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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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09 Sep 2022
Harvard Business Review

Family Businesses Have a Talent-Acquisition Advantage

Here's how to leverage the cultural values and integrity inherent to family businesses to help attract and retain talent.

01 Sep 2022
Washington Post

Bosses Say Remote Work Kills Culture. These Companies Disagree.

Some business leaders worry remote options could destroy their company culture. But companies that have operated remotely for years say culture doesn’t come from a physical office.

Re: Prithwiraj Choudhury (Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration)

01 Sep 2022
BBC

Why Some Employers Won’t Give In to Flexibility

More and more employees want autonomy at work – and it’s become a major factor in whether they quit. Why are some companies digging in their heels against it?

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

17 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

Keeping Your Team Motivated When the Company Is Struggling

Don’t pretend you have all the answers. Do be prepared to deal with the messy emotions people may be experiencing.

11 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

Keeping Hybrid Employees Engaged

How you can foster emotional connection, team bonding, and fun to compensate for the loss of proximity in the office.

09 Aug 2022
HBS Cold Call Podcast

A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?

A star AI researcher was forced out of Google when she raised concerns about bias in the company’s large language models. Now tech companies must rethink their AI ethics.

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

29 Jul 2022
HBS Working Knowledge

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

Women in senior management have more negotiation power than they think in today's labor market, says research by HBS professors Paul Healy and Boris Groysberg. Is it time for more women to seek better opportunities and bigger pay?

Re: Boris Groysberg (Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration); Paul M. Healy (James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research)

20 Jul 2022
Harvard Business Review

3 Ways Companies Make Work Purposeful

Retaining employees starts with keeping them engaged.

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)

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)

18 May 2022
Harvard Business Review

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

Research shows how seemingly innocuous checking accounts can become vehicles for financial distress.

17 May 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Government and Business Can Tackle Big Global Crises Together

A leading political scientist outlines the challenges we face and explains what we can do about them.

13 May 2022
Harvard Business Review

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

Research offers insights for managers trying to prevent misdeeds long before they happen.

12 May 2022
Harvard Business Review

The Key to Retaining Young Workers? Better Onboarding.

New research sheds light on the social aspects of onboarding that can make or break a young worker’s experience.

29 Apr 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Business Coalitions Can Have a Strong Local Impact

CEOs of local businesses are teaming up with community leaders to bring about change that is good for everybody in the region.

05 Apr 2022
Harvard Business Review

3 Ways to Boost Retention Through Professional Development

Data suggests it’s one of the best ways to improve company culture

05 Apr 2022
HBS Cold Call Podcast

Transforming Deloitte’s Approach to Consulting

What does it take to bring disruptive innovation to an established consulting firm?

05 Apr 2022
Harvard Business Review

How the Metaverse Could Change Work

It promises to bring new levels of social connectedness, mobility, and collaboration to a world of virtual work.

04 Apr 2022
HBR Women at Work

The Essentials: Retaining Talent

Questions, incentives, and data that’ll help you keep your team members from eyeing the door.

01 Apr 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Teams Are Retaining Employees Right Now

In the face of the Great Resignation, companies must invest in building strong relationships — or risk losing their best people.