Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

political leaders have demonstrated spectacular leadership failures. The reasons and possible solutions shaped a fascinating give-and-take discussion among three distinguished panelists assembled in March at Harvard’s Kennedy School of... View Details

Keywords: Government

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The Role of Leadership in Strategy

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery

Professor Montgomery's current research centers on the human side of strategy, and in particular the unique and abiding role leaders play in the formulation and implementation of strategy. Her article "Putting Leadership Back into Strategy,"... View Details

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09 Feb 2009
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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

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Business Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Dutch Leonard

This project focuses on how business leaders can be most effective at creating better social outcomes and vibrant, successful businesses at the same time. What forms of leadership -- and in what venues (in the community, in the corporation, in politics, ...) -- turn... View Details

27 Apr 2015
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“A Unique Leadership Experience”

program, led the 30-minute discussion, posing executives’ questions about leadership and the business opportunities of commercial space travel—and about everyday life in space. Virts, who posts images of the earth on Instagram and Twitter... View Details

Keywords: April White; NASA

01 Jun 2004
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New MBA Leadership Course

Paine: “We want students to realize their full potential as business leaders.” Courtesy HBS Communications When Andy Mulkerin (HBS ’05), a chemical engineer by training, came to HBS he knew that his class would be the first to take View Details

Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2001
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Effective Leadership and Decision-Making

In feature articles in the September issue of Harvard Business Review, three HBS professors offered useful ideas about leadership and decision-making. In "What You Don't Know about Making Decisions," Professor David Garvin and Assistant... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jul 2018
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

to build a world-class faculty by attracting and developing outstanding junior faculty members. Building on our amazing fellowship program, we can do more to make the School accessible to students with tremendous leadership potential who... View Details

15 Mar 2008
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Discover Your Authentic Leadership

By: William W. George

Keywords: Leadership

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01 Apr 2005
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Seven Transformations of Leadership

Keywords: David Rooke, William Torbert

November 2008 (Revised September 2014)
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Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge

By: Sandra J. Sucher

This note reviews research findings on the leadership challenges of diversity, including the social psychology of similarity and difference, the value of multiple perspectives to problem-solving, the relationship between diversity and firm performance, and management... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Leadership; Behavior; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Diversity

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