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  • 13 Oct 2009
  • Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

It is tough to think positively in a crisis. Yet one overarching lesson in a new book by HBS professor Bill George, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis (Jossey-Bass), is exactly that: See crisis as a chance to develop and enhance your View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 30 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

Helaina, Maude, and more. Our inaugural Female Founders Pitch Competition awarded $15K to the top three winners, amongst five final teams who pitched to 5 VC judges from firms such as Bessemer, Co-efficient, and Matrix, live on stage.... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2020
  • Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

focused on leadership, organizational behavior, managing human capital, and career management. His new book, Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire, was recently published by Harvard Business Review Press. He shares his journey between teaching and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • Web

Beth Clark | About

Elizabeth (Beth) Clark Bio As the Chief Information Officer at Harvard Business School (HBS), Beth Clark oversees the transformation and strengthening of enterprise IT, ensuring alignment with the School's reputation for excellence. Leading a View Details
  • October 2016
  • Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
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  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

Like-Minded

Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic of discussion. Each woman had built a strong... View Details
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

several overseas offices in 1996, Brennan was named CEO. “When I started, we were tiny,” he reflects. “We grew 100 percent per year for several years. It was an opportunity I found completely engaging.” Brennan, often at his desk by 5 a.m., steered the firm to a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Nov 2016
  • First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

social enterprise to address issues of scalability and sustainability. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-020 chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity In 2013, a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

Edmondson: Leadership will engage people to work together creatively   I hope we will come to learn that hiding bad news is never a good idea. That will mean recommitting ourselves to mastering the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 07 Nov 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

values, from the club's CEO to his assistant coaches, the players and the youth team, to his long-time assistant, the kit manager, and even the ladies who take care of washing the team jerseys. All those experiences and interactions... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 24 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

positive attitudes; Stevenson ticked them off. Successful people are good at matching goals with their own skillsets; they lead a team of believers; they take risks; they are lucky, hard workers, fierce competitors; they overcome... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A)

By: Raffaella Sadun, Michael Beer and James Weber
In late 2015, CEO Vince Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson’s transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent years,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

Competing arguments become difficult to judge, since advocates will suggest using those measures (net income, return on capital, market presence, share of mind, and so on) that favor their preferred alternative. Fuzzy thinking and long delays are the likely result. To... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 13 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

and funny material posted on social media, to promote health, beauty, and snack food products. Our job was to develop a new snack food designed for the Korean millennial consumer. The FIELD course began in second semester. First, we picked our desired destination city.... View Details
  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Strategy Design Thinking and Innovation Disruptive Strategy Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Sustainable Business Strategy Sustainable Investing All our courses can be offered as a private cohort to encourage View Details
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

Ferguson's Formula By: Elberse, Anita, and Sir Alex Ferguson Abstract—When Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: it hadn't won a league title in nearly 20 years... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2021
  • News

Leading with Heart

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) has spent most of his career in restaurants, working in leadership positions at Yum! Brands and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts before becoming the CEO... View Details
  • Web

Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 03 Jun 2024 Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description Molly DeCastro Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Recruiting Advice Recruiting Strategies Crafting a simple yet effective job description is a fine art.... View Details
  • 30 Nov 2023
  • Blog Post

College Students, Take a Sneak Peek at the HBS MBA

learn how to thrive in a case method classroom environment, how to be an empathetic and strong team member, how to lead with humility to empower the efforts of others, and how to uncover your personal brand and put it to work to help you... View Details