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As a lifelong member of the HBS community, you have access to insights, training, expertise, and support from faculty and fellow alumni that will help you navigate opportunities and challenges throughout your life and journey.

Leading High-Performance Companies with Purpose

Professor Ranjay Gulati explores the power of purpose, an approach that can embed work and life with meaning and deliver impressive benefits for customers, suppliers, employees, and communities.

Free Business Lessons from HBS Online

Gain actionable skills and insights through interactive business lessons from leading HBS faculty and industry experts on topic such as leading organizations, managing risk, pricing, and negotiations.

Career Coaching for You, for Free

An HBS career coach can guide your career development and job search process through six free coaching sessions per year, including self-assessment, interviewing prep, and offer negotiation tips.

Keep Learning with Alumni Virtual Programs

Expand your knowledge and skills with online programs led by HBS faculty and other subject experts. View videos of recent sessions from Alumni Programs, HBS Clubs, HBS Initiatives, and other partners.

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02 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Programs

D^3 Catalyst: No Code Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Led by Senior Lecturer Michael Parzen, this program will offer a practical guide for current and future managers to modern machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

New institute will elevate the study of how to build a more inclusive economy

Re: Michael Chu (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); Robin J. Ely (Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management); By: April White

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

Visiting Fellows to explore racial equity issues in 2022–2023

Re: Drew Keller (MBA 2022); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management); David A. Thomas (Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Robin J. Ely (Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Institute to amplify the work of the Business and Environment Initiative

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management); George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor); Rebecca M. Henderson (John and Natty McArthur University Professor (Leave of Absence)); Shirley Lu (Assistant Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Contributing to a Better Future

HBS institute furthers the study of business’s role in confronting societal challenges

Re: Drew Keller (MBA 2022); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management); By: April White

23 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup

You might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask.

18 Nov 2022
HBS Alumni Programs

D^3 Catalyst: Building AI Companies

Led by professors Shikhar Ghosh and Karim Lakhani, this program is geared towards anyone who in interested in learning how AI-first companies are built and/or how existing organizations can be transformed.

17 Nov 2022
HBS Cold Call Podcast

Planning the Future for Harlem’s Beloved Sylvia’s Restaurant

The grandson of the founder of a longtime soul food restaurant must determine what’s next for his family’s business.

Re: Christina R. Wing (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

16 Nov 2022
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

US DOE’s Jigar Shah & the State of Carbon Removal

Director of the Loans Program Office shares some of the technical and finance challenges and opportunities of carbon removal solutions.

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

14 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

Startups Need an ESG Strategy

Be aware of the material risks and opportunities in your industry, which is essentially what a careful ESG strategy provides.

10 Nov 2022
HBS Connects

A Conversation on Entrepreneurship with Shark Tank Star Kevin O'Leary

Find out from Mr. Wonderful what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and how to pitch a venture.

09 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

From Droughts to Floods, Water Risk Is an Urgent Business Issue

New regulations are forcing companies to confront the issue.

09 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

3 Steps to Prepare Your Supply Chain for the Next Crisis

Risk is often more predictable than you might think.

09 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

What to Do After Being Laid Off

Five strategic steps to take — before you start looking for a new job.

07 Nov 2022
HBS Deep Purpose

Mumzworld Founder Mona Ataya: Empowering Women in the Middle East

Company founder explains the critical importance of finding talent that aligns with your values to maximize a company’s social and financial performance.

Re: Ranjay Gulati (Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration)

04 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

To Sustain DEI Momentum, Companies Must Invest in 3 Areas

Three areas where organizations can invest to keep DEI momentum going: connecting a good strategy to the right accountability; collecting and analyzing the right data; and truly empowering DEI leaders.

04 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Bullying Manifests at Work - and How to Stop It

It’s a systemic problem that requires systemic solutions.

03 Nov 2022
HBS Working Knowledge

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

As startups mature and introduce more managers, early employees may lose the easy closeness they once had with founders.

Re: Julia B. Austin (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

02 Nov 2022
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

McKinsey's Climate Consulting

How the company works with its clients to address climate risk and find opportunities through its pillars of net-zero strategy, green business building, decarbonization transformation, net-zero financial institutions, and sustainable investing.

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

31 Oct 2022
BBC News

The Rise of the ‘Chief Remote Officer'

While many firms have pivoted to hybrid or remote work in an ad-hoc way, others are creating a new role to oversee their workplace transformation.

Re: Tsedal Neeley (Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research)