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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.

Balancing Profitability and Social Accountability

Professors Debora Spar and George Serafeim discuss ways to develop an action plan to drive and measure performance improvement on key environmental and social issues.

Big Ideas from Klarman Hall

Watch recent videos featuring HBS faculty members, alumni, and other subject experts addressing timely topics on business and society, recorded live in Klarman Hall. Includes presentations from the 2022 Fall Reunions and other events.

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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03 May 2023
HBS Videos

Managing Through Crisis

Professor John Quelch updates the ideas from his classic 2009 HBR article, "Marketing in a Downturn," to help CMOs lead in today's challenging economic climate.

Re: John A. Quelch (Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus)

16 Mar 2023
BiGS - HBS Business and Global Society Institute

Collaborating for Climate

Professor Peter Tufano discusses why collaboration is necessary to combat climate change.

Re: Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor)

16 Mar 2023
HBS Alumni Programs

SVB Collapse: HBS Faculty Perspectives

HBS faculty address the causes of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the implication for entrepreneurs and investors, the state of our financial system. (Login required)

Re: Robin Greenwood (George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research); Jeffrey J. Bussgang (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration); Samuel G. Hanson (William L. White Professor of Business Administration)

28 Feb 2023
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative

The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

Lyndia Downie, longtime executive director of the Pine Street Inn, and current board chair Lorn Davis discuss the critical role of board chairs and their relationship with the executive director in advancing impact.

Re: Amelia Angella (MBA 2001)

13 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Programs

Balancing Profitability and Social Accountability

Professors Debora Spar and George Serafeim discuss ways to develop an action plan to drive and measure performance improvement on key environmental and social issues.

Re: George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams 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)

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.

26 Oct 2022
Books @ Baker

Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work

Dr. Tina Opie and Beth A. Livingston share insights on providing individuals and organizational leaders with specific strategies to tap into their authentic identities, forge deeper relationships across differences, and create more inclusive environments.

18 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Using Our Business Leadership to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Moderated by Karen Stanley (MBA 1991) and Archie Jones (MBA 1998). Panelists discuss using business leadership to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in business and in society.

Re: Susan Harmeling (MBA 1991); Charles Henderson (MBA 1991); Nina Henderson Moore (MBA 1991); Lewis Long (MBA 1991); Jeff Perry (MBA 1991)

17 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Accounting for Change – A Conversation with Professor George Serafeim

Professor Debora Spar interviews Professor George Serafeim about the role that measurement and the construction of a new global accountability infrastructure play in changing the world in areas such as decarbonization and commitment to social justice

Re: George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams 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)

17 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

Effectiveness and wellbeing at all stages of life comes not from holding on to past achievements, but from cultivating new habits and a different understanding of success and fulfillment

Re: Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice)

10 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Managing in Turbulence

Professor Dutch Leonard considers the implications of living in a permanent state of elevated turbulence, and looks at ideas about how firms can operate more effectively in the increasingly volatile world we all inhabit

Re: Dutch Leonard (George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration)

10 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Building an AI-First Biotech Company

Professor Karim Lakhani and Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000, AMP 170) discuss building an AI-First Biotech company—how to leverage artificial intelligence and other digital resources to speed operations, manage processes, and ensure quality

Re: Stefan Bancel (MBA 2000); Karim R. Lakhani (Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration)

10 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Competing in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) challenges the very concept of how a company is put together. Reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning.

Re: Karim R. Lakhani (Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration)

07 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies

A compelling reassessment of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms get purpose right

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

03 Jun 2022
Live from Klarman Hall

Managing a Polarized Workforce

How leaders can approach disagreements productively and help employees at all levels do so

Re: Francesca Gino (Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration)

24 Mar 2022
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative

HBS OnBoard: Nonprofit Leadership Transitions

The board’s role is particularly critical during a leadership transition. Hear from our panel of alumni nonprofit leaders about their experiences navigating through transitions as nonprofit founders, CEOs, funders, and board members.

17 Mar 2022
HBS Clubs

Venture Capital & Angel Investing - What We Know and Still Need to Learn

Professor Josh Lerner moderates a discussion for the HBS Alumni Association of Boston and HBS Alumni Angels.

Re: John Reichenbach (MBA 1986); Jason Klein (MBA 1986); Josh Lerner (Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking)

09 Feb 2022
HBS Newsroom

A Conversation with Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft

HBS Dean Srikant Datar and Professor Debora Spar join Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, for a conversation about the role of business in global society.

Re: Srikant M. Datar (George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management)

07 Feb 2022
HBS Alumni Programs

Leading High-Performance Companies with Purpose

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

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

15 Dec 2021
HBS OnBoard

HBS OnBoard: Effective Fundraising with Professor F. Warren McFarlan

How to build the skill of tactfully asking for funds and developing a strong plan for sustaining revenue, regardless of your organization’s size.

Re: F. Warren McFarlan (Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus)