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- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
years, the company reported it had hastened the creation of partnerships by 55 percent, grew sales by 44 percent, boosted operating income by 300 percent, increased market cap 155 percent to over $10 billion, and enhanced its reputation as an exciting View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 20 Dec 2023
- News
New School
In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
Commitments Committee and a senior banker. As an undergraduate at Hamilton College, Kennedy majored in art. "I did some awful paintings and metal sculpture," he laughs. "Even my mother saved only one of my paintings through the years - that's how bad they are." He... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 20 May 2024
- Blog Post
Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts
had a stint at an autonomous vehicle infrastructure startup. An MBA, he said, was an opportunity to learn a new problem-solving language. “I’ve thought about each step of my life as learning a new language—a dialect and a set of words that allow me to talk to people... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
brought us closer than ever before. “Te quiero también, apá.” Michael Brunman (he/him/his), Class of 2023 The summer after graduating high school, I was 18 and curious about my sexuality, I decided to give myself seven days of freedom. I searched the internet for a... View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
experience, autonomy. These are naturally definers of where an individual should be placed within a salary range. Those differences should be easily explained and verifiable upon request." Dan S. pointed out that disclosing pay... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Action Plan: Wild at Heart
Goodman (and inspired an HBS case); later, she took a break from her marketing gigs to open a boutique hotel in the Grenadines. Even her own place in Park Slope, Brooklyn, caught the eye of the tastemakers at House Beautiful, who featured... View Details
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
to lie than when they sign it at the end. “We’ve had the signature line in the wrong place for centuries,” Bazerman says. Negotiators also should realize that language matters. Social psychologist Lee Ross’s research has found that the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
To realize the hopes of those early International Women’s Day activists—to make power more accessible and recognize the capabilities of marginalized voices—we need to tackle the systems that keep these barriers locked in place and move... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
starting with recruiting. “We’re very clear that in an interview, and just in general, one of our core beliefs is be yourself,” Wallace says. Relatedly, the company places a strong emphasis on inclusivity. As COO Molly Howard notes,... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
President.” All of these activities either are subsidized by advertisers, or take the place of traditional advertising, information search, and purchasing and banking transactions. Free access to information entertainment, along with... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS
imagine staying posted in one seat while different professors come in and out. Two weeks in, I “got it.” Today, when friends visit campus, I take them to the Section C classroom – my home on campus – the place we laugh, learn, and feel... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
business administration. STRATEGY Tip: Confront unknown unknowns in your strategic planning The term VUCA originated in the US War College to describe situations that are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this world, "unknown unknowns" can emerge that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
the sense of outrage and loss over what is being taken from us.” This prompts the questions: How? And then what? The prescriptions for change The first antidote to surveillance capitalism that comes to mind is government. European governments and courts are seeking to... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When Kristy Cunningham (MBA 1998) arrived at McDonald’s in 2014 as vice president of strategy and insights, she asked her team about the most common requests they were hearing from US... View Details
- 25 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)
wildest dreams. As I continue to navigate the corridors of the prestigious institution as a first-generation Latina student, I remain committed to paying forward the countless doors it has opened for me as well as protecting its position as a View Details
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1.24 Commencement - MBA
provide a memorable day for the students and their guests. Please note the following general policies: Though HBS confers MBA degrees on three separate dates throughout the academic year (November, March, and May), formal commencement exercises only take View Details
- Portrait Project
Zoe Otedola
them to worry. Worry they are the only ones who look like them at the firms they’ve tirelessly worked to get into. Worry they have to code switch because their manager has no interest in their culture or what they’ve been through. I don’t want them to worry like I did.... View Details
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive
Clubs News Clubs News Guided by Harvard Business School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the HBS Global Alumni Clubs & Associations Network provides thousands of opportunities to create and strengthen connections among and between HBS... View Details