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  • 29 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

leading figures in various fields. This includes socially impactful alumni leaders like Kwame Owusu-Kesse of the Harlem Children Zone and media leaders like Oprah, who openly share their personal and professional lessons with us. I’ve... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2020
  • News

Real Leaders: Abraham Lincoln and the Power of Emotional Discipline

  • 26 Mar 2020
  • News

Real Leaders: Oprah Winfrey and the Power of Empathy

    James K. Sebenius

    JAMES K. (“Jim”) SEBENIUS, is the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he founded the Negotiation unit and teaches advanced... View Details

    • 29 Nov 2018
    • Blog Post

    "There's No Substitute for Finding the Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015

    When James Correa was coming to the conclusion of his military service as a logistics officer (Captain) in the US Army, "There was only one desire for a professional career that I was sure of -- to continue a View Details
    • June 2008 (Revised October 2012)
    • Case

    Big to Small: The Two Lives of Barry Nalls

    By: Noam T. Wasserman and Rachel Galper
    Barry Nalls describes lessons learned during his 25-year career—his rise at GTE and shorter-lived ventures—and how these prepared him to found MASERGY, a telecommunications start-up. Even as a young boy in a family of entrepreneurs, Nalls had a reputation as a hard... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Experience and Expertise; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career
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    • 07 Feb 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

    of cognitive frames—as well as specific capabilities, connections, and confidence—they bring to new posts. Q: What can potential leaders learn from the concept of career imprinting? A: I outline many lessons... View Details
    Keywords: by Mallory Stark
    • Profile

    Tyler Todd

    HBS classroom experience is in the lessons on general management (how to make complex personnel or “gray-area” decisions). Additionally, I wanted to come to HBS to learn from my classmate’s diverse experiences and perspectives. HBS... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing
    • May 2011 (Revised June 2011)
    • Case

    The Crisis at Tyco - A Director's Perspective

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
    In 2002, Wendy Lane had been a member of the board of directors at Tyco International a little more than a year when the company's CEO Dennis Kozlowski and other top executives were accused of fraud, which ultimately led to resignations, imprisonments, lawsuits, and... View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Reputation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crisis Management; Accounting Audits; Problems and Challenges; Risk Management; Finance; Managerial Roles; Lawsuits and Litigation; Service Industry; United States
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    • 09 Dec 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: December 9

    out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their experiences, attitudes, and decisions might shed light on prevailing controversies. What their comprehensive survey revealed suggests that the conventional wisdom about women's View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

    switch in terms of how I think about myself as a leader in my career for the rest of my life. In what class did you read this case?In LEAD during my RC year with Assistant Professor Anjali M. Bhatt. How do you see yourself applying the... View Details
    • December 2009 (Revised June 2011)
    • Case

    Curt Schilling's Next Pitch

    By: Noam T. Wasserman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Rachel Gordon
    As his major-league pitching career was starting to wind down in 2006, baseball all-star Curt Schilling decided to become an entrepreneur. Looking to focus his tenacity and his passion for online role-playing games on a new challenge, he founded an online gaming... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Groups and Teams; Video Game Industry
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    • 29 Jul 2021
    • Blog Post

    Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

    The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are... View Details
    • 05 Apr 2024
    • Blog Post

    How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Zoe Bhargava

    had never faced before. The start-up ceased operations in June 2023, but the lessons I learned will be invaluable to my future career as a potential founder. Before starting at HBS in Fall 2023, I was able... View Details
    • 02 Nov 2023
    • Blog Post

    Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience

    Peek is an annual online program intended 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... View Details
    • 08 Nov 2024
    • HBS Case

    What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

    difference, and willingness to sacrifice.” Simons says the command-and-control format and life-or-death pressure of the military impart important lessons fast. “We are often at our best when we are stressed. In business, we call that... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 20 Mar 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

    Harvard Business Review Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women By: Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas Abstract—Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Dec 2018
    • Blog Post

    "There's No Substitute For Finding The Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015

    When James Correa was coming to the conclusion of his military service as a logistics officer (Captain) in the US Army, "There was only one desire for a professional career that I was sure of -- to continue a View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology
    • 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
    • 16 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

    Management Review What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career By: Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, and Whitney Johnson Abstract—This article discusses how to diagnose the risks that disruptive industry forces pose to individual... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman