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01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

back to society. I want them to be passionate about that, as well. William J. Kneisel Bill Kneisel grew up outside New Haven, Connecticut, graduated - like his father, brother, and sister - from Dartmouth, and went to work in Citibank's officer View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is the hub of Harvard Kennedy School's research, teaching, and training in international security and diplomacy,... View Details

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

negativity into an already tense conversation. Try to avoid explanatory words like “because” and “therefore.” These phrases, common in debate, sound argumentative and condescending. In addition to these strategies, the researchers found that just five minutes of View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Sylvester Wee

"You’ll never make it." I’ve heard that same line too many times growing up, but never once succumbed to it. I started competitive tennis late at the age of 12 but trained hard to eventually become the top ranked player in Singapore. I... View Details

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

doesn’t recognize my hands because I have melanin in my skin, but the company didn’t have people with my level of melanin or darker in the training so that product doesn’t work well for me, or folks who look like me. If I decide to market... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

September 2023
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Trilling Foods: Managing People with Data

By: Alexandra C. Feldberg and Jeffrey T. Polzer

Trilling Foods, a regional bricks-and-mortar grocery chain, has recently provided its frontline managers with new tools for using data. Allison Andersen, Trilling’s VP of Data Science, has spearheaded these efforts. Yet, as she works with Kent Wade, the general manager... View Details

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Management Practices and Processes; Training; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

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Faculty and Research - Alumni

Giving Faculty and Research Giving Faculty and Research Foster New Ideas Enable HBS’s world-class faculty to pursue pathbreaking research HBS is committed to training the next generation of business scholars and educators, to maintaining... View Details

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

trainers, Wheeler says, explaining why the hard-boiled notion of "more for me, less for you" doesn't get any play in some classrooms. "Likewise, I'm not interested in training a bunch of used-car salesmen," adds... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

22 Feb 2021
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Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

was becoming increasingly tough and more expensive. "While it’s an omnichannel buying world, it’s not a digital-eats-physical world, and that has implications." Another element is training and development. Companies, on average, spend... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

students not what to think but how. In Duncan’s classroom, another group of 11th-grade students gather in pairs and trios to review the assignment questions. “You’re training your minds for this discussion,” Duncan tells the lively group.... View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Meagan Hill

then form a revised view. But it's great training for any career path." Meagan is part of a Mohawk community from a small rural town southwest of Toronto. She believes her classmates' wide range of "backgrounds, ethnicities, and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

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What are the best finance interview prep resources?

in the menu bar. Select Banking & Finance. Titles include Vault Guide to Finance Interviews and Vault Guide to Advanced Finance and Quantitative Interviews Street of Walls - Their training courses cover... View Details

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Negotiating - Alumni

standards/goals Geographic flexibility Office space Paid travel Ownership options Professional training + – Negotiate The following tactics can help you conduct productive negotiations. Speak with the hiring manager, if possible Express... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

certainly, but not all. Some companies are still very “check the box.” It's why employees are cynical about compliance programs. They see reviewing the code of conduct and training as annoying and taking them away from their productive... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

30 Jun 2022
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Scaling Hope

them. It was a night that would change both his son’s life and D’Antonio’s. Today, both men work in the field of addiction treatment. D’Antonio’s son, now with more than six years of continuous sobriety, is trained as a peer recovery... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap widens dramatically AIDS Influence: High 90 1990 s Internet "irrational exuberance" Antigovernment sentiment: Waco standoff; Oklahoma City bombing Influence: Medium-Low... View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

“well-rounded team players” who can provide a broader view. Another key difference from the industry: Brown doesn’t hire newly minted MBAs. That’s because “we rely so heavily on the team dynamic,” Lee told the authors. “As a small organization, we don’t have the time... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

20 Jan 2023
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The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

mentoring, coaching, or sponsoring) is something that organically develops. Rather, it needs to be cultivated. When we work with organizational partners, all of them are enthused about creating programs aimed to help new employees seek out mentorship, but fewer are... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie

business became irresistible. "I knew I wanted formal training in the field so I could combine entrepreneurship with medicine," Okezie explains. With the encouragement of his HMS advisors, he submitted an application to HBS. Tackling the... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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