing Up One significant theme in responses to this month's column suggested that there is a role for varying degrees of "buy-in" and "groupthink" in effective leadership. The message seems to be that leaders should... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
economic thought and contested antitrust law, ultimately tailoring federal policy to accommodate state regulations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49787 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
and Son, United Beef Producers, and Huttenbauer Foods. He is also CEO of High Pressure Research. Over the years, he has played an active role in several community and educational organizations, including... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Great Priority Reset
1998), CEO of the global airports and travel retail group daa plc since 2017. (He starts a new role as CEO of UK-based food manufacturer Greencore this fall.) This idea of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Flying High
Jim McNerney (MBA ’75) departed GE in 2000 to become, at 3M, a chief executive for the first time. Named chairman, president, and CEO of The Boeing Company in July, McNerney is the aerospace giant’s third leader since 2003, a period... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Fireside Chats with Harvard Faculty: A COVID-19 Symposium
leading role in organizing the business community in the fight against COVID-19—will be the symposium’s keynote speaker. Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: View Video Keynote Speaker Mr. Ken Chenault, View Details
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
Roundtable focuses on regional challenges while exploring the evolving role of business in society. Learn more about BiGS Global Leadership Roundtables Uncover the impact of industrial policy on business and America's economic future... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
entertained. I’ve always been someone who wants to brighten peoples’ day, and I sought to integrate that into my career. I took on roles that combined creative development and strategic leadership, working my up to CMO, and then President... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
(MBA 1997). The Rock Center welcomed 20 Entrepreneurs-in- Residence to serve as advisors to student entrepreneurs for the academic year. EiRs—who also work with faculty on course development—include sweetriot founder and CEO Sarah Endline... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
project supports collaborations to understand, predict, and prevent financial instability. In May, nearly 600 alumni from New York and Boston participated in The Boardroom, a daylong, capstone exercise in the RC. Students assumed the role... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Empowering women to lead
women come to my class wanting to be leaders, but feeling like maybe they don't have what it takes. I try to get them to affirm their ambitions and understand that leadership is within their grasp," she says. Hood's approach served her well in her previous View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
In Harmony
finance director of the New York City Opera. For the next 35 years, Weinstein made his way through arts organizations in roles as general director of the Pittsburgh Opera, executive director of the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
current environment, CEOs need to continue to speak up and serve a role of accountability.” Patricia Caballero regards CEO activism as inevitable: “We have reached the point... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
UNC's “Accidental” Dean
In 1996, Jones was named CEO of Suncorp Metway Ltd., a leading Australian banking, insurance, and investment funds manager. Homeward bound with his wife and their four school-age children, Jones planned to take it easy for a while. But... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
achieve their goals. I've been especially interested in the pattern of succession in many entrepreneurial firms—specifically, that many founders are replaced by "professional" CEOs early in the life of the venture. My data shows... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
purpose-driven brands. More recently, I served as CEO of a private equity-backed beauty and wellness company. Like many career journeys, my path ebbed and flowed. When my kids were young, I decided to step away from full-time View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. HBS’s global outposts—15 research centers and offices spanning five continents—play a critical role in the School’s efforts to build deep expertise in business... View Details
- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). Over two days, 11 faculty members from across the School taught five new cases involving companies ranging from Microsoft to Sweden’s Northvolt electric battery maker, raising questions about the View Details