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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.

Alumni Forums

Alumni Forums are transformational experiences that help members to become their best selves. They are small, intimate groups usually comprised of seven to ten alumni who meet regularly and discuss their personal and professional lives confidentially.

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 recent conferences, 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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23 Oct 2023
HBR Ascend

Values, Passion, or Purpose — Which Should Guide Your Career?

When it comes to developing your career, you’ve heard the advice: Define your values, follow your passion, and find your purpose. But what do these concepts actually mean, and how can you use them to move forward in your career?

03 Oct 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?

There's so much to learn from failure, potentially more than success, argues Amy Edmondson in a new book. James Heskett asks whether the study of leadership should involve more emphasis on learning from failure?

25 Sep 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Evaluate a Job Candidate’s Critical Thinking Skills in an Interview

Hiring managers can apply the Socratic method to create a different dialogue with candidates in a modern-day organization.

25 Jul 2023
Career Contessa Podcast

How to Build a Portfolio Career and Future-Proof Your Professional Identity

HBS professor Christina Wallace on why it’s important to approach your career as a diversified portfolio, how to translate that to work, and the three questions to ask your network to help you build your personal Venn diagram.

17 Jul 2023
HBR Women at Work

Women Who Are Making Work Better for Women

How Myra, Stephanie, and Becky widened options, networks, and benefits at their companies.

10 Jul 2023
Harvard Business Review

6 Ways to Become a More Collaborative Leader

Managing change requires a shared effort.

27 Jun 2023
HBR Podcast

When You’re Pushed Outside Your Comfort Zone

Executive coach and former venture capitalist Jerry Colonna takes questions from listeners struggling with stretch responsibilities.

19 Jun 2023
HBR Podcast

How Do I Move Forward from a Career Setback?

In this episode of HBR's Coaching Real Leaders podcast, a leader must learn how to reframe a career setback and move forward.

19 Jun 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Advance Your Career When Your Company Is Downsizing

Spending freezes and job cuts don’t have to sink your prospects. Five strategies to turn adversity into a stepping stone for professional growth.

15 Jun 2023
HBS Online

4 Examples of Business Negotiation Strategies

Entering a negotiation without considering your strategy is likely to end in disappointment. To help you prepare, here are strategies to consider for success.

30 May 2023
HBS Online

6 Strategies to Improve Your Negotiation Skills

Investing time and effort into improving your negotiation skills is valuable regardless of your role and industry. Here are six strategies for doing so.

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.