Personal Development and Career - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

acknowledges, but today, as founder of the venture-backed startup Landit, a personalized career path platform, she sees more diversity in VC. “There are certainly more women,” she says. “There are more... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

01 Dec 2011
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Faculty Books

entrepreneurship, creativity, problem solving, business growth, and even personal development almost always depends on the ability to challenge accepted notions, reshape the... View Details

Keywords: Utilities

01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business

Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) by New York Governor George Pataki. For Whitehead, this may be one of the most challenging assignments in a remarkable career in which he has served as cochairman of... View Details

Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government

29 Nov 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

meet that need. After attending his 25th Reunion last year, for example, an alumnus was inspired to ask if the School could do more for alumni like him to guide them into the next stage of their career and... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

that interaction with the legal system changes.” Jackson says Hussam posed the big questions about “how we got here and what should we do.” Virtual breakout rooms facilitated discussion about how business leaders can find solutions. “My... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2000
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Strike Up the Broad(band)

the development of plastics, or the advent of inexpensive air travel. To realize its full potential, however, Bradley and Bane argue that broadband will have to offer consumers something more than just "low... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella

Vasella Illustration by Dennis Balogh Twenty years ago a young doctor with a hankering for business experience gave up his clinical practice in Bern, Switzerland, and moved to East Hanover, New Jersey, to try his hand at drug sales with... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback

Massachusetts. During the bubble, the most valued skill was the presumed ability to predict what hot concept could go public fast. Now the pendulum has swung back to valuing entrepreneurial skills first and foremost. There’s also a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Apr 2001
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Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa

College, is also committed to public service. Re- cently she put her career on hold for six months to help make a difference in the lives of hundreds of South African children. She left her job as managing director at Abt Associates,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

11 May 2011
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In a Good Place

that skill can come in handy when juggling the many demands of GreenFlea, a moving puzzle of vendors, each with his or her own personality and demands. (Gehrke’s is the only full-time position; twelve... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

I have recently returned from the Board's winter meeting at HBS, and, as usual, I found being back on campus extremely energizing. Our subcommittees on information technology, alumni career management and... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Value Added

the firm's culture as well as to nurture its leadership by overseeing career development and appointing the heads of our offices and practice... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2013
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Revitalizing America

contributing to both quality treatment and prevention. Young people joining a health corps for a year could be patient advocates, provide community health education, collect data, or prepare for health-care View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2006
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One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

pandemic, when communication will be vital for countries to respond appropriately. What percentage of countries are prepared for a pandemic? No country is completely prepared for a pandemic, and much work remains to be done. However, WHO... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

06 Dec 2021
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Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS

technologies and people’s expectations have changed. Your shopping experience at Amazon, your music experience with Spotify, and your viewing experience with Netflix show you that much more is possible. “Why... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 1998
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Short Takes

universal participation later on," notes Austin. "Over 60 percent of the recent graduates in the 25Ð 29 age group are involved with nonprofits; toward the other end of the career - ages 55 and above - almost... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

21 Apr 2014
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A lifetime of quiet leadership

The late John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947, LLD 1995) garnered enough career achievements for three lifetimes—as a business leader, public servant, and philanthropist. After retiring as cochairman of Goldman... View Details

16 Oct 2019
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The Road to Impact

contribute a lot.” Since then, he’s proved that thesis correct—several times over—in positions at the New York Public Library, at America Achieves, and currently as president and CEO of Education View Details

21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

and the City Library, and most importantly, helping the Office of the Mayor develop a system of collaboration where startups can play a role in doing pilots with dozens of city... View Details