Advanced Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

Jan 09 2018
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Good Housekeeping's 125 "Women Who Changed Our Lives"

Brian Trelstad is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the General Management Unit and the Faculty Chair of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He teaches elective courses on Social Entrepreneurship and Systems... View Details

Keywords: education industry; health care; service industry; emerging market private equity; private equity (other); venture capital industry

29 Oct 2014
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Pool of grey talent could transform the world

January 2020 (Revised October 2021)
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Zara: An Integrated Store and Online Model (A)

By: Antonio Moreno

In 2010, amidst the growth of ecommerce and the emergence of new, purely online, fashion players, Zara launched its first online store, Zara.com. Since then, Zara’s online business had grown at a fast pace. By 2018, 12% of Inditex Group’s total sales came from the... View Details

Keywords: Stores; Integration; Operations; Business Model; Strategy; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Europe

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18 May 2021
Cold Call Podcast

How Georgia State University Increased Graduation Rates

Keywords: Re: Michael W. Toffel; Education

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 07 Mar 2024
Webinars: Career

Job Search 2.0: LinkedIn + ChatGPT Secrets Revealed

Jeremy Schifeling will dive into the most advanced LinkedIn and ChatGPT techniques to help alumni find a career path, build a fully tech-optimized profile, and ace your very next interview. View Details

05 Jan 2009
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Thomas Tierney (MBA 1980) Named Chair of HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Advisory Board

June 2014
Article

Collective Genius

By: Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Lineback

Competitiveness depends in great part on the ability to innovate. The perennial challenge, then, is to build an organization capable of innovating again and again. Traditional, direction-setting leadership can work well when the solution to a problem is known and... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture

10 Feb 2016
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Gap Year: Harvard And Stanford Help Boomers Find A Second Act With Purpose

18 Nov 2015
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Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation Establish $20 Million Endowment at Harvard Business School

08 Mar 2021
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Why Rosabeth Moss Kanter Says Leaders Must ‘Think Outside The Building’ To Address Complex Problems

03 Oct 2023
What Do You Think?

Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?

on a wealth of field experience, is an argument for failure—intelligent failure. She defines intelligent failure as having four key attributes: “ it takes place in new territory; the context presents a credible opportunity (in relation to risk) to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jan 2020
In Practice

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time. 3. They balance confidence and humility "Great leaders have the ability to act decisively and with confidence to inspire their team while... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EST, 01 Dec 2021
Virtual Programming

Leading a Glass-Shattering Organization

In their new book, Glass Half Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work, co-authors HBS Gender Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman and Professor Boris Groysberg break apart myths about why gender inequality persists and what can be done about... View Details

12 Apr 2021
News

How to Close the Gender Gap

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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows - 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... View Details

05 Jul 2006
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How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

selection and development of leaders. Some took issue with his definition, a few disagreed with his main thesis, and a number suggested the importance of executive intelligence as only one ingredient in leadership success. Stephen Burkett... View Details