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- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
General Motors was moving toward its vision of zero emissions and zero accidents by investing in electrified, shared, and autonomous vehicles. And while Wells Fargo was creating fraudulent accounts, Bank of America Merrill Lynch became a... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
enthusiasm for change in the organization by securing early wins, creating a vision for the company and devising a coalition-building strategy to achieve it, and building a personal support system for advice and counsel. By following... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
new President, what is the status of planning for the future Allston campus? I think the vision of the future Allston campus is pretty broadly shared in the University community, and there is considerable momentum to carry the process... View Details
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
vision for the hospital as, "We will be the best at getting better." How CCHMC accomplishes just that is an object lesson for MBA students who hope to help lead substantive change in any sort of organization. The improvement... View Details
- Profile
Gerald Chertavian
ideals—into action, Chertavian followed in the footsteps of his older brother and applied to HBS. In his application essay, he outlined his vision for building an organization that would offer disadvantaged youth a year of training and... View Details
- 11 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS
arriving on campus. Consider taking time to reflect on what you have and have not liked about your past experiences and spend time thinking about your five- to seven-year career vision after HBS. What is most important to you? What... View Details
- 30 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
4 Ways I've Changed at HBS
difficult situations that required very different leadership approaches, I began to ask myself what would I do in such scenarios? Was I prepared to make the tough choices, to rally teams, and to push a vision forward? These questions,... View Details
- 28 Apr 2016
- News
New Venture Competition Winners Announced
world’s problems, and look at those problems as opportunities.” Jeff Sandefer (MBA 1986), teacher and founder of the Acton School of Business and Acton Academy, also offered poignant remarks as the guest speaker, drawing from his entrepreneurial journey and his View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
state-owned land that will be released for development, and the light rail will come in on the other side of those trees.” He turns and points in the heat of an April afternoon, taking in the city as it is now, orienting his vision from... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
assessment of the organization — nor has fear of retribution for such frank input ever been an issue." Once the task force has completed its report and left the room, the top team uses this information to reevaluate the organization and develop a View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
McConnell (OPM 18, 1992) ((CreateSpace)) Until Brazil (novel) by Bethe Lee Moulton (MBA ’78) ((The Glide Press)) San Diego’s Judge Mayor: How Murphy’s Law Blindsided Leadership with 2020 Vision by Dick Murphy (MBA ’67) ((Sunbelt... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
receiving a Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship from HBS in 2021, DeBere received one in 2020, which enabled him to serve as a research intern for OpenUp, a civic technology company based in South Africa that shares Afya Pamoja’s vision... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Profile
Laura Mackay
more humane and accessible to individual consumers. I also look forward to building my own organization one day-to defining a mission and a vision and to building a team and the processes that support our collective goals. I also look... View Details
- 14 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is a Career Coach?
the students and alumni they work with pursue their own unique career vision Also, when it comes right down to it, I think students and alumni find it really valuable to be able to spend 45 minutes speaking to someone about their job... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
pallets and numerous other custom-designed packaging options. “I started with the vision of saving the world,” she says, “and the first question everyone asked was, ‘How much will it cost?’” Chong saw the need for more environmentally... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
that patients may feel are necessary; and squeezing down compensation for talented physicians and hospitals. Indeed, activist American consumers even rebel against perfectly rational HMO tactics like reducing hospital lengths of stay. What is your View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
re-engaging with customers, many of whom passed a love of LEGOs to their children. Although innovation was a core strength of LEGO, Knudstorp had seen the result of unconstrained creativity. New product design was soon informed by market research, community feedback,... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
Every business leader faces difficult tradeoffs when working to make a company both profitable and purposeful. But leaders who articulate a company’s deep purpose can tap into that broader vision to help them navigate short-term decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
group The first two points are not as clear-cut as they might appear. While the leader's standard charge is to set direction, a leader also has to communicate a moral and strategic vision that actually inspires people to give their all.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
brutal, understanding of what needs to change if the company is to succeed in the competitive environment that lies ahead. The inside-outsider knows that if his or her vision of the way the world is headed is remotely right, then real... View Details