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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.

More Resources for Your Life and Career

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Select a topic below to explore programs, content, and other resources available to HBS alumni throughout your career and life. Use the filters at left to narrow your selections.

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19 Feb 2024
HBR

How Companies Should Weigh In on a Controversy

A better approach to stakeholder management

Re: Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor); Sandra J. Sucher (MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice)

13 Nov 2023
HBR Women at Work

So Many Feelings. Too Many?

How to share with purpose, recover from an outburst, set boundaries, and provide solace.

16 Oct 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

Case studies by Linda Hill offer an inside look at how Delta CEO Ed Bastian is creating a more equitable company and a stronger talent pipeline.

Re: Linda A. Hill (Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration)

19 Jul 2023
HBR Podcast

The Best Leaders Are Also Technical Experts

Having a deep understanding your organization’s core business is part of leadership.

18 Jul 2023
HBS Cold Call Podcast

Diversity and Inclusion at Mars Petcare: Translating Awareness into Action

In 2020, Mars Petcare's 100,000 employees were ready for signs of progress in diversity and inclusion. Assoc. Prof. Katherine Coffman leads a discussion on how Mars’ leadership should build on existing efforts and capitalize on new energy for change.

Re: Katherine B. Coffman (Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration)

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.

05 Jul 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

How Are Middle Managers Falling Down Most Often on Employee Inclusion?

Companies are struggling to retain employees from underrepresented groups, many of whom don't feel heard in the workplace. What do managers need to do to build truly inclusive teams?

Re: James L. Heskett (UPS Foundation Professor of Business Logistics, Emeritus)

06 Jun 2023
HBR Ideacast

Why More Companies Should Have a Sabbatical Policy

HBS lecturer DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010) discusses the value of extended time off.

05 Jun 2023
HBR Women at Work

How to Manage: Being Taken Seriously

If you’re a woman who’s a new manager, people will probably push back on your authority.

01 Jun 2023
Harvard Business Review

When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t

Three questions to ask before implementing the strategy into your hiring practices.

31 May 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Take Better Breaks at Work

Taking periodic work breaks throughout the day can boost well-being and performance, but far too few of us take them regularly — or take the most effective types.

25 May 2023
Harvard Business Review

3 Strategies for Making Better, More Informed Decisions

Self-serving bias in situations that lack clarity can lead to decisions that actually work against our self-interest.

19 May 2023
HBR Ascend

How to Have Difficult Conversations Without Burning Bridges

When you’re just entering the workforce, it can feel challenging to contribute to an organization’s company policies or vocalize your thoughts on issues that matter to you. Ideas from 4 experts.

Re: Alison Wood Brooks (O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration)

08 May 2023
Harvard Business Review

Face-to-Face Time with Your Employees Still Matters

Four strategies to help leaders get creative about maintaining their visibility — without resorting to a “butts-in-seats” approach.

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
Working It

How to Turn Around a Toxic Workplace Culture

Professor Frances Frei has thoughts on how CBI, the UK's leading business lobby organization, should deal with allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment.

Re: Frances X. Frei (UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management)

11 Apr 2023
Harvard Business Review

Companies Need to Normalize Healthy Turnover

A culture that embraces change can create new opportunities for employees and organizations.

05 Apr 2023
HBS Managing the Future of Work Project

Has COVID-19 Prompted Working Fathers to Reassess?

Considerations of work-life balance, distance learning, and remote work for men.

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

15 Mar 2023
Harvard Business Review

Has Your Organization Acted on What It’s Learned in the Pandemic?

Few companies have institutionalized lessons from their Covid-19 experience to build resilience.

13 Mar 2023
Harvard Business Review

How Anti-Asian Racism Has Manifested at Work in the Pandemic

Research on anti-Asian racism in the workplace highlights the imperative for leaders to help repair cross-racial relationships and create an organizational culture that is inclusive for all