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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
pleased with her dual role as a parent and a key player in getting this particular dot-com off to a running start. "I can't imagine a better place to understand the dynamics of the Internet," she says. "We've built a fairly complex site...
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Julia Hanna
- Web
Moving to the U.S. With a Family - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
forcing the Cohen family to leave with only one suitcase each. His mother’s British citizenship enabled the Cohens to resettle in London. “My parents were not broken by what happened in Egypt,” he says....
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- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
back on a test.” Frock was working as a high-level executive at Corning when she decided to scale back her involvement to spend more time at home with her children, then 7 and 8 years old. After becoming more involved in the local public schools, she and a group of...
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- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
independently from their parent organizations. Even in ventures with comparable staffing levels and start dates, those that had separated from the core business were more innovative and had higher market-penetration rates than those that...
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by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 02 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Women, Work, and the "M" Word
embarrassing to have parents host these stigma-free dialogues in front of my peers. I was envious that their parental conversations never involved the phrase “during my urogynecology rotation.” In my later...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
was just realizing how many other families out there are similarly struggling. And, whether it's a parent with dementia or a child with autism or a spouse or a sibling with a cancer or Parkinson's diagnosis, the problem statement is the...
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- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
can do x,’” says Cheney. “I had an ‘aha’ moment that there was a lack of a marketplace to connect the supply and demand on that.” A New Recruiting Solution is Born Cheney built out the concept for Prokanga while on maternity leave with...
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- 26 May 2016
- News
Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971
filmmakers know they have a problem. Emotion comes easily to him—at the mention of his deceased parents as well as when he talks about his wife of 33 years, Cindy, and their two daughters. “The girls are our biggest accomplishment,” he...
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Susan Young
- Profile
Vivian Scalfi
As a girl growing up in the countryside of Brazil, Vivian Scalfi had parents who were "overly concerned" and a conflicting ambition of her own to "dream big and leave the countryside." At...
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Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS - MBA
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- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
team. She envisioned a long career in the field but instead found herself in quasi-retirement at age 35. “Life has a way of getting in the way,” she notes. Melcher’s first child, Katie, struggled in preschool with learning disabilities, and Melcher made the decision to...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
discovers a top-secret parenting manual, it’s kids versus grownups in this kooky, illustrated middle-grade thriller with nonstop, seat-of-your-pants action that will delight fans of Jarrett Lerner and Stuart Gibbs. When tween boy FP...
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- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
How Employers Can Support LGBTQ+ Employees
largely tied to the discrimination many LGBTQ+ folks face), and providing sufficient parental leave for parents of all genders.” They also highlighted the importance of...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
foundering parent as CEO in the early 1990s. "Both Bain and the SLOC were dispirited organizations suffering from leadership crises," Romney observes. "Both had financial problems and needed new clients. And both were negatively affected...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
and experience, hopes and aspirations. Some students arrived two years ago directly from college. A significant number had served in the military. Many brought years of on-the-job experience with private-sector and nonprofit organizations. Whatever their paths to HBS,...
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- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
daughter, I was technically on maternity leave and that maternity leave quickly shifted into a medical leave, which was a blessing in disguise in its own way, that I was able to be home, truly dedicated to...
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- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
cried," she said. "People still remember that and bring it up." Moderator Robin Levy closed the panel with advice of her own: Get support. "Everyone tells you what you should do and how you should feel, but you don't know what you'll want until [you...
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by Wendy Guild
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
the chaos theory—a mix of passion and practicality, risk and reward," said Carl Horton (HBS MBA '95). His parents moved to Washington, DC, in 1978 to work for Jimmy Carter, Horton recalled, initiating his interest in politics. Over...
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by Julia Hanna
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals
Taking extended leave wasn’t a new idea for Paul Luning (MBA 2011), it was more of a family tradition: his parents credit their extended honeymoon as a defining moment in their lives. Paul took time off when...
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