Career - Publications - Faculty & Research

Career Coach

Mandy Xu

Mandy tried out different industries and experienced multiple career pivots. Prior to HBS, she worked in both client services and corporate with focuses in real estate, retail, and financial institutions. Through her experiences, Mandy... View Details

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

How to Partner With a Club: Host a Club Trek

Hosting an HBS Club Trek provides organizations with the opportunity to bring students on site to their offices and present career opportunities, company culture, and a day-in-life at the organization. This is a great way for... View Details

Keywords: Technology

03 Dec 2015
Cold Call Podcast

Planning Change: Lessons from the World of Retail

Keywords: Re: Das Narayandas

Career Coach

Fran Davis

Fran has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has worked at Harvard for over 25 years. Over these three decades she has provided career coaching for MBA students, HBS Alumni, and in Executive Education programs and has taught psychology courses... View Details

Clubs

Entertainment & Media Club

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

21 Nov 2022
Blog Post

HBS Student Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club

how to integrate sustainability and climate into their careers and lives. We aim to provide opportunities for academic learning, connections across the broader Harvard sustainability ecosystem, and real-life opportunities to interface... View Details

August 2015 (Revised February 2017)
Background Note

The Whys and Hows of Feedback

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

Performance feedback is crucial to a career in the information-rich global economy. However, feedback is psychologically stressful to both give, and hear. This teaching note explains why feedback is both valuable and difficult, and goes on to summarize research on... View Details

Keywords: Feedback; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Culture

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Career Coach

Kate Shepherd

Kate (Middlebury ’96) is a former investment management professional and real estate investor. She enjoys working with HBS students who are exploring careers in investment management or other areas of finance. Kate transitioned from... View Details

Clubs

Venture Capital & Private Equity Club

Keywords: Investment Banking / Sales & Trading; Venture Capital / Private Equity / LBO

25 Apr 2014
Video

Debbie Denenberg - Making A Difference

Career Coach

Amber Wade

Amber is a marketing, brand and creative strategy vet with experiences spanning consumer tech (Microsoft), consumer packaged goods (Unilever) and most recently media and entertainment (creative agency). She’s ready to help anyone looking to pivot into Hollywood as well... View Details

22 Dec 2014
Video

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

10 Feb 2021
Blog Post

HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal

Career treks and conferences organized by student clubs remain fundamental elements of the MBA experience at HBS. Like other events, though, clubs had to move these signature treks online. The VCPE Venture Capital Trek was one of these... View Details

25 May 2023
Video

12twenty

14 Jan 2025
Video

Applying to the 2+2 Program: Taking Advantage of the Deferral Period

10 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up in a family that owned retail stores and enjoyed telling stories of their sales. Advertising was a popular... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Apr 2014
Video

Cynthia Busbee - Making A Difference

Career Coach

Rena Clark

Rena (HBS ’90 and Lamar University ’84) draws on her 30+ years of experience across private equity, operational management, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and higher education to help individuals navigate their career paths. With a focus... View Details

Profile

Sherrese Clarke Suarez

Wall Street banker Sherrese Clarke Suarez (MBA 2004) works with the Council for Urban Professionals to help minority professionals advance in their careers to the C-suite and corporate boards. View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Nonprofit / Government

Sara L. Fleiss

Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund. Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at Harvard Management Company (HMC). At HMC, Sara... View Details

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