Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2010
News

The Meaning of Ramadi

servant leadership is the only leadership model that works over the long run. Simply put, servant leadership demands that a leader place the mission’s goals and values first,... View Details

Keywords: Donovan Campbell; National Security and International Affairs; Government

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

of Leadership and Management; Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna ; and Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor. Speaking Up Recognizing problems in the workplace is commonplace. Speaking up about those problems is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

03 Feb 2020
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Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

homogeneous teams can feel more effective.” Challenges to rebel leadership One of the challenges of employing rebel talent is that the process of developing a cadre of rebels quite likely has to begin at the top if the philosophy is to be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Sep 2020
News

Jane Fraser Named CEO of Citi, Breaking Wall Street’s Glass Ceiling

Latin American division and its corporate strategy and M&A group. “I am honored by the Board's decision and grateful to Mike for his leadership and support,” Fraser said in the statement. “Citi is an incredible institution with a proud... View Details

02 Nov 2021
News

The Road to Racial Equity

CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit that fights racial and economic inequities by empowering the next generation of leaders. Since 2002, MLT has been working with high-achieving Black, Latinx, and Native... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2016
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Managing Change

Foundation Professorship. Narayandas will leave the role of Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education, but will continue to serve as Senior Associate Dean for Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). Narayandas begins this new leadership... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Late Start, Dramatic Finish

bold new strategy for dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa,” team member Lyn Baranowski wrote in the Harbus. Noting that the case encompassed ethics and leadership issues as well as marketing challenges, she added, “When the GSK... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Jun 2013
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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 Dec 2015
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A Leader’s Call to Action

Photos by Joe Szurszewski “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.” That observation, attributed to Plato, is inscribed on the Athena Leadership Award that graces Barbara Nick’s home office in Madison, Wisconsin. Nick (AMP... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Oct 2017
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Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

2011. Of the nation’s 16.2 million management jobs at smaller companies, only 6.7 percent are held by blacks, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These realities prompted John Rice (MBA 1992) to found Management Leadership for... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2001
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Faculty News

from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. John P. Kotter, the former Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, a noted authority on leadership in complex business organizations, joined the HBS faculty in 1972. He taught for... View Details

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

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

Profile

Lindsay Steinmetz

Why was earning your MBA here important to you? After working for a small, entrepreneurial organization I wanted to build a stronger foundation in general management. HBS expanded my knowledge of industries, types of organizations, and how finance, operations and View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

06 Dec 2021
News

Embracing Digital Transformation

priorities. Now, such gifts will play a key role in fueling the School’s digital transformation. Leadership in the Digital Age Monaco's Digital Transformation Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS HBS Curricula Explore the... View Details

05 Apr 2018
News

50 Years After King

the most influential women in business. Beyond her leadership at Young & Rubicam, she led a $5 billion division of Kraft Foods. Today, in addition to extensive board work, Fudge is a dedicated philanthropist, with a focus on education and... View Details

02 Sep 2021
News

Back to School

investment banking to become a seventh-grade math teacher at Harlem West Middle School, teaching for three years before taking positions in school leadership at Success Academy Midtown West and Harlem Central Middle School. The experience... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 2000
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Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

Apple Computer, and Charles Schwab. What are some of the most important leadership challenges in nonprofit management? There are many excellent executives in the nonprofit area, and our research shows that leading a nonprofit organization... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

inexperienced, and called McCain's judgment into question. Like any great brand, Obama has built up a bond of trust with the American people. His election has also given the United States the opportunity to reestablish its moral View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Dec 2006
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Man with a Mission

he hired him to head OU’s leadership programs and to work with its International Programs Center and other campus initiatives as an inspirational role model for students. And who wouldn’t he inspire? A helicopter pilot and now a major in... View Details

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

01 Dec 2008
News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

Organized in conjunction with the Centennial, the event drew nearly ninety faculty and practitioners from around the world. A conversation with Khurana follows. What was your goal in organizing this event? We wanted to lay a foundation, to take stock of what we know... View Details