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  • June 1991 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

Willow Creek Community Church (A)

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
Describes the historic evolution and current positioning of a Christian church which focuses on the attraction of "unchurched" individuals. Describes the church's strategic service vision and its current growth and leadership problems. View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Marketing Strategy; Growth Management; Religion; Service Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Going Forward

Through The Harvard Business School Campaign, we are positioning the School to deepen its impact on business and business education. From its inception, the Campaign has had high aspirations. We aimed to increase engagement and participation among our alumni and the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

The Harvard Business School Campaign has played a critical role in advancing the School’s mission through the “Five I” strategic priorities. Selected highlights of new activities made possible by generous support from alumni and friends are presented here. Annual... View Details
  • Mar 2012
  • Article

How to Make Finance Work

Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of... View Details
  • Web

Dhilan Ramaprasad | MBA

my maker-space, both literal and metaphorical, with an application-specific purpose that can resolve real-world dilemmas, whether that be through product engineering and management at a start-up or even just landing some place where... View Details
  • May–June 2018
  • Article

Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down

By: Ranjay Gulati
Most leaders view employee freedoms and operational controls as antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers’ behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren’t zero... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Mission and Purpose; Framework; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Effectiveness
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  • April 2018
  • Case

Globalizing Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
Recruit Holdings, an advertising media, staffing, and business support conglomerate was founded in 1960 by Hiromasa Ezoe. Recruit was built on the principle that the company should add value to society. To do this, it hired young and talented employees and created a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Crime and Corruption; Transition; Globalization; Japan
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  • 04 Jan 2016
  • News

Taking Time Out for a Challenge

After living in Sierra Leone from 2006 to 2010, where she worked as a founding board member of the Welbodi Partnership, which supports the country’s health system in delivering essential services to women and children, HBS doctoral student Ryann Manning was moved into... View Details
Keywords: ebola; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

charisma, negotiate comfortably and creatively, and spot manipulators before it’s too late. HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose By John Coleman (MBA 2009) Harvard Business Review Press We’re living through a crisis of purpose. Surveys... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Drew Johnson

turkey sandwich and a bottle of water on a hot afternoon. As I think about what to do with my life, I see that my ultimate purpose is to make a positive impact on people by doing things both big and small. For me, it’s knowing that people... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Gordon C. Liao

seeing black, white, red and brown as just colors but culture and re-route the traditional hbs highway that makes success for some of us most likely i want to love with a purpose and fall into it every day of my existence but also make... View Details
  • 28 Jul 2021
  • News

Squarely in Their Corner

easy-to-use online tools for payments, payroll, and loans was a natural fit, thanks to her background. “I felt the strongest purpose and calling in Square in helping that entrepreneur,” Ms. Ahuja told the Wall Street Journal, “because of... View Details
Keywords: mentorship; entrepreneurship; fintech; career; work-life balance; Finance
  • 30 Mar 2018
  • News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

come from low-income neighborhoods.” While his background is in commercial real estate and corporate finance, since 2012 Majors has served as a vice president at Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta-based, nonprofit consulting group.... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Speaking out on behalf of the disabled

assumptions. “They wanted me to contribute more,” he says. “I made a course correction,” says Lipsitz. “I’ve come to realize that a large part of my purpose here is to set a good precedent for people with disabilities who will follow me.... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Jessica Reid

that gave you the best grades or let you get away with the most. Instead, it was that teacher who challenged you to be a better student and, more importantly, a better person. In third grade, I voted for Mrs. Dodge. At first, I thought her sole View Details
  • Portrait Project

Umaimah Mendhro

storms, I led my way to Harvard to be amongst you. You who helped me build a school in my home-village... a place for children to craft and realize purposeful dreams. Where they can learn to reason and judge for themselves. And do not... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Sarah Shanfield

and invested in. I will be remarkable by being approachable, and purposeful through listening. Like my mother, I will challenge myself to raise the standard of each interaction and encourage others to meet me there. View Details

    Responsibility of Business

    rich collections at the Harvard libraries, along with energetic assistance from the librarians, were also indispensable resources. During my fellowship, I was honestly surprised by the number of faculty who were critically examining the View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Elizabeth Chang

    taking careful measure. It also means I should recognize The love and support I received. That's the strength that let me live A way in which I can believe. I do not have a single purpose Nor single path I follow. Each day I do what most... View Details
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    Caitlin Roman

    platform without a harness, I am more intentional. Taking that risk is not an end in itself: it is a means to unlocking a feeling of flow, in which my intentions and actions fuse together – and suddenly, I'm soaring through the air. I want to take more risks on the... View Details