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- 29 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
The HBS Community - Student Initiatives
at the table to discuss! In the classroom, we talk about the importance of leaders having difficult conversations. Eat & Engage strengthens our ability to have challenging and thought-provoking discussions that are based on respect.... View Details
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni
neurodiversity, Francis connected with a Managing Director at BCG who also had Dyslexia and through that conversation he felt more confident about the opportunities that lay ahead. “He told me, ‘Look this was really View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Advancing Racial Equity
racial justice. HBS Addresses Racial Equity The Value of Difficult Conversations Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy Diversifying HBS's Case Collection View Details
- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
Miho Sakuma (MBA '20) is from Tokyo, Japan and graduated with a major in history at Williams College. At the Class of 2020 welcoming reception last year, Dean Nohria told us that HBS will transform us in three dimensions – academics, social, and career. It was View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
initiatives they had instituted were the result of past feedback. Creating organization-wide conversations is a crucial task of leadership—but often a very difficult one. Therefore, we've developed a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Audit: War & Peace
QUESTION: “How did you ensure the talks didn’t fail because of internal strife?” —Alexandra Baranowski (MBA 2025) “I had to handle that with a lot of cold blood and not engage the opposition in every argument. I had to maintain the course, explain why we were doing... View Details
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
Finding the Path: Making Space for Reflection During Recruiting
that a hobby, even a passionate one, is not necessarily a good career. Hobbies are straightforward – the only requirement is that you enjoy them. You don't have to be good at them, you don't get paid, and no one makes you do them for 8-10 hours a day. A career has to... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
intended. And that's really special. I feel very strongly about this topic. There are so many different aspects of identity that are difficult to bring up and talk about honestly, especially if you're not the one holding power. If you... View Details
- 25 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face
diversity of skill-sets on the team. Through the process, we tackled four challenges that every early stage startup will face. Here's how we approached each of them. 1. Choosing a team Choosing a team can be difficult because there are... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
and the first Black woman in 1969. That’s quite a gap. By highlighting Black women we’re hoping to celebrate their successes and push the school forward on its journey towards equality.” The opening keynote session was a candid View Details
- Profile
Maurice Taylor
Maurice Taylor was raised in Detroit, where his family still lives. “As a city, we’ve seen difficult times,” he says. “I’m driven to make a positive impact.” The challenge? “I needed to find an education with the optimal mix of practical... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
Organized in conjunction with the Centennial, the event drew nearly ninety faculty and practitioners from around the world. A conversation with Khurana follows. What was your goal in organizing this event? We wanted to lay a foundation,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016
City, where her partner worked; and finally, it couldn't be within a large company. The not-so-long yet winding road Cauvery began her search with the HBS network, but found it challenging. There was no systematic way to search by "authentic sustainability,"... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Treating environmental issues as business problems sounds straightforward, but it's not easy. The following assumptions, all of which are common in business thinking, make it difficult to reframe the issues. Environmental problems are,... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
education at Harvard Business School. First, I can now speak the language of finance, marketing, or strategy. I can sit and have a conversation with someone from private equity, investment banking, or venture capital. Those areas are not... View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
the uncomfortable moments. The ability to have a difficult conversation is a necessary social skill that mature leaders have to develop. Knowing someone is deceptive is quite different from knowing the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies
success of your social media strategy. Join relevant conversations with candidates of interest and put yourself in a better position to succeed. Create Awareness of your FirmObvious as it may seem, every hiring organization should have a... View Details
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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity
Just Digital Future Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest A Conversation with Tina Opie on Race and Appearance in the Workplace Lori Mackenzie on Identifying and Blocking Gender Bias in the Workplace In our Just Digital Future interview... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
covered everything from the state of the U.S. stock market, to work-life balance, to international capital markets. The spirited conversation was one of two sessions held on campus that aired on the Charlie Rose show in the spring. Rose,... View Details