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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
technical competence to lead change in that direction. Because of our global perspective, we're looking for managers with overseas experience and multicultural skills. Finally, our managers must be able to inspire the View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
(Jossey-Bass) The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen: A Novel by Thomas Caplan (MBA 1970), with an introduction by Bill Clinton (Viking Adult) Influencing Up by Allan R. Cohen (MBA 1961) and David L. Bradford (Wiley) The Trusted Advisor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
Returning to his roots in the Middle East, Cohen created The Portland Trust in 2003 to fund investments aimed at easing tensions between Israel and its neighbors. For example, the trust is working to secure... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, which mobilizes and supports leading companies and entrepreneurs in building profitable and inclusive businesses that incorporate millions of low-income... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
customer service. If it comes to choosing between quality and profitability, we always go for quality and trust that it will lead to profit. I spent my first six months here working alongside our employees... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
beholden to the CEO," Burke says. Not only should an independent board and lead director govern companies, he advises, but business executives also need to "recreate a trust agenda." "Nothing good happens... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
wrong kind of competition. We have a zero-sum competition to assemble bargaining power, shift the cost to others, grab more of the revenue versus other actors in the system, and restrict services. Zero-sum competition undermines value by adding unnecessary... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
The research of HBS professor Boris Groysberg centers on a question that troubles many managers: How do I hire and develop top performers who will contribute to my company's success? The author of Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent stake, which would have been a much smaller ownership position than we usually get. So it was an “off-strategy” investment. It was also in the highly competitive space of lead generation, where companies are paid a referral fee if... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Inside Executive Search
leading companies in the relevant industry sectors, then works to identify the managers most responsible for the success of the relevant business. We want to learn why a prospect may be an appropriate candidate before making the first... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Got Global?
differences, their shared experience at Soldiers Field created a common bond that helped increase trust and respect, which led to the desired de-escalation of tensions. In Shirazi’s view, this kind of global impact is “a uniquely HBS... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Time Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Vanderbilt University, 1971 B.A., Political Science LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "Trust is a powerful tool in helping you lead. You cannot innovate or View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Crucible: Give It Up
beginning of a surreal period; it was all hands on deck, trying to keep the company on track. The former president, who had been planning to retire, returned as CEO. Three years later, my transition to lead the company was underway when I... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
Defining Moments by Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. (Harvard Business School Press) How should you respond if you are offered an opportunity at work solely because of your race or gender? What should you do if a single parent on your staff is falling behind in his or her... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
International Dinner on May 29. The black-tie event brought together more than four hundred HBS alumni and other business leaders at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. In his speech, Paulson emphasized the need for corporations and Wall Street to participate in rebuilding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
the most audacious people driving disruptive transformation today, Li will inspire leaders at all levels to answer the call to lead disruptive transformation in their organizations, communities, and society. Innovation on Tap: Stories of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
process of building trust and understanding," says club president Tom Fitzgerald (MBA '82), who worked with club members James Shay Garvey (MBA '84) and Dermot Berkery (MBA '91) for eight months to organize what they called the "Step Up"... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
the sustained, excellent business results achieved during his tenure leading General Electric. Bill Schleyer, AT&T: I would also pick Bush, as well as Prime Minister Tony Blair. I think their unequivocal, immediate, ongoing response to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
male-dominated mining community. The first woman and non–South African to lead the 95-year-old company, Carroll, a native of Princeton, New Jersey, was hired as a change agent, and her combination of compassion, strategic vision, and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details