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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Remembering “Mr. Harvard”
he acquired the struggling firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Thus began Gordon’s 65-year career at Kidder, which he helped lead to prominence as one of the top underwriting and M&A firms in the world, while also imparting View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
Stone Herman, and I'm class of 1997. My professor, Carl Sloan, who was our lead professor, gave the advice that you will probably achieve greater monetary and overall career success than you initially thought possible, but you'll have to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
As Professor Linda Hill set out to study “digital leaders,” the first thing she learned is that there is no such thing. All leaders—regardless of their sector—must think differently to lead a successful company in the digital age,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
work together. Michael's parents work together. Our role models have showed us that it is OK and even fun to work with your spouse. One of the most challenging aspects of starting a business is picking a trusted business partner—what... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
schools across the country: that shareholder-driven capitalism is the best form of capitalism. Citing a wealth of recent research, he proposes that our current rules of capitalism are contributing to rising inequality, as the foundations of our country’s... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
Organizational Behavior. I have invited them to become co-travelers with me on this journey for the next eighty minutes. I have invited them into my “mad scientist lab.” And I need their focus and interest to be inside the classroom, with me and with the other... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
results of their time together were, in the words of more than one participant, “transformative.” Many spoke of the thrill of reimmersing themselves in the experience they remembered as students, living and working among trusted friends... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
books, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumer's Trust from Wedgwood to Dell and The Power of Commerce: Economy and Governance in the First British Empire. A member of the HBS faculty since 1991, Koehn is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
to date. He returned to Red Lobster as CEO in 2014, and in this episode of Skydeck, I talk to him about the challenges and opportunities he saw, how to lead during times of change, and why social responsibility is so important to both him... View Details
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
programming for a life insurance company, and once he finished his law degree he stuck around and rose to become the firm’s secretary and general counsel. Along the way, however, Freeman realized he was more interested in general management than View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 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
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
how her unrestricted contributions allow the School to allocate resources where they are most needed. “I admire and trust the HBS leadership team, and I support their efforts to experiment and make big bets,” she says. It’s also important... 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 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
wasn’t true—there were land mines, left over from years of conflict. Those had to be cleared before cell phone towers and the maintenance roads leading to them could be built. Available maps and government statistics were often... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
otherwise -- to preserve its natural beauty. In 1992 he founded the Turtle Island Community Foundation, a charitable trust that provides assistance to local villages in the areas of health, transportation,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 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
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
would serve for three years, from 2012 to early 2015, leading the country through some of the worst years of the crisis. His government was tasked with implementing the austerity measures demanded by its international creditors, the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 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