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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

10 Ways to Boost Customer Satisfaction

Takeaways from an analysis of millions of consumer data points.

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.

11 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

Setting Your B2B Sales Strategy in a Downturn

Shifting mindsets create new risks — and new opportunities

11 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

Why Leaders Should Be Open About Their Flaws

New research shows that revealing personal foibles makes leaders come across as authentic and generates good will and trust.

Re: Leslie K. John (James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration)

10 Jan 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Answer “Tell Me About a Time You Failed” in a Job Interview

Make sure even your worst moment makes a good impression.

10 Jan 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

Entrepreneurs should look within and reflect on what they want out of future ventures before they jump into a new opportunity.

Re: Julia B. Austin (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

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
HBS Climate Rising Podcast

Nature-based Carbon Removal: DroneSeed’s Reforestation Model

Grant Canary, CEO of DroneSeed, on how his startup has developed a business model to address both climate and financial risk.

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

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
Forbes

Are You Curious? If You Aren’t, You’re Stunting Your Professional Growth

Without curiosity, you can’t be a critical thinker. And critical thinking is a soft skill that employers value highly but have a hard time finding,

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
HBR Ideacast

Why Some Startups Fail to Scale

HBS senior lecturer Jeffrey Rayport has researched some of the biggest stumbling blocks to long-lasting success and explains how to make the tricky transition out of the start-up phase successfully.

Re: Jeffrey F. Rayport (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

12 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

How Leaders Should Handle Public Criticism

Eight strategies to weather the storm and emerge as a better leader.

12 Dec 2022
HBR Podcast

How Do I Ask for Help?

An aspiring leader must learn how to be less of a player and more of a coach.