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HBS for Life

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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08 May 2023
Harvard Business Review

How Do I Define My New Role to Set Myself Up for Success?

A leader must learn how to reframe past experiences that may be holding her back, as she designs her new role.

05 May 2023
The Hill

Is AI Coming for Your Job? Here Are the Skills You Need to Beat the Bots

The skills to test, edit, and innovate or otherwise improve on AI outputs are likely to become more valuable” in the future of work.

Re: Edward McFowland III (Assistant Professor of Business Administration)

26 Apr 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

In a post-AI world, where an algorithm can draft marketing copy—or even pop songs and movie scripts—anything seems possible. HBS faculty members discuss how artificial intelligence could reshape how work gets done.

19 Apr 2023
CNBC

If You're a New Hire, You're More Likely to Get Laid Off -- Here's How to Rebound

It's all about framing your narrative.

Re: Sandra J. Sucher (MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice)

13 Apr 2023
Harvard Business Review

How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work

In the face of technological change, creativity is often held up as a uniquely human quality. However, generative AI applications such as ChatGPT are threatening to significantly alter creative work, both independent and salaried.

11 Apr 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

Seven steps to prepare CEOs for a successful start, and three missteps to avoid.

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

21 Feb 2023
HBR Ideacast

Why Leaders Should Rethink Their Decision-Making Process

Harvard Medical School’s Carol Kauffman on why past experience isn't always the best guide when you need to respond effectively.

02 Feb 2023
Harvard Business Review

When You’re Doubting Your Leadership - And Others Are, Too

Seven steps to take when you’re in need of a comeback.

31 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Quit — and Leave the Door Open to Coming Back

You never know when an opportunity will arise.

31 Jan 2023
HBS Online

How to Enhance Your Resume to Become an Engineering Manager

If you’re hoping to become an engineering manager, here’s an overview of the role, four essential elements your resume needs, and how you can reach your managerial potential.

19 Jan 2023
CBC News

Want a Job? You'll Have to Convince Our AI Bot First

"The first thing to understand is: Nobody is looking at your resume. You have to run the gauntlet of AI before you get seen [by a recruiter]," says Professor Joseph Fuller.

Re: Joseph B. Fuller (Professor of Management Practice)

10 Jan 2023
HBR Ideacast

Work Insights from the World’s Longest Happiness Study

A conversation with Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger about what makes us happy in the long term.

10 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Answer “Tell Me About a Time You Failed” in a Job Interview

Make sure even your worst moment makes a good impression.

14 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

4 Strategies to Secure a Corporate Board Seat

Recruiters and boards tend to look for C-suite candidates who resemble current and past directors. For underrepresented candidates, this presents challenges, and opportunities.

14 Dec 2022
Forbes

Are You Curious? If You Aren’t, You’re Stunting Your Professional Growth

Without curiosity, you can’t be a critical thinker. And critical thinking is a soft skill that employers value highly but have a hard time finding,

12 Dec 2022
HBR Podcast

How Do I Ask for Help?

An aspiring leader must learn how to be less of a player and more of a coach.

08 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

Choose Courage Over Confidence

Self-doubt is a pervasive and often paralyzing concern, particularly for women. Here are three strategies to help you combat it.

08 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

Are You Too Emotionally Invested in Your Job?

Four red flags to watch out for.

05 Dec 2022
HBS Working Knowledge

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

IBM, Southwest Airlines, and other companies proactively help workers advance their careers to try to retain them, says research by Professor Joseph Fuller.

Re: Joseph B. Fuller (Professor of Management Practice)

02 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

Research: Men Speak More Abstractly Than Women

Abstract language tends to be associated with leadership, meaning that how women are socialized to communicate can make them less likely to be seen as leaders.