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John Pepper
Spending his entire private sector career with P&G, Pepper prides himself on heightening P&G’s commitment to customer satisfaction and to creating the “Organization 2005” initiative, which is... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
Cohort 3.3 3.3 3.5 Average satisfaction with job offer (on a scale of 1-low to 7-high) Total September Cohort January Cohort 6.1 6.1 6.1 True to the spirit of innovation at HBS (one of the main goals of multiple entry dates), MBA View Details
- November–December 2024
- Article
Retire Without Regrets
By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. "Tim" Hall and Kathy E. Kram
This article explores the significant transition of retirement and offers insights into creating a satisfying postcareer life. It highlights the contrasting experiences of Irene and Lawrence, two retirees who navigated this change differently. Irene embraced retirement... View Details
Amabile, Teresa M., Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. "Tim" Hall, and Kathy E. Kram. "Retire Without Regrets." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 6 (November–December 2024): 143–147.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
“We encourage them to give function a high priority because it’s been shown to result in the highest career satisfaction from a long-term perspective. The numbers show that our message is being taken to... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
there’s deep satisfaction not just in making something that didn’t exist before but also in seeing others benefit from your work. Finally, coding offers incessant growth as technologies, languages, and frameworks - just like the... View Details
- 21 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Meet the AFAA Club
Additionally, the club hosts an annual career fair at which employers can meet AFAA members in a more personal setting to explore internship and full-time career opportunities. Both potential employers and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
In his novel I Come as a Thief, Louis Auchincloss introduces us to Tony Lowder, a lawyer in his early forties. Tony and his wife have two children. He works for the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but his job is just a resting spot. Tony has... View Details
- 08 Jul 2016
- News
So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
There are three forces, says author James Citrin (MBA 1986), that are “at fundamental war with one another” when people are trying to find a job: compensation, lifestyle, and job satisfaction. “So if you think about those three points and what I call the View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
satisfaction of "just enough." It's a classic dilemma. The ancient Greeks pondered the same question at the height of Athens' artistic and political strength in the Periclean Age of the fifth century B.C.E. The tragedian... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
change, team members succeeded in freeing up one night per week from their devices and their work. By the time the process had been implemented in more than 900 BCG teams globally Perlow could present evidence that it had enhanced such things as excitement about their... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Class of '97 Placement Statistics Similar for September and January Cohorts
Preliminary placement figures (as of August 1997)* Total September Cohort January Cohort Average satisfaction with job offer (on a scale of 1-low to 7-high) 6.1 6.1 6.1 Average number of companies contacted 20 19 21 Average number of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
suited to counsel those facing difficulties in the private sector. He gives much of the credit to his time at Harvard. “Business is an ethical profession. It’s also about relationships. How do you teach people, and do you listen?” says Quainton, whose banking View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
frequency of promotions, employee satisfaction surveys, and external recognition as leaders and contributors. Learn more about how internal coaching and talent and development is evolving inside organizations. Therapist What used to be... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- Profile
David Gellis
mission'," David says. "I found that the things I liked about journalism and a hunger for the larger issues were all in health care. I could have the satisfaction of making a difference in individual lives while looking at... View Details
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
Ernst & Young then drew her back to the East Coast. After spending three years in the Real Estate Audit Group at EY, Hawthorne decided to go to business school in order to prepare for her next career step. “I knew that I wanted to work in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
expand its pool of women, minority, and international applicants. Toward that end, the Women's Student Association, for example, is helping MBA Admissions identify women who might not otherwise consider HBS in their career plans. Multiple... View Details
- 26 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health
Health Care During the internship, I had the opportunity to interview 30+ employees from their on-the-ground workforce to better understand their drivers of satisfaction and opportunities to improve efficiency. Through this, I gained... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
pursued a variety of career aspirations. Heffernan trained as a doctor (graduating first in his class), practiced briefly, and decided that medicine was not the right fit. He tried investment banking with Goldman Sachs for a few years,... View Details
- Student-Profile
Omar Olivarez
wanted my career to go.” Omar appreciates the incredible diversity of perspectives within the Technology and Operations Management unit at HBS. “We can get feedback and critiques from colleagues who approach problems from so many... View Details
- Profile
Shantanu Rege
Inclined toward math and physics and eager to learn among "the smartest people," Shantanu Rege went to the Indian Institute of Technology, "keen on engineering and looking forward to a PhD and a career in academia." In... View Details