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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.

Alumni Forums

Alumni Forums are transformational experiences that help members to become their best selves. They are small, intimate groups usually comprised of seven to ten alumni who meet regularly and discuss their personal and professional lives confidentially.

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 recent conferences, 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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15 Apr 2024
HBS News

SPACE: The Final Frontier For Angel Investors?

Presenter: Professor Matthew Weinzierl, HBS Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program

Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl (Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program)

01 Mar 2024
HBS Alumni Bulletin

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

Lessons from the downfall of a crypto criminal

Re: Aiyesha Dey (James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration); Eugene F. Soltes (McLean Family Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Accounting and Management); By: Jen McFarland Flint

19 Feb 2024
HBR

How Companies Should Weigh In on a Controversy

A better approach to stakeholder management

Re: Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor); Sandra J. Sucher (MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice)

07 Feb 2024
HBR Podcast

Best Buy’s Hubert Joly on Redefining Your Company’s Purpose

The nuts and bolts of turn-around strategy, from the HBR on Strategy podcast

Re: Hubert Joly (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

05 Feb 2024
HBS Deep Purpose

What it Takes to Lead a Successful Turnaround in Health Care

José (Joe) E. Almeida, Chairman, President & CEO of Baxter, on how he has led the successful turnaround of the Illinois-based multinational by calling on leadership lessons he gained from his family in Brazil.

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

05 Feb 2024
HBS Working Knowledge

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

An analysis of more than 35 million job postings by Letian Zhang paints a counterintuitive picture of today's midlevel manager. Could these roles provide an innovation edge?

Re: Letian Zhang (Assistant Professor of Business Administration)

25 Jan 2024
HBR

6 Ways AI Could Disrupt Your Business

Six scenarios that all boards must consider—and then act upon—ranging from predicting extreme operational changes, to anticipating new strategic ways to compete, to foreseeing existential threats that could obviate one’s business.

02 Jan 2024
HBS Working Knowledge

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

Harvard Business School faculty members on the trends they will be following in the year ahead.

02 Jan 2024
HBR

How to Mentor More People—and Not Get Burned Out

Five strategies that will help you actively manage mentorships more efficiently and sustainably throughout your career

22 Dec 2023
HBR

The Hard Questions to Ask When Planning Your Strategy

Many managers view strategy as a complex subject, but at its essence it boils down to three questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? What is a credible path to get there?

01 Dec 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Research Brief: Staying in the Game

Re: Benjamin Iverson (PHDBE 2013); Shai Benjamin Bernstein (MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

The Exchange: Help Wanted

Why it’s so hard to screen for soft skills—and why they’re the most critical skill in the C-suite today

Re: Joseph B. Fuller (Professor of Management Practice); Raffaella Sadun (Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing)

13 Nov 2023
HBR Women at Work

So Many Feelings. Too Many?

How to share with purpose, recover from an outburst, set boundaries, and provide solace.

13 Nov 2023
HBR

4 Strategies to Cultivate an Authentic Corporate Purpose

This article introduces four pivotal strategies to help businesses achieve a transcendent purpose, ensuring a cohesive blend of profitability and genuine societal impact.

09 Nov 2023
HBS Online

How to Get Employee Buy-In to Execute Your Strategic Initiatives

Successfully executing strategic initiatives requires employee buy-in. Here’s why it’s important and how to get it.

06 Nov 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

Research by Alison Wood Brooks, Hanne Collins, and colleagues reveals just how prone the mind is to wandering, and sheds light on ways to stay tuned in to the conversation.

Re: Hanne Collins (PHDOB 2024); Alison Wood Brooks (O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration)

01 Nov 2023
HBS Managing the Future of Work Project

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich on Consulting in the Post-Covid, AI-inflected New Normal

How do a culture of open debate and prioritizing work-life balance help the firm navigate change while advising others on how to do the same?

Re: William R. Kerr (Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research)

20 Oct 2023
HBR

How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts

Five ways companies can engage with ENGOs to work on their climate change efforts, as well as some pitfalls to avoid

17 Oct 2023
HBR Ideacast

Tools for Managers to Help Employees with Their Mental Health Challenges

A conversation with a psychologist and a management professor on helping workers address anxiety or depression.

04 Oct 2023
HBR

A Tool to Help Boards Measure Cyber Resilience

To properly mitigate cyber risk, company leaders must have rock-solid plans in place to respond and recover quickly so even in the face of a cyber attack, the company continues to operate.