Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2003
News

Christine Fairchild to Head External Relations

scope and professionalism. They include the annual Global Leadership Forum, career services and lifelong learning programs for alumni, and a vibrant reunion program that is the envy of other professional schools and undergraduate... View Details

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

01 Dec 2001
News

New York Club Honors Two Executives

Statesman Award, Enrico discussed the "joy and thrill" of his job and said, "I'm convinced that it's the 'soft' side of business, the human side, that really does matter the most." After receiving the club's Leadership Award, Wagner... View Details

Keywords: awards; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

25 Apr 2014
News

Investing in Innovation

On April 25, Harvard Business School launched a campaign that will position the School for leadership in management education in the 21st century. The primary objectives of The Harvard Business School Campaign are to: Inspire... View Details

Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services

26 Nov 2019
News

Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation

question, “What do exceptional leaders of innovation do?” More specifically, “What is the connection between leadership and innovation?” Many of these ideas are examined in the book Hill coauthored, Collective Genius: The Art and Practice... View Details

13 May 2013
News

The Power of Three

Reunion. Demonstrating the leadership skills they honed at HBS, the three women initiated innovations—such as pre-reunion receptions and fundraising “captains” organized by city, rather than by section—that led to record-breaking levels... View Details

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2023
News

Money, Flexibility, Development? Figuring Out What Employees Really Value

23 Jun 2014
News

Freedom to Explore

HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. “I recognized the impact alumni giving has had,” she remarks, “and decided that this was the right time for me to make a gift that at least partially signals the benefits that I personally received,... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney

foundering parent as CEO in the early 1990s. "Both Bain and the SLOC were dispirited organizations suffering from leadership crises," Romney observes. "Both had financial problems and needed new clients. And both were negatively affected... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2017
News

HBS Fund Advances Global Strategy

Recognizing that the best ideas can come from anywhere and that examples of great leadership and management practice exist everywhere, HBS is extending its intellectual reach to understand these new ideas and approaches and to disseminate... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

in forming their leadership style. Now in its second year, the course was available to students from across the University, opening engagement in these deeper questions about leadership to a variety of... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

What HBS Learned from West Point

If talk of knowing, doing, and being sounds a little touchy-feely, take heart. By embracing the educational framework, HBS is taking a page directly out of the US Military Academy’s playbook on leadership development. MBA Class of 1958... View Details

Keywords: military education; National Security and International Affairs; Government

30 Jan 2009
News

What’s It Worth to You?

firefighter $44,130, despite the fact that they, unlike the rest of us, are expected to give up their lives, if necessary, to do their jobs. CEOs often talk about leadership and values, but can a CEO who espouses a values-oriented View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2012
News

Taking Care

MARCELO: "So much of the leadership is helping other people and being selfless." Frustrated by her inability to find high-quality care for her children, Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998/JD 1999), a former consultant and executive at... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

Companies and people need to embrace change in order to succeed in the future, according to HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. In this, the second of a two-part interview for HBS Working Knowledge, she explains the leadership skills of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Apr 2001
News

Harvard MBAs Rule?

strengths has been to furnish corporate America with executive leadership at the highest levels. Seeking perspective on this flurry of HBS alumni promotions, the magazine asked Continental Airlines president Gregory Brenneman (MBA 1988)... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Constant Inspiration

Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) has played an active role in the evolution of the HBS immersive student learning experience. Shortly after the first-year Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) MBA... View Details

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the right leader as CEO: General... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Feb 2002
News

Leading Quietly

examines what he calls "quiet leadership." "I have observed that the most effective leaders are rarely public heroes," says Badaracco, who has written extensively about leadership and ethics. "They do what is right; for their... View Details