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- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
Brigham Young, thinking that I should give back. Years later, I came out of my experience at Harvard empowered and determined to give back.” That thinking reshaped Frey’s career path, and, after a brief return to California, he left Cisco... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Shared Vision for a Better World
Harrold returned home, he earned a master’s degree in political science but ultimately realized academia wasn’t for him. “I decided I was better suited for the business world where strategic and decisive thinking are more valued,” he... View Details
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
time for something new. Although she had been involved in volunteer efforts in education, the arts, and economic development since high school, Pitter-Armand’s path to a career in the nonprofit sector wasn’t obvious to her. The phrase... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
scene in the office of your investor from Presidential Life, and how it changed the firm's approach to decision making? Steve: Sure. This was our third investment. My partner and I had never made an investment before. We were pretty good... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
decision to apply to the doctoral program so I could develop that understanding and share it with others. Secretary Allison reinforced the importance of being a strategic leader. Over time, I’ve had the opportunity to reflect a little... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain Institute does, and what your... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
entrepreneur who initially thought he’d have a career in the private sector before pursuing academia. He spent the summer between his first and second years as an MBA working as a consultant and discovered he loved the process of... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
motivated to search for novel information and anticipate alternative perspectives, leading to better decision making, problem solving and innovation. Time and again, analysis confirms this improves the bottom line of companies. “Working... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
concerned about both the financial burden of tuition and forgoing income for two years. “Finding out that the School had such a strong fellowship program was a game-changer for me,” says Sergio. “That was critical in my decision to pursue... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Trevor Fetter, MBA 1986
“I invest in HBS because I learned to make better decisions at HBS. The School helped me refine my ability to analyze business problems. As my career has evolved through different jobs in unrelated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
from a franchise on the brink of leaving town in 1992 to toast of the town in 2010 is the stuff of Hollywood scripts. And indeed, when the lanky, loquacious executive talks about his lifelong history with the team, his reminiscences are captivating. Baer’s View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
strong, decisive leadership. Although he is far too humble to admit it, his own experience as a naval commander as well as serving in the United States’ highest military position, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a case in point.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Jun 2008
- News
Risk and Reward
races, where does that leave us? The decision of whether to race Big Brown lies with his owners, not Clay. What would you do in their position? Race Big Brown? Or take the money and run? View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
about, say, the allocation of roles and decision making, and applying them to his life. For Wasserman, the meeting was revelatory. Anyone—founders or not—could gain all these profound life lessons from the counterintuitive ways that... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
clinician.” But if a business career was Fisher’s new goal, and if she was going to become a leader, she soon realized that she needed a more formal education than that she had received in visiting the startups financed by her father. In... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sahlman Heads External Relations
why do our graduates gain leadership positions? We can track the way alumni progress throughout their careers and use that information to feed into the School’s curricular development. What can we do to affect a person’s View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decades in the investment world, service on nonprofit boards and think tanks, and management of the financial turnaround of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention a midlife decision to study the... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
all other possibilities and have now escalated to me so I can make a decision. Knowing that decisions have consequences and not making the right decision can mean that our new venture may not get to the next... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- News
More Work to Do
of all time. Gerald, who delivers the keynote address at SXSW Interactive March 11, also discusses the decision to shut down MBAs Across America: “People went from ruthlessly doubting us to blindly believing we were saviors,” he says.... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus; and F. Warren McFarlan, Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, who have produced hundreds of cases over their long careers at HBS. “This was an educational... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley