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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Sunny's MBA
In 1986, as a 26-year-old with a degree in agricultural management and little business experience, Sunny Verghese (AMP 115, 1994) was newly employed by a venerable Indian conglomerate to oversee a textile mill in Nigeria. A foreign exchange crisis was making it very... View Details
- 30 Sep 2013
- News
Mark Fields Steps into the Limelight
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
FROM SUCCESS TO SIGNIFICANCE: Kanter (at left) with several of this year’s ALI fellows. Baby boomers of the world, arise! Calling it “an opportunity to deploy people to fix the world’s problems,” HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter launched the Advanced View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Developing Insightful Global Leaders
HBS is committed to developing future leaders equipped with the cultural intelligence and skills required to operate in today’s globalized world. Key to this effort is creating opportunities for members of the School’s increasingly... View Details
- April 22, 2021
- Article
The CFO's Role in Capability Building
By: Rawi Abdelal, Kevin Carmody, Meagan Hill and William J. Pearson
Keywords: Chief Financial Officer; Capabilities; Organizations; Competency and Skills; Finance; Leadership
Abdelal, Rawi, Kevin Carmody, Meagan Hill, and William J. Pearson. "The CFO's Role in Capability Building." McKinsey Strategy & Corporate Finance Insights (April 22, 2021).
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
that, not just because it’s the work that we’re doing, but also because I’m able to bring some of my skills from Google to help us run a user-growth campaign to reach people by using some reasonably basic tools of technology.” “A lot of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
the minority in how they viewed this choice. “The course does a good job of highlighting the conflicts that are inherent in this business, such as the tension between investment professionals and their investors,” El-Hage says. “It trains our students to think... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times by Ram Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) (McGraw-Hill) Economic turbulence has arrived with a vengeance, and only companies that... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
a rapidly changing landscape that presents increasingly complex management challenges, leadership skills are even more essential to a venture's success, Pisano said. "A good business model is necessary but... View Details
- 20 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One
You Learn Long-Term Leadership Strategy I loved the HBS classroom experience, but I recall initially doubting the power of the case method style of learning. Surely you can just teach us accounting rules without debating! I was like... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
fields. Can you imagine doing brain surgery without proper training? Or playing the cello at Carnegie Hall or tennis at Wimbledon without years of training and practice? Just as you cannot learn these skills solely in the classroom,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 28 Mar 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
CEO Behavior and Firm Performance
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
Apple Computer, and Charles Schwab. What are some of the most important leadership challenges in nonprofit management? There are many excellent executives in the nonprofit area, and our research shows that leading a nonprofit organization... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
a research group in an academic nonprofit setting working with government leaders and other nonprofits, foundations, and businesses, to inform better policies. I enjoy leadership roles where I feel like I can have a unique impact, and my... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- February 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Bidwell Training Center, Inc. and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Preparation in Pittsburgh
By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell
Bill Strickland, executive director of both Bidwell Training Center and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, has built a highly successful training organization to enable underprivileged minorities in Pittsburgh to escape the cycle of poverty. His success has led to questions... View Details
Keywords: Training; Non-Governmental Organizations; Leadership; Society; Competency and Skills; Pittsburgh
Heskett, James L., and Roger H. Hallowell. "Bidwell Training Center, Inc. and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Preparation in Pittsburgh." Harvard Business School Case 693-087, February 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- 14 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Character, Competence, and Corporate Accountability: Developing Business Leaders for a New Era
By: Lynn Paine
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
It’s not enough to be a good leader, says HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Today’s societal challenges require advanced leaders—ones with the skills of an experienced CEO, the big dreams of a new entrepreneur, and the rare ability to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Expanding Horizons
his country, India, and more broadly, the world at large. “HBS changed my career direction and broadened my horizons,” he says. “I was going into the health care sector, but a summer in equity capital between my MBA years convinced me to change course.” HBS provided... View Details