Careers

Three strategies, based on interviews with 37 senior leaders.

How to know if it's time to fold 'em.

Samsung’s Lee Kun-hee was in power, then out of power, and is now in power again. And that’s not making life easy for his former employee Kim Yong-chul. As reported today, the latter is in a form of career exile after accusing his boss and other top executives of corruption. The complaint got results: Lee […]

Last month at SXSW Interactive, I ran into Dave McClure, one of the most influential angel investors on the planet. At a gathering like SXSW, many of...

You can’t move away from what scares you.

Three challenges new grads may face — and how to overcome them.

The company and you have parted ways- now what? In an uncertain economy, one of the things you can predict is that there will be people who lose their corporate affiliation – either through downsizing, or because they elect to take early retirement, or for some other reason – and decide explore the self-employment instead […]

New research suggests that social entrepreneurs may benefit from short bursts of business exposure.

“In a market that’s become extremely lean and mean… individuals who have tended to be the senior statesmen of their day are sometimes the first to go.” That comment by Richard Stein, an executive recruiter in New York, should be handed out with diplomas to all newly minted MBAs. On the one hand this is […]

You need at least three people who can speak credibly about you and your work.

Out of sight doesn’t have to mean out of mind.

Soft-spoken as a child, Chung found her voice as a journalist and in 1993 was named coanchor of the CBS Evening News. In this interview she talks about...

Tips for managing your time and staying confident.

Chances are that you will be fired at least once. When that day comes, will your reaction hurt you or help you?

How does a customer-service expert in Seattle catch the attention of a hot San Francisco startup in San Francisco, 700 miles away? The answer these days is likely to involve networking and brand-building on social media’s “fun” sites — even the ones best known for their tweets, pokes and cat videos. It’s been obvious since […]

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Greatness comes from more than talent and practice.

Great mentors show up in times of crisis and uncertainty.

A study shows some women downplay their ambitions to find a partner.

Undeniably, many people who reach executive levels in organizations do so at the expense of their personal lives. They spend long hours at difficult and tension-filled jobs and retreat to their homes not for comfort and sustenance but for a place to hide or to vent feelings left over from a bad day at the […]

Are you a good boss--or a great one? Good bosses can handle the day-to-day work of running a team. Great bosses go beyond that, finding ways to help employees...

Millennial Net created self-organizing, ultra-low-power, wireless sensor networks, a space that was getting a lot of attention in 2004. The company was...

The case details the challenges faced by Lisa Thomas of LaMont Engineering after the company is acquired by Munday Consultants, Inc. Thomas, who supported...

Supplements case 709-413.

The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames...

Supplement for Case SM318A

The pressure to "be digital" has never been greater, but you can meet the challenge. The digital revolution is here, changing how work gets done, how...

Rick Drumm (his real name), once a teen-age drumming contest winner, is facing the most promising, but also the most challenging, career transition in...

This case profiles President Barack Hussein Obama's rise to the presidency as an "improbable candidate." The case illustrates the ways in which he overcame...

Strategies that successful career changers use--and how to make them work for you. Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling...

Direct entry into government remained an uncommon post-HBS path, with only 1-2% of recent classes going directly into the public sector. But, for public-minded...

This three-part case traces Carrie Wagner's career in a single, large international package delivery company over a 30-year period during which she rose...

Supplement for case W20737

What distinguishes great leaders? Exceptional leaders capture passion. They lead for real: from the heart, smart and focused on the future, and with a...

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model-including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry-and its competition...

Reuters Greenhouse Fund had successfully invested in a portfolio of 79 companies working in areas relevant to Reuters Group's strategic interests. It...

The long-awaited promotion doesn´t arrive. Luis receives the request to perform a 360º evaluation to identify what precisely about his people-management...

Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant must guide his global agribusiness technology company into an uncertain future where food security, food safety, sustainability,...

This field-based case puts students in the role of Nikki Brown, a Black female police officer at the St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD). After...

The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames...

Three strategies, based on interviews with 37 senior leaders.

How to know if it's time to fold 'em.

Samsung’s Lee Kun-hee was in power, then out of power, and is now in power again. And that’s not making life easy for his former employee Kim Yong-chul. As reported today, the latter is in a form of career exile after accusing his boss and other top executives of corruption. The complaint got results: Lee […]

Last month at SXSW Interactive, I ran into Dave McClure, one of the most influential angel investors on the planet. At a gathering like SXSW, many of...

You can’t move away from what scares you.

Three challenges new grads may face — and how to overcome them.

The company and you have parted ways- now what? In an uncertain economy, one of the things you can predict is that there will be people who lose their corporate affiliation – either through downsizing, or because they elect to take early retirement, or for some other reason – and decide explore the self-employment instead […]

New research suggests that social entrepreneurs may benefit from short bursts of business exposure.

“In a market that’s become extremely lean and mean… individuals who have tended to be the senior statesmen of their day are sometimes the first to go.” That comment by Richard Stein, an executive recruiter in New York, should be handed out with diplomas to all newly minted MBAs. On the one hand this is […]

You need at least three people who can speak credibly about you and your work.