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  • 31 Jan 2011
  • News

Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior

  • 04 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

leaders must respond to. The selection systems used to pick leaders, which he says homogenize the pool of potential CEOs and presidents. These are especially important, Mukunda argues, because they preserve... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 06 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

Selected by his peers as the 2014 student speaker for graduation, Casey Gerald’s impassioned speech to his fellow MBAs quickly garnered national attention. Highlighting the motivation that has shaped his ambitious career, Casey urged his... View Details
  • September 2000 (Revised December 2020)
  • Background Note

Identifying and Developing Capable Leaders

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Morgan McCall Jr
Presents a synopsis of High Flyers, by Morgan McCall. Offers a method for identifying and training managers with potential--to build management bench strength. View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Resources; Talent and Talent Management
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  • 18 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

When CEOs speak with Rob Kaplan looking for answers, he usually focuses them instead on figuring out and discussing the right questions. "Show me a company, nonprofit, or a government leader that is struggling, and almost invariably... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Program

Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual

Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual is for mid-career professionals ready to advance their organization—and career—with greater purpose and focus. By concentrating on eight... View Details
  • 18 Mar 2015
  • News

9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders

Nine HBS alumni have been selected as 2015 Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. The organization engages these “bold, brave, action-oriented, and entrepreneurial” individuals to help shape... View Details
Keywords: World Economic Forum
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

essential part of that future. The MS/MBA Program will tap into that, making certain to develop capabilities and leaders that will be an important part of this exciting and changing future.” Accelerating Innovation and Entrepreneurship By... View Details
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

Summing Up An overarching theme of an unusually large number of responses to the June question of "What can aspiring leaders be taught?" was that of context. That is, the suggestion that while it may be late to teach ethics and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog

personalize and deepen your understanding of each week’s topic. Students are expected to complete all assigned exercises in this workbook prior to attending class each week. Selected chapters will be assigned from the books, Difficult... View Details
  • 14 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

According to Andrew S. Grove, chairman and co-founder of Intel, when a company's understanding of itself shifts, when it changes its strategic paradigm, it sets out on a journey akin to moving from one mountain peak to another through what he calls a "valley of... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology
  • 28 Feb 2019
  • News

New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

and his wife, Kristen, were intrigued by the idea of helping Harvard undergraduates with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship become future leaders of innovative ventures. So, the Robertses are excited to be supporting the... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome of these international... View Details
  • Web

Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Generative AI for Business Leaders Course Number 1301 Professor Suraj Srinivasan Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Project Course Overview Generative AI (GenAI) stands at the forefront of a technological revolution, poised to... View Details
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

felt that the lines are not finely drawn. As she put it: "Men and women are variations on a theme, not opposites . It is possible, and I think likely, that the male-dominated business world selects as View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Spiritual Lives of Leaders Course Number 1563 Professor Nien-hê Hsieh Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 12 Sessions Paper/Project Course Overview Spiritual Lives of View Details
  • November 2013 (Revised January 2015)
  • Case

Obamacare

By: Matthew Weinzierl and Katrina Flanagan
One vote in June, 2012, decided the fate of President Barack Obama's crowning first-term achievement: universal health insurance. Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court cast the deciding vote to uphold the keystone of the reform: the mandate to purchase... View Details
Keywords: Universal Health Insurance; Adverse Selection; Leviathan; Courts and Trials; Judgments; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Government and Politics; Insurance Industry; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 20 Jun 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

social programs was a much bigger problem than it was. “Even when unrepresentative of reality at large,” stories “are more easily recalled than statistics,” the study notes. “This selective recall can give rise to misperceptions about... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • December 23, 2022
  • Article

What the World Cup Can Teach Business Leaders About Top Performers

By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, Abhijit Naik and Harry Krueger
Our people are our greatest source of competitive advantage." This sentiment is often heralded in companies by everyone from middle managers to HR professionals to CEOs. It is a great sound bite. The problem: It is not true—at least, not entirely. View Details
Keywords: Soccer; Performance; Business; Leadership; Competitive Advantage; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management
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  • 13 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders

said Phillips-Sadler. “What better way to do that than to meet them where they are, and have that seat be in their own home? I can't think of a better way to invite them into our fold while not asking them to exhaust resources.” Out of 263 applications, the team View Details