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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
array of academic and administrative online resources. It has changed the way students, faculty, staff, and alumni communicate. The project also changed Royo's career... View Details
- 15 Apr 2016
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First African American Woman to Receive Harvard MBA Talks Power of Persistence, Resilience, and Courage
ride the half mile from their Radcliffe College dorm. A graduate of Howard University who was rejected on her first try applying to HBS (she freely admits she wasn’t adequately prepared), Lambert went on to a long and successful career as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
to reach a nurse who has paged him. Then, apologizing for his fatigue after thirty sleepless hours, he settles into a chair in a quiet corner to reflect for a few moments on his decision to enter medical school at the age of 45 after a fulfilling View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain Institute does, and what your... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
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A Playbook for Progress
Success.” I uncovered it in my visit to South Carolina, found it in my grandmother's house when she had passed. And this speech, the “Trail to Success,” included the four C's, character, concentration, culture, and courage. And I use this framework. I use it now for... View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
Disenchanted with the corporate world, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of operations for Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services and made a bold career and lifestyle change, moving to rural South Australia... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
heart is”—is a fitting description for how the mother of three feels about her family. “Spending time at home is how I recharge,” she says, expressing gratitude for her husband who put his law career on hold to be home with their kids.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
What to Do After Being Laid Off
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
the hot career path at the time. “I loved the intellectual challenge in working with really smart people,” recalls Weinstein. “What I didn’t enjoy very much was that I didn’t actually care whether or not Shell Oil of Canada made an extra... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
19-year career at General Electric, rising to run several divisions, including GE Aircraft Engines. He was one of three leaders groomed to take the helm, but he didn’t get the job. Someone who learns from setbacks, McNerney spent the next... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
art. “Even though you can’t apply sophisticated financial models to it or the complex structures that I learned in Production and Operations Management,” he says, “art is a business.” And Deitch, in his three-plus-decade career as an art... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
Stone Herman, and I'm class of 1997. My professor, Carl Sloan, who was our lead professor, gave the advice that you will probably achieve greater monetary and overall career success than you initially thought possible, but you'll have to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
The Dark Side
About a year ago, David Yelland (AMP 164, 2003) left the editorship of the British tabloid The Sun to join the PR firm Weber Shandwick (WS). It’s a familiar career switch that PR-averse journalists disparage as going over to “the dark... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore nonbusiness endeavors. It’s no surprise that Teresa H. Clarke (MBA 1988/JD 1989) finds herself on a mission to make education... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
rainbow of Xbox controllers, she wants to dig into Spencer’s warning. After all, she isn’t just working at Xbox—now she’s the company’s president. Yes, she faces inherent cultural challenges. She’s also facing business challenges, like how to increase market share and... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
In Harmony
After an unsatisfying stint as a consultant at Strategic Planning Associates in Washington, DC, Mark Weinstein (MBA 1981) developed a new strategic plan for his life with the goal of finding a job at the intersection of business and the arts. He achieved that goal in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
Whitney: She hopes to graduate from admissions to running a school one day. When Stephanie Whitney (MBA ’85) left behind a globe-trotting career in marketing in 1996 to raise her two young sons and get involved in her community, she had... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
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Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
analysts estimate the health business could eventually achieve margins above 20 percent. A recent piece in Bloomberg also discusses Nestlé’s change in direction as a response to changing cultural mores... View Details