authentic leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2019
News

City Hall’s Headbanger

notice: heavy metal mayor. READ MORE Keller on the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative's impact on homelessness in Albuquerque READ MORE Keller on the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative's... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and CEO of Medtronic and author of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership and Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value . He serves on... View Details

10 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Why the MBA is Still Relevant

traits of the leader herself, but also about the people who surround her. Authenticity The second reason an MBA is so relevant is that HBS is a place and time to search for authenticity. The HBS curriculum, and in particular classes like... View Details

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

Authentic Leadership course, that Foster met Bill George, who's taught leadership at the School since 2004 and is now an executive fellow. Foster describes the experience of... View Details

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Psychology, Culture and Organization Studies at Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change, presents "Moments of Truth? Authentic Encounters with Realistic Identities" at the 2017 Gender... View Details

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

that " we will need to think deeply about how to ensure these crowds we are tapping into (through information networking) are given sufficient opportunities to learn and to properly feel engaged." Both achievements and failures in View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Jun 2013
News

Alumni Books

contexts while staying grounded in one's own natural style. Molinsky advises how to overcome the emotional and psychological impediments to doing so. Leadership and the Art of Struggle: How Great Leaders Grow through Challenge and... View Details

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

correctness, free speech, or affirmative action. It is relating to people as authentic human beings, not as representatives of a group or class. Great harm is done when groups of people are stereotyped as having certain characteristics,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Jun 2013
News

Coach for Life

his Authentic Leadership Development elective, Hurley hit the court for some impromptu coaching and informal hoops with section intramural teams. He later joined members of the HBS community at a March... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Roberts Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Laura’s research and consulting focus on the science of maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and communities. Her influential publications... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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From Das’s Desk

Reflective Leader. Led by HBS professors Tom DeLong and Scott Snook, participants delved into case discussions about authentic leadership, explored their personal strengths and weaknesses, and began to put perspective on their true... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

02 Sep 2015
News

Voting for Optimism in Baltimore

able to do that, especially from places like Baltimore. In Authentic Leadership Development, I realized my purpose is to bring realistic optimism to worthy causes. And if I’m going to do that, I have to... View Details

Keywords: April White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

Perspective (The ability to “constantly broaden (one’s) view of the world and see it as others do”) Diversity (“The tendency to challenge predetermined social roles”) Authenticity (Remaining open and vulnerable in order to connect with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2012
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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 and sociology, George and his coauthor explain why a True... 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; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
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Self-awareness is important if you want to be a good general manager

environmental engineering and his graduate degree in advanced polymer chemistry, but he wants to go into general management, a direction an HBS class in authentic leadership development solidified: “It helps... View Details

05 Jul 2016
Blog Post

The Softer Side of Business at HBS

reflection. In your EC year, there is an even greater chance to dive into these areas. The Organizational Behavior Unit has courses on Authentic Leadership Development, Managing Human Capital, and Power... View Details

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Kwame Owusu-Kesse

personal reflection-classroom experiences in courses such as LEAD(Leadership and Organizational Behavior) & Authentic Leadership and Development, extracurricular activities with the Social Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

01 Sep 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet

improve your capabilities, and follow your own convictions. In True North, Professor of Management Practice Bill George describes a process to help you in this effort. At HBS, we teach his methods in the second-year course Authentic View Details

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

for ourselves than for others." "You have to be who you are, your authentic self," advised Kolb. Learn to read different situations. "Not all situations in an organization will be the same. There are lots of ways to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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