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09 Jan 2024
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Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program

Specifically, Professor Delong underscored the importance of choosing an optimistic attitude in the face of adversity and finding the courage to move forward despite uncertainty. I have already found ways to apply these strategies to my... View Details

11 Sep 2023
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Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS

HBS and recently admitted students, I thought I’d share a few of my observations: 1. Vulnerability - The students who had the courage to reach out to let me know when they were struggling helped me in adapting the class, resulting in... View Details

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Bühler Group, Stefan Scheiber is mapping a courageous plan to combat food waste and climate change. Ranjay Gulati hears from Scheiber about how he challenges his own company, its customers, and himself to face sustainability problems... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

forward to lead his country to victory in World War II." The lesson, says Nohria, is that Churchill and other great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

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Siddhartha Yog

love and care; and often lay my soul bare experience pain; have the courage to be strong again sing loudly with a touch of madness; better that, than wallow in sadness. Laugh a lot, shed some tears; learn to face all my fears risk being... View Details

2011
Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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Taylor Walden

classroom moment? Undoubtedly, my most memorable classroom moment was when I took the leap and pitched my startup idea to my section mates during the second day of The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) this semester. It was a defining moment that encapsulated the essence... View Details

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Batten Hall | About

Harvard Business School presented Batten with its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, recognizing him for reaching the “pinnacle of your profession,” and citing his life as “a landmark to admirers of courage and conviction.” In... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

we don’t give a lot of space to, though it’s almost as important or maybe even more important, is what if you’re the person who doesn’t feel welcome or cherished for the views and differences that you bring forward? And that’s where having this View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

discussion-based seminar we will practice learning to hold all that is happening and nonetheless finding the courage and the skill to act. Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) (Spring 2025) George... View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

moments as a doctoral student, Professor Buell continued to encourage me, inspire me, and give me courage to pursue research that I felt was worthy. And so between the two of them, I just can't even say enough about the love that I have... View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Moreover, moral and ethical considerations may decisively influence how the law is applied. As a result, purely technical legal advice is often inadequate. CEOs should be looking for lawyers with wisdom and the courage to push back if... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

clear desire; the leaders are courageous enough to take action; they recognize there is messiness in doing it right; and they are okay with errors they and others will be making along the way. The number of places that don’t belong to any... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

past two years at HBS, I have become more confident and courageous to share my unique experience. I embrace my roots and take great pride in my Asian identity. I have realized that my heritage makes me stand out as a great dancer at the... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

their numbers, but they weren’t a good corporate citizen essentially,” Minor says. “So what he basically says is you have to close your eyes to their great productivity and have the courage just to terminate them.” Minor echoes Welch’s... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

are attuned to changes in their markets. Spending time in the marketplace, retail stores, factories, innovation centers, and research labs, or just wandering around offices talking to people is essential. Courage – Now more than ever,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Feiran Wang

enabled by her courage to embrace me in her life as her only child, even if it was an unconventional choice that disappointed her family. I want to carry on her courage in my life. I want to see people with... View Details

13 Jul 2020
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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

to advance African Americans in that part of the company. And that's what we're doing, and we're going to have to tie it to people's compensation in a clearer way. Neeley: That's amazing. Those are clear examples that I'm sure people will appreciate hearing about and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Minister of State for Finance and then as the Minister of State for Civil Aviation. Prior to his public service, Sinha was partner at Omidyar Network and the managing director of Omidyar Network India Advisors. Before that, he was a managing director at View Details

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