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Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury is the Lumry Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. He was an Assistant Professor at Wharton prior to joining Harvard. His research is focused on studying the Future of Work, especially the changing Geography of Work. In... View Details
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Academic Experience | MBA
Academic Experience Academic Experience Through the rich case- and experience-based curriculum at Harvard Business School (HBS), students build deep general management and leadership skills, setting the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- News
'Leaders can be created in classroom'
- 2021
- Working Paper
Going to Extremes: Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson, and Eric Lin. "Going to Extremes: Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-006, August 2021.
- 2024
- Article
Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
Keywords: Military Service; Personal Development and Career; Transformation; Power and Influence; Learning; Human Capital
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson, and Eric Lin. "Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression." Academy of Management Proceedings (2024).
- 26 May 2016
- News
Dean Nohria Addresses the Class of 2016
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade.” Collins asked him about the personal characteristics of prisoners who did... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
authentic, research and leadership development programs should focus on how leaders develop their authenticity. Being authentic as a leader is hard work and takes years of experience in leadership roles. No one can be authentic without... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Skydeck - Alumni
Achievement Award offer some words of wisdom and key takeaways from their HBS experience Challenge Accepted Recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award describe a time when life put them to the test—and what came out of it The Working... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
jerks, nor does this behavior reflect their authentic selves. Rather, these individuals likely had very negative experiences early in their lives that cause them to have difficulty in managing their anger, in part because they feel like... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
economically stressed areas where property values remain low, preferring instead to wait until someone else has taken the first-mover risk and values have begun to rise. These structurally disadvantaged areas—like West Baltimore Street, in the heart of the Black... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
steps is first understanding how you're wired, which often comes through a crucible experience or refining moment. Then figuring out what's your vision, what's the vision of something you feel like can help... View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
Summing Up Crucibles of leadership are where you find them—or they find you. And business schools rarely create them, at least according to the respondents to the October column. Perry Miles put it most succinctly when he said, "A... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
new Emerging Leaders edition of True North, which includes Foster's story as an example of the importance of crucible experiences in defining leaders. And in this episode of Skydeck Foster and George share... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
MBA program, I found many allies in my classmates, especially Louise Willington, Samhita Jayanti and Hema Nealon. HBS was the crucible for my journey to date. When I felt most like a misfit, it forced me to examine my sense of identity... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
grow. Many people discuss life experiences with their True North Group that they have shared only with a few others. Other group members report seeing their crucibles in entirely new ways. This can lead to a... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Faculty & Research Our faculty are world-renowned practitioners and researchers who use their experience to bring to life leadership lessons and challenges as they orchestrate a case discussion. 272 f ull-time faculty 261 new cases... View Details
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
Well, at the time, I was introducing my new course Authentic Leadership Development, and one of the things we talk a lot about are crucibles that people face. Dr. King at this time was facing perhaps the greatest View Details