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  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Keys to the Kingdom

RHEA, WITH FRIENDS: Bringing financial skills from the private sector to public housing. Who’s the Big Apple’s biggest landlord? That would be John Rhea (MBA ’92), who oversees 178,000 apartments in 2,600 buildings at 340 complexes,... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
  • Profile

Jonathan Bailey

perspective really distinguish HBS from other business schools," Jonathan believes. "The school sets a higher bar. It's not easy and requires considerable thought and preparation. There's a great deal of attention to bringing different subjects and View Details
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate

thinking about what I wanted from a career standpoint, I realized that I didn't want to be consulting for other businesses in the long run. I had a small business in college, and I knew that pursuing an MBA would help me develop stronger business foundations and the... View Details
  • June 2010
  • Article

Are You a High Potential?

By: Douglas A. Ready, Jay A. Conger and Linda A. Hill
Some employees are more talented than others, and nearly every company has its method for identifying their high-potential managers. So how can you get on your company's high-potential list? Douglas A. Ready, of the talent-management research center ICEDR; Jay A.... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics
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  • 09 Nov 2015
  • News

Chuck (MBA 1970) and Sue Fienning

Chuck (MBA 1970) and Sue Fienning Although Chuck Fienning’s father and uncle attended HBS, he didn’t consider it an option for himself until later in his college years at Harvard. Once accepted, he deferred in order to serve in the army and gain valuable View Details
  • 30 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

Germany tend to be the best-managed in the world, while firms in Brazil, China, and India scored poorly. “You have a lot of companies where the transmission of leadership is based on criteria completely unrelated to your ability to lead.”... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

Organized in conjunction with the Centennial, the event drew nearly ninety faculty and practitioners from around the world. A conversation with Khurana follows. What was your goal in organizing this event? We wanted to lay a foundation, to take stock of what we know... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • December 2009 (Revised January 2010)
  • Case

Managing Talent at Bertelsmann AG (A)

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Mark Maletz and Kerry Herman
Bertelsmann's EVP HR Immanuel Hermreck and his team were focused on four key HR issues. Three of these were somewhat discreet: improving Bertelsmann's employer brand; managing Bertelsmann talent across the firm's decentralized businesses; and ensuring early... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Development; Strategic Planning; Competitive Advantage; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany
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  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Faculty Books

challenges. His story, which Professor Emeritus Nolan and his coauthors developed in collaboration with seasoned, real-life CEOs, includes crucial lessons for anyone hoping to master the new-world skills required of successful business... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)

were used to dealing with very tight deadlines. We were used to staying up all night to get the task completed. We were used to drawing on the collective talents of people with different backgrounds and melding all those skills together... View Details
Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 14 Dec 2015
  • News

A Leader’s Call to Action

Photos by Joe Szurszewski “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.” That observation, attributed to Plato, is inscribed on the Athena Leadership Award that graces Barbara Nick’s home office in Madison, Wisconsin. Nick (AMP... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment

Government) Priorities Margot Zuckerman Author Alumni tag Alumni Careers In our Alumni Career Journey series , we spotlight inspiring HBS graduates who are leveraging their business and leadership skills to... View Details
  • August 2004
  • Case

Microsoft.NET (Abridged)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Structure; Digital Platforms
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  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Reimagining the MBA

roles and responsibilities of business, and the limitations of models and markets. And they need leadership skills informed by self-awareness and self-reflection. “To remain relevant,” continues Garvin, the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • News

Driving Innovation

and develop a brand through mobile,” she observed. Reflecting recently on the skills required to lead innovation in any industry, Stewart talked about an inspirational note she received from the School’s legendary marketing Professor C.... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • Profile

Sara Roedner

supportive At the three-year point, Sara realized that an MBA would best provide the skills needed for continued success in her career at BCG. "For me," Sara says, "the MBA brings confidence. It's a way of getting the... View Details
  • Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

kids." Making progress through greater self-awareness Through his experience at HCZ, Kwame realized he needed "strong, private-sector skills I could bring to the nonprofit world — skills in... View Details
  • 19 Nov 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

the course: One is a textbook, The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights, that provides historical and social context for the works read in the course, as well as instructional materials. The other is an instructor's guide, Teaching The Moral Leader: A... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • Profile

Rob Casper

As a Marine captain with experience in the Middle East, East Asia, and Afghanistan, Rob Casper has learned to learn from mistakes. “When I went into the Philippines, I had what I thought was a brilliant plan for teaching patrol skills to... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

INK: The Bookshelf

leave. It goes back to this sense of reliance on others during wartime and adversity that can unlock the human potential for groups.” EXCERPT “There isn’t anything secret about presenting. The necessary skills are simple, the keys to... View Details