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- August 1984 (Revised March 1989)
- Background Note
Direct, Personal Leadership
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth
Argues that to be effective leaders, general managers must focus on substance, not process, and aggressively combat the forces that can lead to the politicization of the organization. Examines the leader's direct role in setting and communicating goals, managing the...
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Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard R. Ellsworth. "Direct, Personal Leadership." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-107, August 1984. (Revised March 1989.)
- June 18, 2021
- Article
Who Do We Invent for? Patents by Women Focus More on Women's Health, but Few Women Get to Invent
By: Rembrand Koning, Sampsa Samila and John-Paul Ferguson
Women engage in less commercial patenting and invention than do men, which may affect what is invented. Using text analysis of all U.S. biomedical patents filed from 1976 through 2010, we found that patents with all-female inventor teams are 35% more likely than...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Gender Bias;
Health;
Innovation and Invention;
Research;
Patents;
Gender;
Prejudice and Bias
Koning, Rembrand, Sampsa Samila, and John-Paul Ferguson. "Who Do We Invent for? Patents by Women Focus More on Women's Health, but Few Women Get to Invent." Science 372, no. 6548 (June 18, 2021): 1345–1348.
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
At its core, HBS is committed to educating leaders who make a difference in the world. In the early 1990s, I had the privilege of leading the development of an MBA course on leadership which was introduced into the required curriculum...
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- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
of Illusion: American Leadership in the Media Age. The book weaves together insights from economics, leadership studies, history, geopolitics, and national security to make a...
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by Martha Lagace
- April 2018
- Case
Miami's Tech Future (Abridged): Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Leadership Challenges
By the middle of the 1990s, Miami’s reputation was changing. An influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants and major investments in the airport and seaport had changed the image of a sleepy southern city to the de facto business center of Latin America, a center for...
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- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Leadership in Motion
Activities such as building a community playground, running neighborhood associations, chairing the Scarsdale planning board, and serving locally as president of the League of Women Voters—all while starting...
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- November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
John Whitehead: A Life in Leadership
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2005, John C. Whitehead, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC), confronts the collapse of a delicate agreement among business, government, and public interests in rebuilding on the World Trade Center site. Provides information on the leadership...
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Keywords:
Education;
Construction;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Biography;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Nonprofit Organizations
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "John Whitehead: A Life in Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 406-024, November 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- 30–31 May 2018
- HBS Alumni Events
2018 Alumni Volunteer Leadership Conference
Volunteers are the critical link between the School and the global alumni community. The annual Alumni Volunteer Leadership Conference is designed to immerse top volunteers in the latest HBS thinking and connect volunteers with influential decision-makers and leaders...
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- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Service Leadership Fellows
The School's inaugural group of Service Leadership Fellows gathered for a Class Day breakfast celebration. For students interested in working in social enterprises after graduation, the new program matches them with nonprofit View Details
- 28 Jul 2020
Diverse Perspectives Series: Women in Consulting
Please join us for a panel discussion with HBS women making a difference in the Consulting space. Learn about their experiences and how HBS has played a role their journeys.
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- 08 Jun 2015
- News
Paving the way for other women
Having served as the first woman to hold a variety of leadership positions, Phyllis Papani Godwin (HRPBA 1949) believes for-profit and nonprofit organizations benefit from the perspective that View Details
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniella Suarez and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Beatriz Cardoso, founder of Laboratório de Educação (Education Laboratory) had a dream to propel Brazilian education. However, challenges in fundraising made it difficult to scale up her project, based on helping adults help children improve their literacy skills. To...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Education;
Business Startups;
Information Technology;
Leading Change;
Brazil
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Daniella Suarez, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 11 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit
Caitlin Riederer (MBA ’20) co-chaired the 2018 Women in Investing Summit. Prior to attending HBS, she worked in private equity at Charlesbank Capital Partners and strategy consulting at The Boston Consulting...
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- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
Organizations and Markets Group and Deborah Kolb, a professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Management, discussed the topic at the Women Enriching Business panel...
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by Martha Lagace
- February 2008
- Article
How Star Women Build Portable Skills
By: Boris Groysberg
Keywords:
Competency and Skills
Groysberg, Boris. "How Star Women Build Portable Skills." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 2 (February 2008): 74–81.
- 28 Nov 2012
- News
How Women Succeed on Wall Street
- February 2014
- Case
Oxfam America's Women in Small Enterprise
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Aldo Sesia
Keywords:
Latin America