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  • 11 May 2022
  • Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

This Mother’s Day, we celebrated progress and possibility on the HBS campus! HBS first accepted women into the MBA Program in 1963. Fast forward six decades and now classrooms are 44% female and most sections have 1-2 mothers. Across the... View Details
  • 24 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

On Pride and Community

women of color) throughout history that made it possible for me to even be here, out, writing this blog post publicly today. As one of the co-presidents of the HBS PRIDE club, I’m also reminded of the club’s own history, having started in... View Details

    Lindsay N. Hyde

    Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Entrepreneurial Management unit. She teaches Avoiding Startup Failure, Launching Technology Ventures, and Startup Bootcamp. Lindsay also serves as the HBS Faculty co-chair of the View Details

    • 03 Jan 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

    SUMMING UP Would More Women in Leadership Help Mitigate #MeToo Concerns? If a good case study is one that splits a class down the middle on an important issue while surfacing creative responses, this month's column on how best to... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 20 Sep 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

    and stock exchanges in recent years have championed elevating more women to executive teams, the increase in gender diversity has not altered the political bent of many organizations.” “If you tell somebody... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • 26 Jan 2016
    • First Look

    January 26, 2016

    women candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an intensification of barriers against women in these areas. Similar results for... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Sep 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know

    Pressure to not compete against men, rather than an innate preference for cooperation over competition, may keep women from earning what they're worth in the workplace, according to preliminary findings by three Harvard researchers. In... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard
    • 05 Jul 2021
    • What Do You Think?

    Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

    shortly. I was wrong. Throughout that project, I was the butt of an unending series of asides from executives who had never driven anything but new GM products and relied on their assistants to keep them serviced. They had been denied... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • May 5, 2020
    • Article

    Why the Crisis Is Putting Companies at Risk of Losing Female Talent

    By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
    There has been a massive shift in how work gets done inside many companies and the global pivot to working remotely will likely change how many think about face time and rigid work schedules. Might these changes benefit women? The authors argue that will depend on how... View Details
    Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Remote Work; Flexible Work Arrangements; Health Pandemics; Employees; Working Conditions; Gender
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      Deborah M. Winshel

      Deborah Winshel is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit of Harvard Business School.  She teaches several MBA required courses: Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD), Leadership and Corporate Accountability and the Field Immersion course (2025 in... View Details

      • 05 Apr 2016
      • First Look

      April 5, 2016

      start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards—as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading a firm means you can be your... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
      • 04 Jun 2018
      • What Do You Think?

      Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

      decision, a board’s “focus should be on advancing all of the women whose careers were derailed by these arrogant, narcissistic, powerful, PROTECTED men.” It raises the question: How does a board introduce to the organization a CEO fired... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett

        Rosabeth M. Kanter

        Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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        • 05 Sep 2019
        • Sharpening Your Skills

        Making the Right Technical Hire

        Mythical Person Month” OR “Nine women can’t make a baby in one month” just sayin’.) There are also many blog posts explaining why full stack engineers are unicorns. Yet, when I did my latest poll on Twitter on top hiring priorities this... View Details
        Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology
        • Article

        The Baby Benefits Club

        By: Debora L. Spar
        This past summer several prominent firms seemed to be competing for the title of America's most family-friendly company. In August, Netflix announced plans to offer new mothers and fathers "unlimited leave". Microsoft countered quickly, promising to increase its own... View Details
        Keywords: Parental Leave; Maternity Leave; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Policy; Gender; Equality and Inequality
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          Linda A. Hill

          Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details

          • 22 May 2017
          • Lessons from the Classroom

          A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

          tenure as Chairman of North America at the French luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. According to Brown, it’s important for senior executives to possess a combination of what she calls “aesthetic intelligence”... View Details
          Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism
          • 06 Nov 2018
          • First Look

          New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

          discussion (MD&A) section. Changes in language referring to the executive (CEO and CFO) team, or regarding litigation, are especially informative for future returns. Download working paper:... View Details
          Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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          Mo Fong

          Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and... View Details
          Keywords: Technology; Education; Government; Social Enterprise; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All)
          • 21 Nov 2019
          • Blog Post

          Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose

          technology and innovation. 40,000~ Feet Below the Surface My earliest assignments in Schlumberger were in the Gulf of Mexico on ships that were equipped to look for oil and gas ~40,000 feet below the surface of the water. Being the youngest engineer and one of the... View Details