Women And Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

leadership position against aggressive competition in a rapidly shifting and uncertain technological environment. Traces the evolution and transformation of the company View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

Unfortunately, then as now, the consequences are felt not just by the wrongdoers but by the honest men and women who do their best each day to earn the trust given them. Sometimes honesty does hurt View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Dec 2014
News

Research Brief: The Power of Could

Say you’re in a bind, a tough one. You’ve got cancer and your only hope is chemo—the problem is, it’s wildly expensive and you’re flat broke. Do you follow your moral compass, even if it means dying? Or do... View Details

03 May 2023
News

Managing Through Crisis

Profile

Patrick Akl

Growing up in Lebanon, Patrick Akl lived with a fascination for consumer electronics – and with the ever-present fear of war. “We often had to sleep in an underground bunker,” Patrick says. “And the conflict caused setbacks in my father’s... View Details

09 Feb 2016
News

Applying Business Principles to Military Problems

required; to be able to help people prioritize. I’m not an operator; I’m a business person, but [my job is] getting the Navy Seal leadership to decide what’s important—what they can trade off—and identifying risk View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

LBS Picks New Dean

Commenting on his appointment, Buchanan told the Times (November 8, 2006): “London Business School is an outstanding asset, not only to this city and this country, but also to business around the globe.” He expressed eagerness to help the... View Details

Keywords: dean appointment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Oct 2024

Women’s Conversation in Mexico City

Join us for a conversation with local HBS alumnae. This event is designed for prospective students to learn more about the MBA Program, the admissions process, and the community of women at HBS. Check-in for... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

focusing on and expecting major growth with younger fans (especially ages 6–13), US Hispanics ("more of whom watched the last Super Bowl than the last World Cup final"), and View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

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Women's Student Association | MBA

Women's Student Association To actively support a community that empowers and mobilizes women to thrive academically, socially and professionally for long-term success. Annual... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Faculty Books

True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Incorporating recent research in psychology... View Details

Keywords: Professor Bill George; Professor Joseph L. Bower; Professor Herman B. Leonard; Professor Lynn S. Paine; Professor Howard Stevenson; Professor Noam Wasserman; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2006
News

One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

HICKS Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Jeff Hicks (MBA ’97) arrived at HBS with ten years of experience as an advertising executive at Leo Burnett in Chicago. Disillusioned with the trend toward “unbundling” agencies into different functions View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Grassa O’Neill, HGSE senior lecturer and faculty director of the School Leadership Program, and HBS senior fellow Allen Grossman, cofounder of the Public Education View Details

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Videos - Advancing Racial Equity

Leadership" 27 Apr 2018 Courtney McCluney, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, presents... 2018 G&WS: Cindy Pace presents "Exploring the Leadership Aspirations View Details

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

2016 Random House The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change By: Anand, Bharat Abstract—Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, I examine a range... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

one of the largest and most important conglomerates in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Company leadership must... View Details