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- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
March 2005, Winfrey phoned Koehn precisely as arranged, and the interview, originally scheduled for twenty minutes, lasted an hour and twenty minutes. Koehn reflected, "Her message to our case was about purpose: one's purpose and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- Web
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
invitations about removing gendered language , jargon, and idioms that can make potential candidates feel excluded. Just like your job postings, event descriptions are an important marketing tool and should convey an inclusive message if... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
That’s the message Carol Holding (MBA ’80), chair of the summit’s planning committee, remembers most vividly from the lunchtime conversation she moderated at a table with ten nonprofit leaders. “There needs to be more of a dialogue... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016
wrote to another employee at Dropps and asked her to forward her message and resume to Propper. That Saturday, he called her. "We talked about sustainability and growth for about an hour, then arranged an appointment for the... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
of the business," Phanstiel says. To keep people in the core "focused on the hard work of growing the old business, we had to make it clear that everyone's effort mattered." The message was clear: "Your job is to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG Capital and TPG Growth: “I woke up to text messages congratulating me from friends on the East Coast.” Kiran Gandhi, musician, entrepreneur: “I was... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
of their equity plans by outlining in detail the possible scenarios and potential outcomes of their particular grants. The message here is A) you add value to this company and should benefit from it well into the future and B) we want to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 07 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events
12twenty Try sharing videos of your office space or the surrounding local area to help students better understand what it might be like to work in your office Consider asking a senior leader in your organization to record a brief message... View Details
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count
before the event. If your company already has onboarding videos that show the office or your local area, use those videos in your recruiting to help students “see” themselves working there. If a senior leader wants to send a message to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 31 May 2018
- Blog Post
Yes, Introverts CAN Network Successfully: A Brief How-To for People Who "Hate" Networking
should construct and practice the message you'll leave behind, being sure you include your purpose, some appreciation for the contact's work ("I loved your blog post about team leadership "), and a request for a conversation.... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 2
Companies manage all advertising for targeted events so using the resume book and/or student clubs to attract students is critical to success. Tailor your messaging to individual students whenever possible to create the connection before... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap
how sustainability has been central to the company’s mission and image. He outlines specific steps that the company has taken in a way that echoes the marketing tools cited in “The Elusive Green Consumer,” expressing a clear message about... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
[PageNet], now the world's largest wireless messaging company), GTCR now manages some $1.2 billion in five funds, with excellent results. Over the past decade, it has reaped returns of roughly 30 percent on companies it retains in its... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
case discussion methods employed by many business schools may exacerbate the problem by their frequent reliance on heavy class participation, conveying subtle messages that those who sound smart and speak a lot "have more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
she could help. In an open message on LinkedIn, she offered her own contacts and experiences to any Black college student or recent graduate interested in the finance or tech sectors. “The next morning, my entire calendar was booked up,”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
on a Tuesday at 2 p.m., who’s going to show up?” Agora, the online platform Sze launched last year, offers a place for citizens to interact with their elected representatives using everything from message boards to streaming video chats.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
Agree or disagree—and even his colleagues disagree—Theodore Levitt's controversial article "The Globalization of Markets" reshaped the debate on globalism and consumer marketing, and continues to provide modern managers with constructive ways to view markets.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising
responded to the kinds of accretionary, miscellaneous forms they were familiar with . . . in which commercial and non-commercial messages mingle and prepared themselves for a world in which advertisements were ever more present.” 53 The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
the Price Today!” In the second, the sign showed a group of hands on top of one another in a circle and the message read, “Because We’re Partners, It’s Your Turn to Set the Price Today!” The former was our exchange norm condition and the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna