Authentic Leadership Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Public Education Leadership Project

with other administrators and educators from across the country, your team of eight leaders from your district will refine your management model, develop new improvement strategies, and learn how to serve your students more effectively.... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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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... View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

disconfirmed our initial estimate, we dropped the CEO from our sample. Q: What made these leaders unusual? A: The CEOs were quite different in personality, background, and leadership style. But they were similar in what they saw as the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

Fellow at Harvard Business School, and former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic. [Image: skynesher ] Related Reading Authentic Leadership Rediscovered A Strategy For Steady View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

01 Dec 2017
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Leadership in Practice

His 25th Reunion gift to establish the William F. Dawson Jr. MBA Program Innovation Fund and his support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation reflect his interest in helping MBA students develop... View Details

March 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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St. Louis: Inner-City Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter, Anne S. Habiby and Joanne Lasala

Describes the history and challenges of the economically distressed inner city areas of St. Louis, a major U.S. metropolitan area. Profiles regional and inner city economics and describes a new effort by community leaders to develop and implement a strategy to... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Leading Change; Urban Development; Problems and Challenges; Public Administration Industry; Saint Louis

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03 Nov 2010
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Henry Ford, William Sarnoff And Leadership Today

01 Jun 2010
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2010 Leadership Fellows

Eleven graduating MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the support of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program awards key management positions for one year at competitive salaries. This... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

November 2024
Article

Leadership and Plumbing

By: Frank V. Cespedes

“Leadership” is a growth industry. Amazon lists over 60,000 books on the topic. Most focus on emotional intelligence, charisma, avoiding narcissism (usually someone else’s problem, according to these authors, not their problem) and other personality traits. But as... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development

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21 Sep 2016
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Leadership in Motion

Leadership in 2007. In the spring of 2016, Veron was elected a trustee of Scarsdale Village. Community involvement also planted the seeds for the Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit Veron cofounded in 2012 to encourage the growth of... View Details

2014
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Leadership Development: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

By: D. Scott DeRue and Christopher G. Myers

This chapter develops a conceptual framework that helps organize and synthesize key insights from the literature on leadership development. In this framework, called PREPARE, the authors call attention to the strategic purpose and desired results of leadership... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Leadership

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02 Jun 2021
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Four Tips To Help Create A Culture Of Authentic Appreciation At Work

December 2016 (Revised February 2019)
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Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago

By: Joshua Margolis and Michael Norris

In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, faced a decision with potential personal and political ramifications: whether or not to ask the city’s Mayor to join a class action antitrust suit against the city’s creditors for actions they took during the Global... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development; Career Journey; Leadership Development; Career; Leadership; Government and Politics; Personal Development and Career; Public Administration Industry; United States; Chicago

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2021
Book

The Future of Executive Development

By: Mihnea C Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas

Executive development programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven by digital disruption and a widening gap between the skills that participants and their organizations demand and those provided by their executive programs. This work delves into the... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Education Industry

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01 Dec 2017
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Developing Insightful Global Leaders

research centers are critical to helping HBS faculty develop the understanding and insight they need to prepare students for leadership around the world.” Lynn Paine, John G. McLean Professor of Business... View Details