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- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
scene in the office of your investor from Presidential Life, and how it changed the firm's approach to decision making? Steve: Sure. This was our third investment. My partner and I had never made an investment before. We were pretty good... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
decision to apply to the doctoral program so I could develop that understanding and share it with others. Secretary Allison reinforced the importance of being a strategic leader. Over time, I’ve had the opportunity to reflect a little... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
all other possibilities and have now escalated to me so I can make a decision. Knowing that decisions have consequences and not making the right decision can mean that our new venture may not get to the next... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sahlman Heads External Relations
why do our graduates gain leadership positions? We can track the way alumni progress throughout their careers and use that information to feed into the School’s curricular development. What can we do to affect a person’s View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
funding but also entrench best corporate governance practices while accelerating wealth creation and distribution, leading to better social cohesion," says Oteh. Previously, her distinguished international career included serving as group... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
for our users and, in the process, increase our customer lifetime value (e.g., our successful decision to repurpose our video content into textbooks).” Guram: “I remember that the TOM case on Cincinnati Children’s Hospital was really... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain Institute does, and what your... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decades in the investment world, service on nonprofit boards and think tanks, and management of the financial turnaround of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention a midlife decision to study the... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
and the career decisions they make,” she explains. “What I’m finding in my research is that many times people who have gone through these status struggles might be exactly the kind of leaders that companies... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
The Work-Life Balancing Act
In a recent Harvard Business Review blog post, Jackie Coleman and John Coleman (MBA 2010) write that their decision to start a family “changed nearly everything in our working and personal lives.” From sleep schedules to finances, free... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
first-year LEAD and any HBS Executive Education program where leadership is discussed? The case, first published in 1999, hinges on a decision that wasn’t even present when Hill started her research: Diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy,... View Details
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
read Year One, a 1994 book offering one student’s perspective on earning an MBA at HBS, and that convinced her to apply. Expanding Horizons Giving up her income to go back to school was not a decision that Ma took lightly, but when she... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
array of academic and administrative online resources. It has changed the way students, faculty, staff, and alumni communicate. The project also changed Royo's career aspirations. While working at the Business School, Royo, who is fluent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Sound Bites: A Degree of Hope
Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) President and CEO, the Strada Education Foundation Illustration by John S. Dykes I grew up as the son of a single mother in rural Mississippi. And while we were never legally poor, there was that sense of economic insecurity the whole way. And... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Fellowships Have Impact
Leadership and Innovation “The fellowship was helpful in making decisions for my life in the sense that by minimizing my student loan burden, I was able to really pursue the career that I was most excited... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
he seeks counsel from a panel of advisers, resulting in a wealth of teaching moments. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
The future of retail won’t be brick and mortar or online, says Musab Balbale (MBA 2007). Instead, it will be a more inclusive combination of the two. Balbale, who spent several years of his career focused exclusively on online sales, is... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education
video, Wu talks about what inspired her decision to focus her career on making a difference in education. “I realized a few years ago, because of a friend who asked me what problem in the world was something... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
“You can’t just give orders in business.” —Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Gene Markowski (MBA 1973) served as an Army Huey helicopter pilot in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and many other honors for heroic action. He retired from a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
transitioning early I could build a new career and contribute to society on a wider scale,” he observes, describing his decision to retire in 2003 at age 55. He resolved to work in areas and on issues that... View Details