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01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

teams is the ability to develop future leaders. I love to mentor all ages and backgrounds because I personally get great satisfaction in watching others develop into their full potential.” Fueled by their success, she is dedicated to... View Details

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Companies: rankings

Where can I find category rankings for companies (e.g., top MBA employers, best places to work, diversity, top brands)? Best Companies Search Engine provided by the Great Place... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

Data-driven hiring practices have taken off. As early as 2010, Google was using talent analytics to help hire the right people. Research supports this strategy; in studies, algorithms outperformed humans in... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

January 1992 (Revised August 1992)
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Lexon Corp. (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Lexon Corp. lawyers must decide how to respond to two lawsuits challenging the company's interception of electronic mail on privacy grounds. They must also formulate a company policy on e-mail. One suit was filed by an employee dismissed from her job after asking that... View Details

Keywords: Information; Rights; Managerial Roles; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Computer Industry; California

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Arturo Alvarez Demalde

I want to transcend individual success; I want to create and share success with others. Watching a sunset on the beach with my wife, celebrating a new birth with my family, being part of a wining team, closing the View Details

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

companies, lift outs represent a gamble on credibility, portability of performance, and human capital. Such moves may destroy relationships—with former colleagues, clients, and vendors—and impair the employees’ effectiveness for years to... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

watching me..."). Newspapers with built-in refreshable video. Menus (no more regrets from the waiter that the daily special is sold out). Maps. Camouflage clothing that changes in different lighting (Sahlman again: "So if you... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

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The Arts of Communication - Course Catalog

non-profit, or undergrad organization. Credit requires submitting a 30 second video of speaking engagement and a reflection on lessons learned. 2) Reflection email: Watch video of speech from class Submit a paragraph via canvas confirming... View Details

06 Oct 2016
News

“You Could Be Dead Any Second”

to exchange the Westerners for prisoners, Quin and the others were used as a human wall while their captors exchanged fire with the Yemeni army. “It seemed impossible that we could survive,” Quin told the Bulletin in 2002. But the moment... View Details

17 Apr 2024
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New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

genetic insights. Watch Crop Diagnostix at the 2024 New Venture Competition. 2024 Social Enterprise Track Winner: Solara - Rea Savla (MBA 2024), Vishesh Mehta - Providing an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing... View Details

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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog

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Eryn Schultz

(everything from food entrepreneurship to non-profit management), I wasn't sure how to pick the right organization. Getting my MBA gave me a framework for figuring out what the next step was post-Accenture. How has your overall HBS... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consumer Products

01 Jan 2004
News

Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

company's marine products department, watching over the export of salmon and crab. Makihara's credentials were far from traditional by Japanese standards. Although his late father had been a Mitsubishi manager and his wife was the... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Road to Recovery

Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t understand why the field of addiction psychiatry had been unable... View Details

Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)

beauty of working in California is that I still wake up on East Coast time. I can work three or four hours before the LA day kicks in.” Happy place: Bryant Park in Manhattan. “You can take a genuine, green-grass moment that’s very accessible, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

human dynamics are strong, magic can happen.” Can you describe your first cold call and how you responded? “It was first-semester RC year in TOM, with Pian Shu. I hadn’t spoken in a while, so I expected it might be coming. Even so, it did... View Details

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

human physiology (typing is still difficult on a small keyboard), technology (battery life for a fully converged device might be in minutes, not hours), and human preference (would the iPod be as popular if... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

improvement in safety climate." “They're not going to get better by picking the right problem. They're going to get better by becoming better problem-solvers.” One reason for this is that employees are more likely to buy into improvement... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

01 Sep 2013
News

The Joy of Spending

we talk about are not mistakes that laypeople make," says Norton, who admits that even he fails to heed the science from time to time. "They are mistakes that humans make." Below, Norton offers five principles that can ensure you swipe... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Meg Whittenberger

more hardship than most people face in a lifetime, and every day she confronted the grueling trial of living in a world that expected her to fail. I reflected on my own contrasting privilege and my own insecurities, and I doubted if my encouragement could ever be... View Details

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