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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.

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

How Founders Self-Destruct Under Pressure

Many leaders’ coping mechanisms can seriously backfire.

08 Sep 2022
HBS Working Knowledge

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time to Lead. Are You Ready?

Generation X and Millennials have the opportunity to bring more collaboration and purpose to business.

08 Sep 2022
HBS Online

Two Methods for Democratizing Power

As a leader, you have the ability to foster power throughout your organization. Here’s a primer on what it means, why it’s beneficial, and two methods for taking actionable next steps.

Re: Julie Battilana (Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration)

31 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

Leading with Confidence in Uncertain Times

If you are looking for ideas to manage the uncertain future, here are 5 tools for thinking through uncertainty and using it to plan and make decisions.

Re: Max H. Bazerman (Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration)

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.

16 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

As Climate Risk Grows, So Will Costs for Small Businesses

Lessons in risk management based on research on Texas businesses affected by Hurricane Harvey.

16 Aug 2022
HBS Working Knowledge

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

With the specter of recession looming, many worried founders and executives are aggressively shoring up cash. But shrewd entrepreneurs are using these six tactics instead to gain advantage.

Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

11 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

Why Companies Aren't Living Up to Their Climate Pledges

With many organizations struggling to deliver on their climate commitments, here are five remedies to get back on track.

09 Aug 2022
HBS Online

4 Strategies for Shifting the Power Balance in Your Business

If you want to gain power to make an impact, here’s everything you need to know about how to shift your business’s balance of power.

Re: Nitin Nohria (Professor of Business Administration Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor (Leave of Absence))

08 Aug 2022
HBR Ideacast

Decisions Don’t Have to Be Either-Or

A conversation about approaching difficult choices differently.

02 Aug 2022
HBS Working Knowledge

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

Businesses don't need to sacrifice the bottom line to support the planet. In the book Purpose and Profit, Professor George Serafeim offers a roadmap for companies ready to embrace their role as societal change agents.

Re: George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration)

01 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders

Research shows that different eras call for different approaches.

Re: Nitin Nohria (Professor of Business Administration Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor (Leave of Absence))

01 Aug 2022
Harvard Business Review

It’s Time to Invest in Climate Adaptation

We need measures to help people, animals, and plants survive the climate crisis.

27 Jul 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Well Does Your Company Use Analytics?

A framework to identify your strengths and weaknesses.

27 Jul 2022
Harvard Business Review

ESG Reports Aren’t a Replacement for Real Sustainability

Five strategies for embedding sustainability into your business — and making it a competitive advantage

20 Jul 2022
Harvard Business Review

3 Ways Companies Make Work Purposeful

Retaining employees starts with keeping them engaged.

28 Jun 2022
HBS Cold Call Podcast

Scaling a Fintech Startup for the Greater Good

HBS Assistant Professor Emily Williams discusses how two cofounders decided how to allocate resources and scale their business in the case “Esusu: Solving Homelessness Backwards.”

Re: Emily Williams (Assistant Professor of Business Administration)

28 Jun 2022
Harvard Business Review

Two Questions to Ask Before Setting Your Strategy

First: Is there a problem to be solved?

28 Jun 2022
Harvard Business Review

Are Former Startup Founders Less Hireable?

A study found that candidates who had started a company — particularly a successful one — were less likely to get an interview.

27 Jun 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Can I Build Credibility with My Team?

A young leader learns how to gain credibility and trust in her new role.