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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

oversight, stakeholder engagement, and compliance with regulatory requirements. The board and C-suite of firms managing digital strategy successfully today must also be well-equipped for collaboration and communications with law... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

high demand, particularly at large, multinational, and information-intensive organizations, the research suggests. Those companies see social skills in the C-suite as more important than more traditional operational and administrative... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Skydeck - Alumni

improve Black representation in their ranks What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic Joro founder Sanchali Pal (MBA 2018) on the power of collective action How Business Can Advance Racial Equity Executive Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003) on how the View Details

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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

Results by Gender Results by Upward Mobility Results by Firm Size Employers of Low-Wage Workers Survey A survey of 1,150 business leaders at U.S. companies across the managerial spectrum—from the C-suite to mid-level managers to... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Counter Intelligence

When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

18 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Leaning In

are solely focused on teaching women how to negotiate, the researchers conclude their paper with another suggestion. “While encouraging women to lean in may be helpful [in some cases] our results leave room for an alternative policy intervention: teach women about what... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

college graduation. In consulting, Leahy had her first exposure to the retail industry, working primarily with clients in the retail banking and consumer sector. “I received really great training in management consulting around working with management teams, partnering... View Details

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Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

essential leadership skills to guide your company through growth and success. Who should attend: OPM alumni who are C-suite executives, owners, or multigenerational business leaders with at least 10 years of operational experience.... View Details

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Women at HBS - Alumni

connection and resources as they continue their path to VP and C-suite leadership positions. Chief provides mentorship, coaching programs, and peer access. iRelaunch , cofounded in 2007 by Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA 1985) , produces... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Madison Singell, Jeff Polzer, and Raffaella Sadun. The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most , Harvard Business Review 100, no. 4 (July–August 2022): 42–50. With Sadun, Raffaella, Joseph B. Fuller, Stephen Hansen, and PJ Neal. Program Director... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

company to company, industry to industry, and between the public and private sectors, Nicholas says. “These are enormously complicated issues we’re dealing with,” he says. And, he is careful to note, his research isn’t claiming that white-collar management and View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

Portrait Project

Zoe Otedola

other black students in my section. They understood. I argued the importance of c-suite diversity in the companies we discuss daily. “Do it for them,” I sighed, with the feeling of millions of black girls and boys on my shoulders. It’s... View Details

17 Apr 2022
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How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

question-and-answer format that’s accessible for everyone from C-suite executives to business students. It covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of ethical behavior and legal liabilities to the cultivation of best practices and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Mar 2024
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Action Plan: Wild at Heart

At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

consulting around working with management teams, partnering with C-Suite leaders on challenging strategic questions, financial analytics, customer strategy, and operations,” she recalled. “I also found that I loved the retail space and... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

multiple industries. Stewart joined Google in 2006, driving adoption of digital technologies within the C-suite in the United States and globally, and is now board partner for Google’s Gradient Ventures. Before Google, Stewart led... View Details

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

Pressure to increase gender diversity in C-suites is so intense that companies are trying to draw women candidates with higher salary offers, a phenomenon that is closing the gender pay gap among senior executives, research shows. Female... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

20 Sep 2022
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How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas. “There's been this perception that corporate America has become more ‘woke’ or more liberal. We don't see that showing up in the C-suite at least.” Defining partisanship as the degree to which a... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

29 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Reyna Pacheco Rios (MBA 2025)

boards and in C-suites of corporate America are occupied by Latinos despite this community representing 19% of the US population. 2. Less than 5% of venture capital is directed toward Latino entrepreneurs. 3. Latina women hold 1% of seats... View Details

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