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- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
participate. Prasad explained that after high school, students in Singapore are essentially assigned to either a polytechnic or a university, based on their academic performance.” They aren’t necessarily given much guidance on how to build a View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
staff make it possible to be on two paths simultaneously. When you sign up for neurosurgery training, you know it will be one of the most grueling experiences of your life. It’s sort of like entering a monastic order. Still, nothing has... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Katy Milkman explains why. In a career devoted to uncovering what helps people to change, she has discovered a crucial thing many of us get wrong: strategy. Change, Milkman’s learned, comes most readily when you understand what’s standing... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
given my background, I could come in and make a difference." Wood's prior career included working for Gil Kemp (MBA 1976) in direct marketing for Bertelsmann and for Pearson Education publishing companies. In 2005, she decided to hang a... View Details
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Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 - Course Catalog
seriously on health care innovation because they are either running or want to start a firm immediately. Some, because they think their business will grow rapidly and create a successful career path for... View Details
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
if we wait for some other person or some other time”. We have a unique opportunity to eliminate the barriers to that prevent Black students from breaking into the investing world. By curating programming specifically tailored to the needs of Black investors, we hope to... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
me toward examining a career as a Navy officer. I eventually made the choice to apply for Officer Candidate School have never regretted that decision. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: Although I came from a military background, I truly didn’t know... View Details
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
communication patterns to determine why those people—and not others—play such important bridging roles. We think this work will give insight into how individuals can plot the course for more successful careers and how firms can guide the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- Web
An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
career path she had spent years building was no longer suitable or sustainable. Both her family and professional life began to unravel. She sought out change (a new job, less travel, more time at home) but... View Details
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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
teaching fellow) Brendan Rosseau. Each session will be devoted to a chapter of the book, and most will include guests who are leaders in today’s space industry. Supplementing the book are optional reading assignments. Career Focus “In the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
stress frequently, but it's a hard thing to teach in a classroom. Each year, thousands of business school students enroll in courses on finance. Their sights set on a career in money management, they dutifully study theories such as the... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
had as an undergrad, going through what you call the rite of passage, end up becoming a business that you built at HBS? How did that insight lead into you founding BoldVoice? Anada Lakra: There were two kinds of paths which led me to it.... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
alternative paths to career success: officers of higher initial ability are more likely to invest in skill, but caste affinity to the politician's party base also helps secure important positions. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
success. So You Want to Be a CEO: The Path from Middle Management to the Top Job by Thomas F. Faught Jr. (MBA 1953) (Fortis Publishing) Based on over 40 years of global management experience, including more than a decade as a CEO, Faugh... View Details
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
board building efforts. I also get approached by students who don’t have an idea of their own, but are seeking to join startups or VC firms. In those instances, our discourse takes the shape of career advice and exploration. Beyond the... View Details
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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
to do Nothing Career Focus: The course will be of particular interest to those who aspire to lead others toward a worthy, significant mission—either in an established organization or in an entrepreneurial endeavor. It is particularly... View Details
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Marketing - HBS Online
CEOs that interviewed me as I moved forward in my administrative career all remarked about HBS Online. I think the certificates help you get noticed and through the door to a job offer. Richard Pitts Certificate of Specialization in... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
Try something else. But really open your eyes. Xavier Paternot (MBA 2002): Xavier Paternot, 2002. Make career decisions based on your, on your guts and your, and your heart, and not on- on your head. Hang Li (MBA 2006): Hang Li, MBA,... View Details
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
selection ceremony held at the French National Assembly. Photos by Guillaume Esteve Mannai says the VDA has a simple goal: “To shed light on successful and impactful local business leaders in France, who embody, perfectly, the HBS value of ‘making a difference,’ but... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley