talent - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
News

Building business for a better Brazil

education. In 1991, with Sicupira and Telles, Lemann cofounded Fundação Estudar, a nonprofit organization supporting talented young Brazilians who show potential for contributing to Brazil’s development. At Harvard University, where... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

talented professionals across the world to help evaluate and support these interventions. Over the past 10 years, ADP has funded more than 50 promising nonprofits to transform hundreds of thousands of lives by building schools, clinics,... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Two Decades of Social Progress

Rangan, HBS adopted a problem-focused approach toward understanding the managerial, leadership, and governance challenges associated with driving sustained, high-impact social change. For the past 20 years, SEI has been dedicated to that cause, leveraging the View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

and depth of talent across a group of players (at the right price), there’s the fan’s experience to be considered. When asked about sightings of the Cardinals’ chairman polling visitors to the new stadium on one of the hottest afternoons... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

03 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

the organization through an independent project. This allows the student to get course credit for the work they complete during the school year, and the startup retains HBS talent beyond the summer. Misconceptions Startups cannot afford... View Details

Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship

15 May 2015
Blog Post

2+2: A "Liberating and Life-Altering" Choice

opportunities by taking professional risks before returning to school. I think 2+2 brings tremendous value to HBS and I am a big proponent of the initiative and the recruitment of new classes of students. I look forward to seeing what new View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

What Fellowships Make Possible

education — engage with one another they get a better sense of themselves and a deeper understanding of the complexities of our global society. With a commitment to attracting the most talented students to Soldiers Field, HBS periodically... View Details

Keywords: budget; need-blind; Admissions; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

13 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?

people. HBS Career Coach Warren Radtke cautions you may not be looking for a mentor – one who gives career advice - but a sponsor, someone who discovers you and acts almost like a talent agent. "Mentors can be sought out because... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

mansions and grandeur of a former era certainly made an indelible impression." His interest in architecture piqued, the young Jenrette discovered a natural talent for drawing elegant houses and for shaping canals, bridges, and whole... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers

Business needs to care about the performance of students in the public education system, from preschool through college. It is the primary source of future employees for every business. It’s also where the vast majority of teachers of their future employees will come... View Details

Keywords: Amy McIntosh (MBA 1984) , associate vice chancellor for academic strategy, The City University of New York

04 Jun 2014
News

Swizz Beatz Wants Harvard Degree To Save Hip-Hop

Keywords: Kasseem Dean; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

24 Feb 2011
News

2011 Most Influential Women in Tech

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Dot-Mom

of Mrs. Mom. She has written a self-help book based on her own transitional experience called Chapters: Create a Life of Exhilaration and Accomplishment in the Face of Change. Olson is well aware that her embrace of home and hearth may seem controversial for a woman of... View Details

Keywords: iVillage; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Career Coach

Alejandro Maldonado

key players in the industry and was then acquired by a strategic player. Since 2012, Alejandro has trained and been a coach for students and alumni at Harvard Business School, where he developed his passion for talent and career... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

Profile

Phil Strazzulla

other classmates. Where else can you do that? How did your overall HBS experience shape your goals & career path? HBS gave me a lot more confidence. Time and again the experience taught me that I could succeed in a competitive environment full of View Details

Keywords: Technology

Profile

Lindsay Ullman

someday." Right now, her focus is on entrepreneurship. "I’ve been working on a start-up idea related to recruiting, matching great people to great jobs using technology," Lindsay says. Some of the inspiration came from her previous work in VC, which... View Details

Keywords: Tech

01 Nov 2016
News

Paving the Way to College

Children’s Defense Fund; and helped to select the first secretary of education while a senior White House aide in the Carter Administration. Now semi-retired, Frankel is executive director of College Match, a nonprofit he founded in Los Angeles that assists View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs

given that quite a few were dot-coms. "The participants selected for this year's Springboard forum represent some of the best talent in the New England entrepreneurial community," Silbert noted. All told, entrepreneurs at the past six... View Details