Publications

Career Coach

Alejandro (HBS '08) has spent most of his career in the areas of direct investing and strategy, with a recent focus on human capital leadership and development. He has had experience in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

Video

CPD: Company Information Day

October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
Case

Swizz Beatz

By: Boris Groysberg, Annelena Lobb and Sarah Mehta

This case explores the life and career of rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz. Set in 2019, it covers the evolution of Swizz’s musical career and his new venture into the commercial art market. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Music Industry; United States

09 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program

Peek is an annual online program for current undergraduate students that provides an opportunity to try out the HBS case method of study, join a leadership development discussion, gain an understanding of the career flexibility and... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Video

Nathalie du Preez (MBA 2010)

Kevin P. Mohan

Kevin Mohan joined the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School in 2012 after a long career as a private equity investor. He teaches Negotiation in the MBA program and the Owners, Presidents, and Managers program. He also teaches War... View Details

July 1997
Case

Graffs, The (A)

By: Carl S. Sloane and Gregory C. Rogers

Examines dual-career issues and conflicts between spouses' career objectives, personal values, and life structures. It does so by a in-depth examination of the lives and careers of a professional couple (a successful entrepreneur and a lawyer), choice points in their... View Details

Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Conflict Management

Career Coach

Christine Van Dae

Christine is the Associate Director, Market Intelligence in the HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) Office. In her role, Christine oversees the collection and reporting of employment data for students and alumni. She has been... View Details

Career Coach

Christina LaMontagne

hoping to make challenging industry and role changes - supporting them with finding their passion, career visioning, goal setting, job search tactics/execution, and confidence building to land their dream role. Her own experience... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

Thomas J. DeLong

Thomas J. DeLong is a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and the former Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior Department at the Harvard Business School. He is an expert in leader development, organizational... View Details

September 2009
Case

J.P. Morgan

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

An account of J.P. Morgan's remarkable career in government, railroad, and industrial finance. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Personal Development and Career

February 2014
Background Note

“When I look back…” Reflections of Bernard Madoff

By: Eugene F. Soltes and Sara Hess

This background note for instructors provides details of Bernard Madoff's career and the classroom recording. View Details

Keywords: Ponzi Scheme; Crime and Corruption; Personal Development and Career; Finance; United States

August 2003
Case

Amy Kelly's 48-Hour Diary

The response of former Self-Assessment and Career Development student Amy Kelly to the "48-Hour Diary" assignment. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career

Career Coach

Phil Wong

cross-sector and cross-asset class team focused on data-driven decision making, and launching an internal portfolio analytics platform. Phil’s journey to becoming a HBS career coach included work with Professor Perlow’s Crafting Your Life... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

August 2002
Exercise

Written Interview Assignment, The

By: Monica C. Higgins, David A. Thomas and Shoshana Zuboff

Sets the stage for self-assessment as an integral component in the process of career development. View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career

2023
Book

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey

In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action,... View Details

Keywords: Happiness; Personal Development and Career; Emotions