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Katy Lankester
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to business school to strengthen my judgement, because I believe as a leader I will be required to make important decisions with imperfect information. The big View Details
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Health Care
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Nikki Skovran
require new skills, leading Nikki to business school. “Best decision I ever made.” Nikki pursued her MBA options with the same rigor she had applied to her criminal cases. Even in the application process, HBS stood out. “All the other...
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Anddria Clack
interest and practice in a way that I had not experienced before. Through the case study method and experiential activities, I knew that I would be challenged to make important decisions in a managerial context, very similar to the CEOs...
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Maria Brewer
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? During my time in operations, the more I was able to work with multiple areas of the business and see how they interact, the more excited I was by my work. Observing how one decision in a...
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Katie Laidlaw
role and your long-term career? The HBS classroom has prepared me to analyze problems quickly and share my view using data, not just opinion, to move a conversation forward. In addition, the depth of relationships I developed during my time at HBS will facilitate my...
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Tyler Todd
prepared me to effectively take on leadership and management positions. Learning processes for thinking through the hardest business decisions will serve me well my entire career.
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Tiffany Niver
efforts in and out of work on women's issues and enable women to succeed in business around the world. How did HBS prepare you for your summer internship & long term career? HBS best prepared me to always have an objective and goal in my various career steps and...
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Patrick Connolly
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my life before business school, I was a concert pianist and music theorist-disciplines that require truly deep, vertical expertise. My decision to attend HBS was consciously designed to...
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Oliver Bladek
what it's like in the 'real world'. Simply put, you truly can do anything you want when graduating, but it's not a given. How has HBS prepared you for your new job? As I said above, the case method is incredible in helping practice how to make View Details
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Aline Camargo
was able to share my thoughts and concerns with friends, professors, career coaches, alumni and MBA administration managers who helped me much to brainstorm about decisions and life paths that would make me an effective leader and a happy...
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Omowale Casselle
because they have exhausted all other possibilities and have now escalated to me so I can make a decision. Knowing that decisions have consequences and not making the right decision can mean that our new...
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Laura Mackay
leaders, we will have to make decisions that affect our companies and our employees personally and deeply, without all the information, and with an eye towards the broader impact these decisions will...
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Raja Bobbili
this dominant idea that business leaders make important decisions with imperfect information. As an investor, that is exactly what I have to do – exercise sound judgment in the context of significant uncertainty and complexity. How did...
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Investment Management / Hedge Fund
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Nathalie du Preez
conflicting viewpoints, challenge my existing preconceived ideas, and help me make business decisions in the future in a more powerful way. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? Before HBS I tended to...
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Consumer Products
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Bruce Gago
to embrace Winston Churchill's famous quote: "Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." How has HBS prepared you for your long term career? HBS has given me the ability to "see the big picture." Investment and management...
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Maliha Khan
Why was getting a business education important to you? I saw an MBA as important for two reasons: I wanted key analytical and quantitative skills that would help me make decisions and give me more confidence in my judgment; and secondly,...
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Ann Chao
fulfilling career. It was not easy to change direction, especially from a traditional business path like consulting to a very nontraditional path like entertainment/media. But the many career panels, career coaches, alumni and classmates available to help me in the...
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Entertainment / Media
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Danny Cho
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Three years ago, I made the difficult decision to leave the US Army and enter the private sector. An MBA was a natural next step because I needed the business skills and credibility, but...
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Nonprofit / Government
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Claire Freidman
Creative Industries" class, where we studied strategic decisions at a wide variety of entertainment companies. Another professor on campus, Henry McGee, came from a career at HBO, and was invaluable in guiding many of the...
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Kayode Ogunro
employer. How has HBS prepared you for your new job? My job will require a substantial amount of travel to Europe and Africa and more hands on management of deals and projects than I would face with a typical investment firm. My HBS experience has definitely helped me...
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