Publications

02 Nov 2015
Video

Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015)

Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

Deborah (HBS '06) has deep expertise in consulting (breaking into consulting, navigating a career in consulting, and breaking out!), complemented by a diverse set of operational and managerial experience across Fortune 500 companies and a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail

Hassina Bahadurzada

Hassina is trained as physician and psychologist in Amsterdam and completed a postdoctoral appointment at Stanford University before coming to Harvard to further pursue a scholarly career in healthcare management. At Stanford, Hassina studied social and functional... View Details

Dec 21 2015
Testimonial

Gaining Personal Insight Through Professional Development

Career Coach

Laurie Matthews

Whether working with clients on their own leadership development or focusing on navigating a particular career juncture, Laurie helps her clients crack their own codes to figure out how to make the most of their professional and life... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Hospitality; Retail

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

career relationships help to build up organizations. The study of careers seems to act as a powerful lens for examining the birth of biotech. Higgins, who specializes in research, teaching, and course... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

2022
Book

From Strength to Strength: Finding Meaning, Success, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks

Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our... View Details

Keywords: Aging; Meaning In Life; Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Success; Happiness; Satisfaction

Find at Harvard

November 1989 (Revised February 1990)
Case

John A. Clendenin

Brief description of the life history of a Xerox manager. When used with Managing Xerox's Multinational Development Center it allows for the discussion of the relationship between personal history, personal values, and career choices. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career

Apr 03 2018
Brochure

Aspiring to New Heights of Leadership

Career Coach

Tricia Peralta

Tricia has always been passionate about healthcare, social impact, and strategy, and has explored career paths including corporate strategy, management consulting, project management across private, public, and social sectors.... View Details

Career Coach

Veni Arora

Veni worked in private equity and management consulting before HBS and spent her summer at eBay working with the Product team. While looking for her summer internship, she spent time evaluating multiple career paths before narrowing down... View Details

Career Coach

Michele Biamonte

Michele (HGSE, Adult Development '05) combines her professional experience in finance, talent management and higher ed admin to help students and alumni optimize their self-assessment, career exploration and personal branding process. She... View Details

Keywords: Education; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All)

March 1998
Teaching Note

The Job Search Workshop TN

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy

An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Job Search; Personal Development and Career

01 Sep 2015
Video

HBS Leadership Fellows

Career Coach

Jeffrey Noonan

Jeff enjoys helping students better understand the different stages of investing and pursue the stage that is right for them. Having considered post-MBA careers across VC, growth, PE, and public markets Jeff is well versed in the... View Details

December 1997 (Revised August 1998)
Case

Randy Haykin: The Making of an Entrepreneur (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

An MBA graduate, 10 years out, reflects on his career path. Randy Haykin is currently running his own venture catalyst organization in the Silicon Valley. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Organizations; San Francisco

Career Coach

Katherine Manweiler

Katherine is eager to support students in a variety of ways including: consulting, VCPE, and hedge fund case interview prep; behavioral interview prep; crafting a cohesive and compelling personal narrative; deciding between different offers; evaluating commitment to... View Details

September 2007 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Still Leading (A): Issues in Transitioning to New Forms of Service Later in Life

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance Pierce

Identifies the challenges for experienced leaders who transition from their primary income-earning careers to a next phase of public service or social-purpose work, based on interviews and published sources. View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Transition; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Society