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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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23 Oct 2023
HBR Ascend

Values, Passion, or Purpose — Which Should Guide Your Career?

When it comes to developing your career, you’ve heard the advice: Define your values, follow your passion, and find your purpose. But what do these concepts actually mean, and how can you use them to move forward in your career?

17 Jul 2023
HBR Women at Work

Women Who Are Making Work Better for Women

How Myra, Stephanie, and Becky widened options, networks, and benefits at their companies.

19 Jun 2023
HBR Podcast

How Do I Move Forward from a Career Setback?

In this episode of HBR's Coaching Real Leaders podcast, a leader must learn how to reframe a career setback and move forward.

13 Jun 2023
HBR Ideacast

When Small Stresses Lead to Big Problems

A look at “microstress” and the ways in which they impact individuals, teams, and organizations.

06 Jun 2023
HBR Ideacast

Why More Companies Should Have a Sabbatical Policy

HBS lecturer DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010) discusses the value of extended time off.

31 May 2023
Harvard Business Review

How to Take Better Breaks at Work

Taking periodic work breaks throughout the day can boost well-being and performance, but far too few of us take them regularly — or take the most effective types.

05 May 2023
The Hill

Is AI Coming for Your Job? Here Are the Skills You Need to Beat the Bots

The skills to test, edit, and innovate or otherwise improve on AI outputs are likely to become more valuable” in the future of work.

Re: Edward McFowland III (Assistant Professor of Business Administration)

05 Apr 2023
HBS Managing the Future of Work Project

Has COVID-19 Prompted Working Fathers to Reassess?

Considerations of work-life balance, distance learning, and remote work for men.

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

16 Mar 2023
Harvard Business Review

Shifting Your Perception After Being Laid Off

As a tech employee, the author has navigated multiple layoffs. Here’s what he’s learned.

13 Mar 2023
HBS Working Knowledge

How Leaders Should Leave

Nine tips for leaders who are ready to take the next step in their careers.

Re: John A. Quelch (Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus)

17 Jan 2023
HBR Ideacast

Money, Flexibility, Development? Figuring Out What Employees Really Value

A conversation with HBS’s Amy Edmondson and INSEAD’s Mark Mortensen on thinking beyond stock options, bonuses, and remote work privileges.

Re: Amy C. Edmondson (Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management)

10 Jan 2023
HBR Ideacast

Work Insights from the World’s Longest Happiness Study

A conversation with Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger about what makes us happy in the long term.

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)

02 Jan 2023
Aspen Institute

What if Wanting Less Gets You More?

Most of us know where to find quick hits of pleasure and enjoyment. But what about satisfaction that lasts for years, or decades, or a lifetime? Professor Arthur Brooks has some thoughts.

Re: Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice)

08 Dec 2022
Harvard Business Review

Are You Too Emotionally Invested in Your Job?

Four red flags to watch out for.

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)

09 Nov 2022
Harvard Business Review

What to Do After Being Laid Off

Five strategic steps to take — before you start looking for a new job.

31 Oct 2022
HBR Podcast

How Do I Make a Career Change when the Odds Are Stacked Against Me?

In an episode of Coaching Real Leaders, a senior leader learns how to leverage his strengths to make a big transition late in his career.

24 Oct 2022
The Atlantic

How to Spend Time on What You Value

We use our time to race against the clock of productivity—which may be the one thing that holds us back from enjoying the free time we crave.

Re: Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice); Ashley V. Whillans (Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration)