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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.

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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28 Feb 2023
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative

The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

Lyndia Downie, longtime executive director of the Pine Street Inn, and current board chair Lorn Davis discuss the critical role of board chairs and their relationship with the executive director in advancing impact.

Re: Amelia Angella (MBA 2001)

01 Feb 2023
Harvard Business Review

For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost

New research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing.

14 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

4 Strategies to Secure a Corporate Board Seat

Recruiters and boards tend to look for C-suite candidates who resemble current and past directors. For underrepresented candidates, this presents challenges, and opportunities.

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)

13 Dec 2022
HBS Alumni Programs

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.

Re: George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management)

25 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits

Done well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact.

25 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

Does Your Board Need an Executive Chair?

Three questions to ask before appointing one.

14 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

Startups Need an ESG Strategy

Be aware of the material risks and opportunities in your industry, which is essentially what a careful ESG strategy provides.

08 Sep 2022
Harvard Business Review

Your Family Business Needs a Board

A guide to what it should do — and who should be on it.

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.

10 Aug 2022
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

How Ceres Supports Corporate Boards to Accelerate Climate Action

Learn how Ceres works with corporate boards to facilitate systemic change in private sector climate action, including why boards are a critical part of the equation.

Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management)

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

01 Jun 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Making It Count

How new accounting methodologies could usher in a new era of impact transparency—and with it a paradigm shift for capitalism

Re: Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969); George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); By: Jen McFarland Flint

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.

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.

24 Mar 2022
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative

HBS OnBoard: Nonprofit Leadership Transitions

The board’s role is particularly critical during a leadership transition. Hear from our panel of alumni nonprofit leaders about their experiences navigating through transitions as nonprofit founders, CEOs, funders, and board members.

01 Mar 2022
The Business of Giving

The Importance of the Governance Committee to a Successful Development Program

How to create a sustainable revenue model for nonprofit organizations so they can best fulfill their missions.

Re: F. Warren McFarlan (Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus)

09 Feb 2022
HBS Newsroom

A Conversation with Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft

HBS Dean Srikant Datar and Professor Debora Spar join Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, for a conversation about the role of business in global society.

Re: Srikant M. Datar (George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business and Global Society Unit Head, General Management)

28 Jan 2022
HBS Career Programs

New Resources for Board Membership

Are you’re looking to join your first board, find new board roles, increase your impact as a board member, or find qualified, diverse candidates for your board seats? Visit our new Being on Boards site for tips, tactics, and more.

11 Jan 2022
HBS Cold Call Podcast

Can Entrepreneurs and Governments Team Up to Solve Big Problems?

This episode of Cold Call discusses a case involving Shield AI with the case author, Mitch Weiss, and the case protagonist.

Re: Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017); Mitchell B. Weiss (Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Chair, MBA Required Curriculum)