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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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19 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

40 Ideas to Shake Up Your Hiring Process

Many companies today are struggling to hire and retain talent, but more often than not the problem is self-inflicted: They’re simply not using a broad enough array of tools.

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

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)

12 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

A Better Approach to After-Action Reviews

Three myths that impede their proper use — and three strategies to help your team make the most of the practice.

12 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

Managers, Stop Distracting Your Employees

Four strategies to keep you from unintentionally sabotaging your team’s productivity.

05 Jan 2023
HBS Online

6 Business Skills Every Engineer Needs

To stay competitive in the job market, engineers who want to advance need a strong, diverse set of skills, including communication, operations, and critical thinking.

01 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

The Overlooked Key to a Successful Scale-Up

It’s mastering the “extrapolation” stage, when start-ups begin to focus on profitability, not just growth.

19 Dec 2022
HBS Deep Purpose

The Rise Philosophy at Mahindra Group

Mahindra Group leader Anand Mahindra (MBA 1981) on how the “rise” philosophy guides his company to make money, motivate its 250,000 employees, and strive for a better world.

Re: Anand Mahindra (MBA 1981); Ranjay Gulati (Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration)

14 Dec 2022
HBS Managing the Future of Work Project

Abby Falik on Global Citizen Year and Finding Purpose

Global Citizen Year founder Abby Falik (MBA 2008) discusses the skills and competencies gained by emerging leaders through a gap year of cultural immersion and community projects in developing countries.

Re: Abby Falik (MBA 2008)

14 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

When to Give Verbal Feedback — and When to Do It in Writing

Don’t default to your comfort zone. Deliver your message in the way that works best for the situation.

14 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

ChatGPT Is a Tipping Point for AI

The ability for anyone to produce pretty good text and code on command will transform work.

14 Dec 2022
Financial Times

How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism

Soaring executive pay is prompting resistance from those who believe business should play a role in shaping a fairer, more equitable society.

Re: Lynn S. Paine (Baker Foundation Professor John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita)

12 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

What It Takes to Be a Fair-Pay Workplace

A framework to assess and improve your organization’s pay practices, rate of progress, and long-term goals.

09 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

US Railroads and the Pitfalls of Systematic Understaffing

An obsession with efficiency An obsession with efficiency and low costs at the expense of workers is bad business — in any industry.

05 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

Bringing Caste into the DEI Conversation

As companies increase their global footprint, they must also expand their definition of DEI.

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)

01 Dec 2022
HBR Ideacast

You’ve Made Some DEI Progress. Don’t Stop Now

Research shows that companies move toward DEI maturity in five stages (aware, compliant, tactical, integrated, and sustainable) and each takes time to work through.

01 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

The mistakes and memorable moments from our earliest experiences in the working world

29 Nov 2022
Bloomberg

Here are the Five Benefits US Employees Want Most

In the ongoing war for talent, these perks will be even more important in 2023.

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

29 Nov 2022
Wired

The Work-From-Anywhere War Is Beginning

Forget return-to-office mandates. The most sought-after talent want ultimate flexibility. Their bosses need to get on board.

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

17 Nov 2022
HBS Cold Call Podcast

Planning the Future for Harlem’s Beloved Sylvia’s Restaurant

The grandson of the founder of a longtime soul food restaurant must determine what’s next for his family’s business.

Re: Christina R. Wing (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)