Executive Coaching - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Employers Favor Men

Fighting discrimination Coffman, who has conducted other research exploring the role of gender, hopes these findings will spur business executives to take a closer look at whether those doing the hiring within their organizations have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Career Coach

Becca Carnahan

resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles and specializes in personal branding and storytelling. Becca is a proud working mom of two from Massachusetts and writes about her humorous parenting experiences for her blog and other top parenting websites. Work... View Details

Keywords: Education; Publishing / Communications / Advertising

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Leadership Initiative - Leadership

Leadership and Coaching. Her current doctoral research examines the intersection of leadership development, adult development, and executive coaching in innovative learning organizations in the private and... View Details

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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

Managing the Future of Work The noted executive coach on the value of letting go of the past, taking candid and anonymous 360-degree feedback, and playing it forward. Also, spreading the word via a... View Details

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Tools & Training - Alumni

near, make sure you have everything you need to succeed by following HBS Career Coach Matt Spielman’s five steps to success on the job in the first 90 days Read Full Post Similar Resources Executive... View Details

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Leadership Fellows

participants Leadership Fellows positions are selected based on the program goals of access, impact, and leadership. All positions: Report to the CEO or another senior executive and have regular meaningful access to the CEO Focus on a... View Details

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

HBS Alumni Resume Book who have relevant board experience Identify and contact executive search firms (see list below) Increase Your Visibility Sell yourself as an expert - get published, get quoted, give speeches, serve on panels, etc.... View Details

10 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 10, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708440 Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 408-066 As CEO of leading executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles for the past 18... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Mid-US - Global

Hise Gibson discusses the case "Deion Sanders: The Prime Effect” in an episode of Harvard Business Review's "Cold Call" podcast. In 2022, Deion Sanders, known as "Coach Prime," a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Super Bowl champion, was hired as head... View Details

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

false illusion of a post-racial society, where many people thought we had transcended issues of race,” he says. “But that was not the case at all.” It certainly wasn’t the experience for many of the black business executives included in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 May 2021
Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

Fewer slides, more soul-searching Perhaps what’s most important, he instituted a training program that cast aside PowerPoint presentations and videos and replaced them with soul-searching conversations between both executives and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

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About - Business & Environment

the School’s ten units. We catalyze research and share insights with business leaders. We encourage faculty and students to address climate change and environmental sustainability in MBA classrooms. We host academic and executive... View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

Gabarro, Robert J. Lees Wild West of Executive Coaching , Stratford Sherman, Alyssa Freas Motivating Others Employee Motivation Moving Mountains One More Time Negotiating with and Persuading Others Necessary... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

stage of your professional journey. Career Coaches HBS offers six free individual coaching sessions a year to alumni from a cadre of trained career coaches. You do not need to have a specific career focus to... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

Executive coach Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) plots a holistic path to being the leader you want to be Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) on diversity as a competitive... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Inclusion, Diversity & Engagement, Akamai Technologies; Aliyah Torrance, Director of Talent Acquisition, Akamai Technologies This modified case discussion did not require pre-reading. + More Info – Less Info When asked to list key challenges, View Details

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Professional Development - Alumni

What You're Looking For? You do not need to have a specific career focus to work with a coach. Coaches are skilled in helping HBS alumni get clarity in their careers and life. Looking to grow on the job? Find Out How Find Out How Similar... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

she says. “But it’s important for everyone to listen, learn, and grow together.” CHEERS: While it may feed older coworkers’ negative stereotypes of them, Apollo’s Breitfelder says that the latest research on strengths-based coaching... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

07 Nov 2023
News

Love and Money

improve their chances of finding a partner? Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993) is a celebrity matchmaker, an executive fellow at HBS, and a New York Times bestselling author of two books about love and relationships. In this episode of Skydeck,... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

questioning its diversity programs; Wells Fargo debating whether or not to keep climate-related goals in the face of changing regulatory and legal dynamics; and Banco Santander considering multinational dynamics involving whether to use a diversity-focused View Details

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