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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
important in this life, and it certainly isn't the latest budget meeting! I'm now a balanced career and family executive. Mentors? From my earliest days at ManHan, I had a strong senior mentor who helped make sure that I was getting the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
Pennsylvania and Boston, where Cathy runs a nonprofit mentoring program for inner-city high school students. “These are amazing kids who just need a chance,” says Jack, whose paternal grandfather labored as a janitor at Harvard to put his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
wouldn’t necessarily know that they are dealing with little ones at home and childcare issues. Or that they have elderly parents they have to take care of. To maximize how they show up at work, I’ve got to take the time to understand them.” Part of getting to know her... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
equally at home running morning markets meetings with thousands of people—which she does every week—as she is mentoring staff one-on-one. “If I could be a mentor to all 22,000 employees, I would,” she says.... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
struck a chord with Harris, who has spent much of her life exemplifying his advice. During her three decades at Morgan Stanley, for example, she has led numerous initiatives focused on women and minorities and mentored hundreds of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)
same opportunities that we did.” Giving back to HBS was very important, offers Brittanie, noting that “Whitney was a mentor to so many people. He wanted to help make students’ experiences at HBS less stressful.” While future generations... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Nohria’s Next Move
continue to play the role of teacher and mentor that is so meaningful to me.” (See the company’s announcement.) Nohria will remain engaged at Harvard University as the chair of the board of the Harvard Allston Land Company and teaching in... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
to being good stewards of the land, they wanted to produce syrup that would set a new industry standard in quality and flavor. Turner began researching everything he could find about sugaring and found a willing mentor in Mike Farrell,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
multinational's facilities around the world but enabled him to be mentored by some of McKinsey's most influential partners, including Bower. Named a principal (or junior partner) in 1963 and a director (senior partner) five years later,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
opportunities that allowed me to succeed. My boss, Steve Matheson (MBA 1974), eventually became president of CIGNA Healthplan. He was my mentor and remained a good friend until his death three years ago. That first placement set the tone... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
business owners that promotes economic growth by mentoring and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. Ko was looking for a new managing director of the Philippine chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and Ayala’s name kept surfacing. At... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
valued not just because of how they are alike but of how they are different.” During her 10 years leading Catalyst, Lang pushed the organization to expand globally, fortified its endowment, invested in information technology infrastructure, and hired and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
alongside his mentor as a Be A Leader board member. He is also an active mentor, particularly for Hispanic students who aspire to have a career in finance or attend HBS. With his help, Be A Leader now has a vital partnership with HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
throughout college and into HBS. That intensity has been channeled by mentors throughout Keen’s life. One such person is Deward Walker, who in 2007 challenged Keen with a question that has a recurring role in Sacred Seed’s origin story:... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
to help these young women become first-generation college graduates and, perhaps more important, to believe that they had the ability and the smarts to get there through the development of character, leadership skills, and self-confidence. What started as one woman... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
fundamental importance of education to the future of the individual and the community, he stressed the value of very early education (from prenatal to age three), teacher/principal development and training, and mentoring relationships for... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
paths." Keohane's career in the nonprofit sector began just after she graduated from Yale in 1994. She worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, earned a master's degree in development from the London School of Economics as a Fulbright Scholar, and... View Details
- 08 May 2014
- News
The Sky's the Limit
several years later, she negotiated in helicopter training. She now holds a dual commercial rating for both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. Eaton took command of Bell's sales in the US's Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, but always with a mind to View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
because if we go into business together, we'll surely get into trouble. Next, what is the vision, the technology, and are we addressing a really large unserved market? Then, is the financing plan reasonable, and finally, is there a sense of urgency? Advice for current... View Details