Careers
Tools & Training
No matter where you are in your career, professional development is an ongoing process.
Use the tools below to explore different areas of professional development and career
visioning.
Harvard ManageMentorⓇ covers 40 topics including decision making, finance essentials, developing employees,
and diversity. Each of the topics on Harvard ManageMentor include Lessons that are
comprised of three sections: Learn, Practice and Reflect, providing the opportunity
to practice the learning from each lesson and take an assessment if desired. View
videos, use handouts and discussion guides, and read related articles on subjects
of interest to gain pertinent professional development skills.
Harvard ManageMentorⓇ covers 40 topics including decision making, finance essentials, developing employees,
and diversity. Each of the topics on Harvard ManageMentor include Lessons that are
comprised of three sections: Learn, Practice and Reflect, providing the opportunity
to practice the learning from each lesson and take an assessment if desired. View
videos, use handouts and discussion guides, and read related articles on subjects
of interest to gain pertinent professional development skills.
Harvard ManageMentor SparkⓇ offers expanded access to a wide range of subject areas beyond those available in
Harvard ManageMentor. Learners can build on what they’ve learned in Harvard ManageMentor,
or engage in entirely new subjects such as Authenticity, Big Data and Analytics, Design
Thinking and Emotional Intelligence. The content in HMM Spark is curated and continuously
updated by HBP’s Leadership Development experts. Content is organized in a way that
allows learners to start with short bursts and connect to deep learning (skill builders,
lessons and related content).
Harvard ManageMentor SparkⓇ offers expanded access to a wide range of subject areas beyond those available in
Harvard ManageMentor. Learners can build on what they’ve learned in Harvard ManageMentor,
or engage in entirely new subjects such as Authenticity, Big Data and Analytics, Design
Thinking and Emotional Intelligence. The content in HMM Spark is curated and continuously
updated by HBP’s Leadership Development experts. Content is organized in a way that
allows learners to start with short bursts and connect to deep learning (skill builders,
lessons and related content).
CareerLeader—developed by HBS Senior Fellow Dr. Timothy Butler and his colleague Dr. James Waldroop—is
an interactive tool that can help you identify your interests, values and abilities
and match them with career opportunities. To maximize the effectiveness of this tool,
we recommend you set up a Career Coaching appointment to review your results with
one of our Career Coaches.
CareerLeader—developed by HBS Senior Fellow Dr. Timothy Butler and his colleague Dr. James Waldroop—is
an interactive tool that can help you identify your interests, values and abilities
and match them with career opportunities. To maximize the effectiveness of this tool,
we recommend you set up a Career Coaching appointment to review your results with
one of our Career Coaches.
CareerLeader is available to HBS alumni free of charge. Access is typically provided
within 48 hours during normal business hours.
Peak Experiences Exercise
Think about the peak work experiences in your life. A "peak" work experience is a
time when you are fully engaged, when every cell in your body is alive and involved
with the tasks at hand.
Career & Life Criteria Worksheet
Career and Life Criteria are single clear concepts that hold meaning and can be a
pillar for moving your life and work forward. They are important aspects of work or
life that need to be attended to, in order to feel fulfilled and truly successful.
Key Job Search Worksheet
In coaching appointments and surveys, alumni report they consider many key features
when developing their priorities and evaluating opportunities throughout their careers.
This Key Job Search worksheet might be helpful to generate ideas.
Career & Life Criteria Examples
Check out some Career and Life Criteria examples. As you read them, you might begin
to reflect on what your own criteria might be.
Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job
- 21 APR 2022
- |
- Professional Development
As day one in your new role draws near, make sure you have everything you need to
succeed by following HBS Career Coach Matt Spielman’s five steps to success on the
job in the first 90 days
As day one in your new role draws near, make sure you have everything you need to
succeed by following HBS Career Coach Matt Spielman’s five steps to success on the
job in the first 90 days
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