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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
With overwhelming support, the HBS faculty in mid-January approved the most significant changes to the MBA Program in decades, affecting both the Required and the Elective curricula. Beginning next fall, first-year students will take a yearlong Field Immersion... View Details
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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society
society. Our ultimate goal is to create networks of dedicated leaders who collaboratively identify and implement innovative strategies and business practices. Additionally, these discussions provide valuable insights for our Harvard... View Details
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
improves job performance in the long run. Related Reading: ARTICLES Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable Leaders rarely make a lasting impact on their organizations—even the really,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
Synthesis, a leadership assessment and development company. She’s seen a new generation of leaders who have grown up in a culture comfortable with personal therapy turn the C-suite stigma into a strength.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)
are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am spending this summer working at City Fund in Washington, D.C. through the... View Details
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Lauren Burrows
that HBS would give me unparalleled access to the resources and connections I would need to chart my desired career path. More importantly, I felt that HBS would give me the opportunity and resources to develop and gain confidence in my... View Details
- 30 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
4 Ways I've Changed at HBS
leader I wanted to be was not necessarily the same leader I actually was. A great opportunity therefore emerged for me to realize that I am a “leader in progress.” I found that leadership, regardless of... View Details
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Frank Spencer
trust. "Affordable housing in particular has been a longtime passion of mine." In addition to helping to develop the first SRO (single-room occupancy) residence for homeless men in Charlotte, Spencer has served on the board of... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome
mercy. There’s a common humanity, yet it’s not about us directly. Often the leader in question is experiencing a life-and-death dilemma—if he doesn’t get it right, he’d be killed. It’s very, very exaggerated. We’d ask, “How is this... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
to educate leaders who make a difference in the world," said Nohria. "By joining this Campaign, you are joining with us to push forward in our mission, and investing to build better leaders. No gift can have greater leverage than an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
His 25th Reunion gift to establish the William F. Dawson Jr. MBA Program Innovation Fund and his support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation reflect his interest in helping MBA students develop the habits of mind of successful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
amazing, profound experience.” —Stephanie Crimmins (MBA 2000) “I’ve been reflecting for some time on my core purpose and how that translates into a vision for the next phase of my professional and personal journey. As such, The Reflective View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
employees.” —Kieron Stopforth (MBA 2019) Managing the Future of Work Project Companies need to move beyond the old models of workforce development and human resources—those days have passed. The project addresses the changing nature of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Business Environment in the 21st century
The business leaders surveyed for the colloquium suggested several ways in which business schools generally, and HBS in particular, could play a role. They included research and thought leadership on major challenges to capitalism;... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
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Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
history. As the 68-year-old real estate developer navigates the central business district, he sketches an idiosyncratic map of the city—almost three decades of knowledge of what each piece of property used to be, what it could have been,... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
activating two forces that enable progress: catalysts (events that facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy) and nourishers (interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality). Higher... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
Breakthroughs faculty draw on a broad range of cases to address decisions faced by senior leaders of science-based organizations. Consider Kodak and the digital revolution. "Kodak saw that film was going to be outmoded, but it wasn't... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
1997. “Sometimes our students arrive at HBS thinking they are the sum total of their résumés,” says DeLong. “In courses like Authentic Leader Development or the Interpersonal Skills View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What HBS Learned from West Point
combat veteran, should know. As an instructor at West Point and head of its Center of Leadership and Organizations Research during the 1990s, Snook helped the academy update its approach to developing military leaders. It came down... View Details