Humility - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2011
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WICZYK AND SATCHU: With Hollywood’s major studios increasingly risk-averse, a pair of HBS classmates finds a winning niche. Media Rights Capital (MRC) founders and co-CEOs Mordecai (“Modi”) Wiczyk and Asif Satchu (both MBA ’99) are among the hottest dealmakers in... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

28 Aug 2009
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Humility and the Successful Startup

01 Aug 2010
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BP's New Strategy Includes Humility

26 Sep 2011
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Dose of Humility With a Harvard MBA

10 Aug 2011
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Try a little humility to smooth career path

03 Jul 2024
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The Top Qualities Boeing’s Next CEO Needs Most? Courage and Humility

01 Jul 2005
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Level 5 Leadership - The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve

Keywords: Jim Collins

04 Oct 2021
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How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

12 Feb 2013
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Abraham Lincoln: A Man of Humility, Not Destiny

07 Nov 2012
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Successful U.S. Presidents Showed Top Qualities

25 Jul 2023
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Why Leaders with Big Egos Worry Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott

correlation with superior shareholder returns from those leaders who have the sense of humility and self-awareness.” The article tracks Wesfarmers’ recent rise in stock price (about 40% over the past five years) and notes Scott’s... View Details

23 Jan 2024
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A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details

11 Mar 2021
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Leading with Heart

learner's mindset and learn, unlearn, and relearn. And the third one is about courage. Of course, the courage to articulate what you believe in. But I would say even more importantly, it's the courage to have the humility to listen to... View Details

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

humility is an important part of the mix, Zehnder adds. "What isn't is the boundless ambition that has been the downfall of too many CEOs in recent months." Although he retired two years ago, Zehnder still comes to the office just about... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

ceremony that marked his graduation from Harvard. In the blessings he offers at planting and harvest times, Keen often asks for the humility to listen to the wisdom of the animal and plant nations. “It’s changed me as a person, to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

25 Apr 2014
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MBAs go down the road less traveled to work with entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs with humility and curiosity, and lending our skills, experience, and energy to the task of improving our communities and our economy," says Singer. The team provided advice on everything from operational improvements to... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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A View from the Top

as well.” Sir Martin Sorrell: “The art of thinking, writing, and listening is being lost in Western cultures. In the future, that will inhibit wisdom and growth.” Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala: “Empathy and humility are underrated... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

06 Dec 2021
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Vision: Sound Science

biotech firm, an HBS Blavatnik Fellowship provided a year of funding and transitional time to spend in the lab and assemble a team of scientists, clinicians, and managers. “When you’re attempting something no one has ever done before, View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

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