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11 Apr 2018
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The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

the country in 2018, and of furthering engagement in our cities by having more veterans take on volunteer leadership roles. I’m also working with our national team to bring our third-annual Mass Deployment program to Los Angeles in 2018.... View Details

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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

Develop an action plan for leveraging your influence to empower yourself and others to lead authentically Who Will Benefit Professionals Entrepreneurs Content Creators Gain the skills and tools to effectively convey your values,... View Details

March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
Case

DaVita Responds to COVID

By: Susanna Gallani and David Lane

Early in August 2021, DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez was assessing the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his firm, which provided life-sustaining kidney dialysis to roughly 240,000 people. Effective infection control practices and information sharing had ensured... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change Management; Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Wages; Working Conditions; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States

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04 Mar 2013
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Young entrepreneurs sell Pushpins app to retail giant

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

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02 Mar 2015
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To Market, To Market

recalls. “We have a thousand employees, dispersed around the world. It’s a very different set of challenges. But because of my HBS experience, and the belief that with analytical skill and commitment you can actually get stuff done, I... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Agriculture; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

violinists ever, is extremely skilled in speaking about what he does. Talking with him at length for the case allowed us to unpack the process of innovation and the process of creative leadership. It was an opportunity to explore the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

Most frequently involved were the emergency department, medical/surgical, operating room, and post-anesthesia care units, but some hospitals also included labs, the pharmacy, or medical records. The senior leadership teams engaged in MWRA... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

05 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 5

Case 614-063 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) In 2006, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals was a fast-growing biotechnology company. Its leadership team was divided over whether to keep R&D organized in functional departments or transition... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

are focusing on retraining (upskilling/reskilling) initiatives aimed at either equipping “at-risk” workers with skills relevant to new digital technologies, or helping them leverage existing skills across... View Details

22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes

Most of that stuff, when you're young, is in sports. I was very fortunate. I was a very good athlete. In particular, a very fast runner, and I literally enjoyed using that skill in different settings. I liked winning. It's like a habit.... View Details

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resources available. To develop the leadership capabilities and interpersonal skills required to become an effective “implementer /operator.” Underlying Themes and Goals The industry, organization, and... View Details

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

only a conscious and concerted effort of group development can harness that strength. Outlines five steps in group development each team must take. Suggests that action learning, the skill the learning group must master to become... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2024
Supplement

gWorks (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by... View Details

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01 Mar 2006
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The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could

not luck. It’s the ability to recognize opportunity. Louis Pasteur said, ‘Chance favors the prepared mind.’ I was ready.” Indeed, he was. Summoning his HBS skills and McKinsey experience, Rogers quickly went about rounding up the $1... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2022
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Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

things differently. Stacey and I say that our differences are our superpower, and I think that idea has never been more important. We met during Leadership Atlanta, which was a unique experience because we got to know each other in the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup

enter with its innovative technology. Christina Belsito (MBA 2019), Vice President of Business Operations, along with the Mori leadership team, knew the mountain of work ahead for the newly formed division, and bringing on a summer intern... View Details

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Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA Leslie Perlow Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) Ryan Raffaelli Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Mastering Consulting and Advisory View Details

15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

thus serve three distinct roles. First, they help students develop diagnostic skills in a world where markets and technologies are constantly changing. "The purpose of business education," a business-school professor noted more... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

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