Charlotte Beers is the former CEO of global advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather and also served as under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs under Colin Powell. During her visit to HBS for International Women’s Day, Beers advised young women in business to be their [...]
At only 23, she was the Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media of The New York Times. This week, she took the time to talk to the Harbus about strategies to maximize the benefits of social media.
Ilene Lang is the CEO and President of Catalyst, the leading research and advisory organization working to change workplaces and improve lives through advancing women into business leadership. Previously, Lang was the founding CEO of AltaVista Internet Software Inc. She is a graduate of Radcliffe college [...]
Editors’ note: The following two articles highlight the first two years of Women at HBS. The first article contains the announcement to the student body that women were eligible to apply. The second article contains the words of the first women at HBS themselves as they dealt with the challenges of integrating into what was [...]
In September of 1969, the Prospectus face book of the Harvard Business School class of 1971 (a hard copy precursor to the current on-line MBA Classcards) began with a welcome letter from Dean Baker proclaiming that the class was about to experience “the MBA program as a member of one of the most diverse groups [...]
Gilt Group. BirchBox. LearnVest. Rent the Runway. Care.com. Angie’s List. Fashionstake. Baublebar. These are just a few of the high-profile, high-growth startups that have been started by Harvard Business School women. Despite the widespread belief in today’s tech monoculture that MBAs do not make good entrepreneurs, I’ve heard several investors say “I wouldn’t bet against [...]
Young women today receive all sorts of professional advice on how to succeed from pundits, the popular press, and even fashion magazines. Unfortunately, the advice women are receiving is not helping to close the gender gap at the top levels of organizations. In fact, according to a recent Catalyst study, when women follow the advice [...]
The Women’s Student Association will hold its 21st Annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference here at HBS on Saturday, February 25th. The conference connects around 1,000 female students, alumnae, faculty, and business leaders for a full-day discussion of women in the global business landscape. The event convenes an extremely impressive group of leaders from around [...]
Last week, I had the pleasure to catch up with Stacey Borden (HBS ’10), CEO of ChickRx. Stacey has been a mentor and inspirational role model ever since I met her as a freshman at Harvard College, where she was President of Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business. After college, she worked at Lehman [...]
“In my 40 years, I have just seen one roadblock after another for women disappear.” – Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration and the first woman to be tenured and chaired at HBS December 1962: HBS faculty vote to admit women into [...]
| © 2012 The Harbus | For advertising inquiries, contact ads@harbus.org For content inquiries, contact eic@harbus.org |
Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha |
Recent Comments