career advice - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 May 2025
News

If I Knew Then

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing experiences are at stake, people... View Details

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

a distance-learning program. But this detour didn’t derail the career of Arthur Brooks, now a Harvard Business School professor. Brooks explores his unlikely shift from budding musician to hard-charging head of a Washington, DC, thinktank... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Sep 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

In the summer when it got really hot, my brother and I would buy cases of water. We grew up in Queens near Linden Boulevard and we would stand on the corner and sell bottles of water to people who stopped at the light. We always had this knack for creating... View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance

29 Apr 2025
News

Challenge Accepted

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

thinking about the next step of my career. I’d learned a lot at Google while working on some of the biggest mobile apps and products in the world, getting exposure to thinking strategically, managing teams and having impact. However, I felt something was missing. I’d... View Details

22 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

functions Allow me to develop strong professional relationships Be a launch pad for future career growth I found this ideal role with BCG Boston, and am excited to join them after graduation, and wanted to share some of the lessons I’ve... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital

As a child, Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) had a big dream – to one day design engines for Ferrari. While naysayers told him to be realistic, Memme took that advice to mean he would need to pour himself into this goal for it to become a reality.... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

and the school’s social impact coursework—including an amazing IFC to Denmark and the Netherlands focused on decarbonization. Tell us about your career journey since graduating. Were your roles always related to climate and, if not, how... View Details

30 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting

comes into place. What advice do you have for students pursuing careers at the intersection of business and climate change? Do you have any tips for students who are going into consulting who also want to... View Details

18 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate

work out, I could always return to HBS and recruit for something different. What advice do you have for students pursuing careers at the intersection of business and climate change? The most interesting jobs... View Details

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

Strategy & Planning at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and resides in New York City. Tell us about your background before HBS. How did you choose a career in retail? I’ve always been drawn to the arts and creative environments, so... View Details

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

play. The family had sold off a lot of its holdings, so we didn’t control the stock. And luckily, through the advice and again, listening to a classmate of mine from business school—a guy that sat next to me, a guy by the name of Peter... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

16 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

doing their best with the resources available to them, while the frameworks provided a solid foundation in finance, strategy, and marketing. I've used concepts like "jobs to be done" and "willingness to pay" in every role since graduating. What View Details

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

its inappropriateness—by noting that if they had taken definitive action when those concerns were first expressed, "much, if not all, of the damage would have been averted." Key employees worried about the scarring effect on the organization’s reputation and... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

October 2017 (Revised October 2020)
Case

Coaching Makena Lane

By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala

Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in... View Details

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16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

of his childhood. A classmate introduced Westphal to a friend in VC in Brazil and immediately, the VC partner knew the right person to introduce him to, Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999), founder of Facily. A Non-Linear Path to Entrepreneurial Success Dzodan co-founded Facily in... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)

all the boxes. Here was somebody who was going to coach, mentor, advise, and give me opportunity. I got some important advice early in my career: stay on the revenue-generating side of a business. Oftentimes women are encouraged to take... View Details

Keywords: April White; real estate; leadership; diversity; African American; career paths; women in business; Real Estate

11 Feb 2015
Video

Words of Business Wisdom

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)