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  • January 2025 (Revised February 2025)
  • Technical Note

Skills-First Talent Management Onboarding, Development, and Performance Management

By: Boris Groysberg, James Barnett, Robin Abrahams and Katherine Connolly Baden
The second in a series of notes on how organizations manage skills-first talent-management chains, covering onboarding, development, and performance management. Onboarding included the practices, programs, and policies used by an organization to facilitate new employee... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employee Relationship Management; Management Systems; Performance; Personal Development and Career
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  • July 2018
  • Teaching Note

Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail

By: Ryan Raffaelli
In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Leadership Development; Legal Industry; Procurement; Professional Service Firms; Pricing; Competition; Organizational Behavior; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Situation or Environment; Failure; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; United States
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  • April 1999
  • Teaching Note

Managing Experimentation: Module Overview Note for Managing Product Development(Note for Instructor)

By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation in the development of products and services. The module has been taught in the second-year elective MBA course Managing Product Development. The purpose of the module is to help... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Business or Company Management; Product Development; Personal Development and Career; Science; Technology Adoption
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  • May 22 2018
  • Testimonial

Taking Your Career to New Heights

  • Mar 22 2018
  • Testimonial

Revitalize Your Skills and Your Career

  • Article

The Scandal Effect

By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin, George Serafeim and Robin Abrahams
Executives with scandal-tainted companies on their résumés pay a penalty on the job market, even if they clearly had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job... View Details
Keywords: Misconduct; Career; Career Management; Career Changes; Executive Leadership; Executive Development; Crime and Corruption; Executive Compensation; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Management Teams
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  • 16 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation

Mike Anders (MBA 2020) grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC. After attending Northwestern University, he began a career in tech working for a legal services startup in Chicago called Envoy Global. He moved to San Francisco after HBS... View Details
  • 6 PM – 8 PM EST, 06 Nov 2014

New York City Alumni: Determining Your Career Elements & Connecting with HBS

Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development, and other senior members of the CPD team will share with HBSCNY the resources available to you and guide you through a quick exercise to see what elements are most essential in your... View Details
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Going to Extremes: Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Human Capital
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  • 11 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30 years of experience with IBM, culminating with his transition... View Details
  • 26 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Access Real-World Employment Data from HBS Alumni with the Career Trends Tool

Negotiating a job offer in a new industry or function? Wondering if a change in location might impact your base salary? Joining a startup and wanting to benchmark your equity offer? Use the Career Trends tool in 12twenty, HBS’s recruiting... View Details
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

It is a feeling that is familiar to many of us, the “career switchers”: beginning an MBA program with a keen interest in a different industry, yet not really sure where to start. I had worked in management consulting for three years... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • News

Leader of Metro Named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year

Keywords: management; career choices; leadership; Retail Trade
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions

Just before the MBA reunions last spring, a group of women graduates met for a new program that provided a special opportunity to discuss their business and leadership goals in the broader context of their lives. Titled Charting Your Course: Alumnae View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Professional Services
  • 03 Dec 2020
  • HBS Seminar

Negin Golrezaei, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • Web

Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

MBA students can engage in a wide variety of career development programs that support their social impact career pathways. These programs cross multiple sectors and provide the opportunity to tailor one's... View Details
  • January 1996
  • Case

Managing Xerox's Multinational Development Center (Abridged)

Describes a manager's role in developing a staff group responsible for enhancing the efficiency of Xerox's worldwide logistics and inventory management systems. Illustrates a range of management strategies for upward and lateral influence in a complex organizational... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 02 Apr 2019
  • Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

wrestling with profound feelings of loss as they climbed the ranks. A scope for sanity Despite evidence of universal misery, none of the companies—largely professional services firms—that Ely has observed in her career have shifted the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service
  • Web

Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 22 Jan 2025 Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Paige Arnof-Fenn Author Alumni tag All Industries All Locations Alumni Student... View Details
  • 07 May 2015
  • Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

Exposed to new functions and industries through case studies, classmates, and the resources of our Career and Professional Development (CPD) Office, nearly 70% of HBS students will pursue ventures very different from the ones that led... View Details