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- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
that message, and is currently in discussion with a number of Fortune 500 companies to sign on publicly. If they can get all the pieces in place, they hope to make a major push in early 2017, during the... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
Opportunities for Schools Mickey Freeman (MBA 1993) Name your high-school gym after a sneaker company? Go for it, says Education Funding Partners president and CEO Mickey Freeman. For-profit EFP matches Fortune View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
their peers,” he says. For Army Colonel Everett Spain (DBA 2014), who served in Kosovo and Iraq, it’s equally clear why military veterans are attracted to business school: “In business, you can continue to be a leader of character in an investment bank or a View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
no matter what I’m involved with, I’ll still bring the same tools to bear on it as I would if I were working at a Fortune 500 company. I approach the smallest problem in the same fashion as I would if it... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
It isn’t news that US companies have a problem with diversity, especially in the C suite. Although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population, only 1 percent—that’s just five people—are CEOs of Fortune View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
occupies top “best-of” lists in other categories, such as energy and innovation. U.S. News and World Report’s state rankings placed Minnesota at number two in 2018, citing its low unemployment rate. The Twin Cities, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, are home to the majority of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
Image by John Ritter In 2020, the number of women running Fortune 500 companies hit an all-time high: 37, or just 7.4 percent. Of those CEOs, only three (less than 1 percent) were women of color. In their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Watkins, an expert on leadership transition, presses his case for “accelerating” the critical transition period that begins when a new CEO — or a new manager at any level — is hired. Watkins estimates that more than a half-million managers enter new positions each year... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
Forty percent of all Fortune 500 companies were started by either an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. Those 200 companies together would make up the fourth largest economy in the world. We need to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
organizations who are in the companies and helping them, providing advice as a board member. JH: The share of women sitting on the boards of Fortune 500 companies has been gradually increasing for decades,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
bought in 2000 for a record $4.7 billion, and the Grey Global Group, which Sorrell brought into the fold in 2005, the firm now employs 100,000 people in 2,000 offices in more than 100 countries. Among its clients are over 330 of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
"but that idea really crystallized when I went to Cummins and saw a Fortune 500 company that made values an integral part of its mission statement." Rogers' own values were tested shortly after a 1981 move... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Notes from W50
Fortune 500 companies." —Dean Nitin Nohria "Eighty-two percent of women believe that prioritizing family over work is a barrier to success. Let's not let our humanity be a barrier." —Professor Robin Ely "Do... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
also been a widening of opportunity for African-Americans and other minorities, but the recent backlash against affirmative action has had a negative impact. Progress has been slow: There are now fewer than ten women among Fortune View Details
- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
EVANS: A second career emerges from a lifelong avocation. Photo courtesy of Chip Evans For decades, Chip Evans (MBA 1973) was a Mad Man in Manhattan, doing account work for major Fortune 500 clients at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
honest." —Michael Horn (MBA 2006) Education Executive Director, The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, San Mateo, California Carl Christopher (MBA 2006) Director of School Operations, Partnership for LA Schools HIRING C.Ed.Os "School districts can... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
fact," says Davis, "more than two-thirds of all business enterprises worldwide are owned or managed by families, and 30 percent of the Fortune 500 companies are family owned or controlled." In Generation to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
director of one of America’s largest private companies and chair of the governance committee of an S&P 500 company. He distills governance research into a handful of insights and includes candid interviews with exceptional board chairs,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
partner at DHR. “In 2020, Latinos held less than four percent of Fortune 500 board seats. But Latinos are a major force of the US economy, with a projected purchasing power of $1.9 trillion by 2023.” Curiel... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley