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  • 05 Jan 2021
  • News

Identify — and Mitigate — Risks to Your Career

  • August 2021
  • Supplement

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Sports Industry; United States
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  • October 2024
  • Case

Reed Group and Succession in a Family Business: An Impossible Job to Fill?

By: Lauren H. Cohen and Tonia Labruyere
James Reed had taken over Reed Group, the recruitment and career services company his father had founded and built, in 1994. He was now reflecting on succession planning and other challenges that lay ahead: with no obvious choice among his family members, he needed to... View Details
Keywords: Charity; Succession Planning; Family Business; Values and Beliefs; Management Succession; Mission and Purpose; Family Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family and Family Relationships; Recruitment; AI and Machine Learning; Employment Industry; United Kingdom; London
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  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

or work in an eco-lodge to consider a career change. Some people might write a book or tackle a problem in their company totally separate from their everyday work role. “Oftentimes, we find that these experiences lead to the greatest... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 19 Jun 2023
  • News

How to Advance Your Career When Your Company Is Downsizing

  • August 2019 (Revised September 2019)
  • Case

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt and Evan M.S. Hecht
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

functions Allow me to develop strong professional relationships Be a launch pad for future career growth I found this ideal role with BCG Boston, and am excited to join them after graduation, and wanted to share some of the lessons I’ve... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
  • 16 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

scale and create those [inclusive] pipes at the time.” So, in 2017, Bastian began a fresh strategy to advance underrepresented groups’ access to jobs at Delta. This included the launch of the Propel Collegiate Pilot Career Path Program,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation
  • January 2009
  • Article

Planning a Start-Up? Seize the Day...Then Expect to Work All Night

By: Noam Wasserman
If you dream of starting your own business, it's better to leave the corporate nest sooner than later, before you get too comfortable with the big-company amenities every start-up lacks. Get going before you're 40 - or even earlier, if you want to make entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Age; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career
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  • 22 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy

Career Coach, Lauren Murphy, works with Harvard Business School alumni who are at this inflection point in their careers. In her coaching conversations, she helps alumni craft their retirement with intention and create a View Details
  • 08 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

learned a lot at McKinsey about business and strategy, but I really missed the science. The plan was to pursue an MS in biomedical engineering, until a few colleagues sent me press articles about the new Harvard joint degree, through... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

When I started my journey at Harvard Business School, I was eager to broaden my business knowledge and strengthen my skills, particularly in marketing and branding. Coming from a liberal arts undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my View Details
  • 29 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my career as an Associate Consultant at one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services,... View Details
  • April 2012
  • Case

Pret A Manger

By: Frances X. Frei, Rick Goldberg and Stephanie van Sice
Pret A Manger, a London-based chain of sandwich shops, was known for its fast, genuine service and pre-packaged sandwiches prepared on-site daily. Instructed by its board to grow at 15 percent per year, Pret considered opening "twin" shops in locations too small to... View Details
Keywords: Customer Service Excellence; Growth Planning And Management; Employee Performance Management; Information Management; Production Planning; Employee Attitude Development And Empowerment; Employee Retention; Leadership Development And Career Planning; Service Delivery; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Employees; Performance; London
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  • 24 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

Past studies have bolstered the idea that marginalized groups might find more career opportunities if they downplay their identities. But women and minorities may actually benefit by explicitly mentioning their identities, at least when... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

When No News Isn’t Good News

might find that you’re on the right track, but you might also discover that you need to plan for a change somewhere down the line,” she notes. “What you discover will put you in a better position to chart your own View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; career consulting; career advice
  • 25 Jul 2023
  • News

How to Build a Portfolio Career and Future-Proof Your Professional Identity

  • 09 Sep 2020
  • News

4 Questions to Help Women Navigate the Second Half of Their Careers

  • Web

Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 Course Number 6345 Nancy R. McPherson Professor Regina Herzlinger Visiting Lecturer Ben Creo Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits Project Enrollment: limited to eighteen... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

interview Merrick immediately; both offered him jobs. After graduation, he accepted a position at Parson Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm he learned of through a previous contact. That was then, this is now, but Merrick's approach - what the recently appointed... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services