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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
right now I’m looking out the window at my nine-year-old daughter feeding a baby deer,” says Beilharz in a phone interview. “That’s a huge change from the affluent neighborhood in Austin where we once lived.” Indeed, life was, for many... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
2017, well before the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work. “Two individuals have the same job and are doing the exact same kind of work. The only thing that changed is the temporal distance.” First, the team explored how being in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
brothers, and I am inspired by their story. I would love to have a picture of the first flight at Kitty Hawk. They were just two hard-working brothers, very unassuming, who helped change the world.” Beyond the CV: Chad Losee Hometown:... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Profile
Dan Lennox-Choate
had not had a failure like this before—it was tough to deal with," says Daniel. But as a consequence of this failure, Daniel changed his leadership style. "I realized we were never going to micromanage our way out of our... View Details
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
learning real. You’re learning more than numbers — you’re learning judgment. You’re learning how to be clear in your thinking, how to convince others. I can see how my and my sectionmates’ thinking has changed since the beginning of the... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
around his vision, Sunil Mittal easily could have followed in his father’s footsteps and earned a name for himself as a politician. Instead, he chose to focus his talents on changing the world as an entrepreneur. Growing up in Ludhiana, a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- September 2007 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Still Leading (B2): Hon. Michael Bloomberg—From Mogul to Mayor
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance Pierce
Describes how New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took his leadership skills from the business world to the challenges of government. View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Leading Change; Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Transition; New York (city, NY)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance Pierce. "Still Leading (B2): Hon. Michael Bloomberg—From Mogul to Mayor." Harvard Business School Case 308-043, September 2007. (Revised October 2017.)
- November 1994 (Revised May 1996)
- Case
Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower-- Taking Charge
By: Ashish Nanda
In 1987, Dennis Hightower, was recruited from outside for a newly created position as head of Disney Consumer Products European operations. Hightower has to win initial acceptance of entrenched country managers, integrate the company's diverse subsidiaries closer... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe
Nanda, Ashish. "Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower-- Taking Charge." Harvard Business School Case 395-055, November 1994. (Revised May 1996.)
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
to reach a nurse who has paged him. Then, apologizing for his fatigue after thirty sleepless hours, he settles into a chair in a quiet corner to reflect for a few moments on his decision to enter medical school at the age of 45 after a fulfilling View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
campus. Is that going to change HBS? A: Allston will be the locus of new activities, new combinations of people, and new interactions across schools. It will be a catalyst for creating things that did not exist before. HBS has a unique... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- September 2007
- Case
Still Leading (B4): Lee Iacocca—Driving Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Lee Iacocca, a successful CEO of an auto company, devoted himself after retirement to several social causes. Describes issues in the transition. View Details
Keywords: Transition; Transformation; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Auto Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance P. Pierce. "Still Leading (B4): Lee Iacocca—Driving Impact." Harvard Business School Case 308-046, September 2007.
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 17 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
View Video Prior to graduating in May, Phillip Jones (MBA/MPP 2021) detailed his path from the Navy to the HBS classroom and reflected on finding community in the MBA Program [6 minutes]. TRANSCRIPT Phillip Jones: Hey, everyone. My name is Phillip Jones and I'm a... View Details
- 29 Jun 2015
- News
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg offers Tsinghua University grads 4 sound lessons in leadership
Keywords: gender bias
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Full Circle
Anderson: Solicit help from a support network when making a significant career change. Monday can be a madhouse, says C. Collins (“Andy”) Anderson III (MBA ’85), DVM, Diplomate ACVS. He set a humeral fracture that a pointer incurred while... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- July 2022
- Article
What Do I Make of the Rest of My Life? Global and Quotidian Life Construal across the Retirement Transition
By: Jeff Steiner and Teresa M. Amabile
Retirement means relinquishing the daily structure that work provides and the career-dependent meanings that it offers life narratives. The retirement transition can therefore involve contemplating both how to spend newly-freed daily time and the implications of... View Details
Keywords: Retirement Transition; Life Narrative; Construal Level Theory; Global Construal; Quotidian Construal; Meanings Of Work And Retirement; Retirement; Transition; Perspective
Steiner, Jeff, and Teresa M. Amabile. "What Do I Make of the Rest of My Life? Global and Quotidian Life Construal across the Retirement Transition." Art. 104137. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 171 (July 2022).
- October 2017
- Case
Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald – Profiting from Purpose
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Marcus Millen
Robert (Bob) A. McDonald just completed his service as the 8th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), successfully leading the beginnings of a transformation for one of the nation’s most scrutinized departments. Reflecting back, McDonald looked to the... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Marcus Millen. "Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald – Profiting from Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 318-050, October 2017.
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
Success.” I uncovered it in my visit to South Carolina, found it in my grandmother's house when she had passed. And this speech, the “Trail to Success,” included the four C's, character, concentration, culture, and courage. And I use this framework. I use it now for... View Details
- February 2025
- Supplement
Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover
By: Ryan Raffaelli
Keywords: Retail; Leadership; Leading Change; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Raffaelli, Ryan. "Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 425-716, February 2025.