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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
With the 15th Reunion for the Class of 1984 just around the corner, the Bulletin revisits five members of the class we've been keeping tabs on over the years to learn how they're balancing family and professional responsibilities. We... View Details
- Career Coach
Robert Kimmel
of a startup, he also has experience in entrepreneurship and an interest in coaching students considering starting their own businesses. In addition to these industries, Robert enjoys helping students navigate through work-life balance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
All in Good Time
O’Kelly’s mind, as is, ironically, maintaining balance in her own life. “Amid ups and downs, I do feel like I’m achieving it,” says O’Kelly, who declined venture capital funding so that she could maintain more control over how quickly the... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
lives we must continue to push for more." But Mal Watlington poses perhaps the most challenging question: "The history of philosophy is filled with great thinkers who advise us to seek balance in life, yet the history of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
WSA Speakers Kick Off W50
All." Slaughter cited the importance of flextime and of having a longer-term perspective on the arc of one's career, adding that she believed a "huge norm shift" in attitudes toward work-life balance is entirely possible in a short period... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Bankable Trust
has performed in theater productions, at weddings and parties, and, for the last five years, in a gospel choir. "It's important to have balance in one's life," she observed. That balance also includes... View Details
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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
By Even with such diverse stories, the panelists had surprisingly similar advice for balancing their lives: Outsource. Outsource as much as you can afford. Time together with your family is more important than doing errands. "Think... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
found a balance that works most of the time: My husband does the morning drop-off, and I do the afternoon pickup, although it’s a precarious balance that is easily thrown off by a child getting sick or an... View Details
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
spend focused on their family balanced out with work. And so coming out of the COVID period, many of these working parents had tasted what it was like to have more flexible work arrangements. And then fast-forward in a post-COVID era... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Noted & Quoted
"I'll have a bad day; then I'll recall when one of the diving team drowned and you realize that the fact chocolate-chip cookies haven't sold well isn't that serious." —Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993), CEO of the UK-based Domino's Pizza Group and former member of the Royal... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Noted & Quoted
"I was always a windup toy for achievement." —Barry Rowan (MBA 1983), on taking a "purposeful pause" in his career before moving to Cool Planet Energy Systems. (CFO.com, December 19, 2012) View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
don't mean that your style needs to be the same as that of your boss, but you should be in sync and try to make sure your skills complement each other. For example, if your supervisor is a "big-picture" thinker, you could View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
that total income fell into the range covered by the new rule). Long working hours take their toll on family lives of both men and women, according to a study of professionals of both sexes. Women who try to balance work and family are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Books
They offer guidance on how to balance the benefits of open-ended talk with the realities of strategic execution. Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship by Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, and Felda Hardymon (Wiley... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
educated and valuable talent in a competitive labor market. The loss of women managers—and potential future leaders—has been particularly vexing for executives. Many of them cling to the belief that women’s struggle to balance their home... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- News
Don’t Let Your Partner’s Work Stress Become Your Own
- 21 May 2020
- News
How to Cope with That “Always-On” Feeling
- Career Coach
Meredith Hamilton
well as recognizing and eliminating the ways in which they may be blocking or limiting their own success. She has found that—with the right balance of curiosity, vulnerability and honesty—coaching can be a transformative experience, and... View Details
- 31 Jul 2016
- News
You Rang?
(Courtesy of Hello Alfred) (Courtesy of Hello Alfred) Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck (both MBA 2015) met as students at HBS. They knew they wanted to start a business, but worried about the difficulty of balancing their work and personal... View Details