leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

aligned with the effort, and a strong and well-articulated business case for action. IBM's diversity task forces benefited from all four. Demonstrate Leadership Support It's become a cliché to say that View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

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Awards | Commencement 2025

announced for 2025. MBA Class of 2025 Faculty Teaching Award Recipients Leadership Fellows The Leadership Fellows program offers nonprofit and public sector organizations the opportunity to leverage the... View Details

28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union

is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in nonpartisan political reform (photo by Stephen Voss) In 2017 Ballou-Aares cofounded the Leadership Now Project and left her position as a partner at Dalberg... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

demonstrating both the breadth and depth of the desire for change, as well as the tremendous frustration that has been building up over a long period of time.” In her role as senior associate dean for Culture and Community, Hammond is a member of the School’s View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

who applied to the School on a lark, accepted a position at Bain & Company after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. She and a Bain partner later wrote an article about leadership styles and submitted it to the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Feb 2016
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Applying Business Principles to Military Problems

required; to be able to help people prioritize. I’m not an operator; I’m a business person, but [my job is] getting the Navy Seal leadership to decide what’s important—what they can trade off—and identifying risk and helping them manage... View Details

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Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog

will be relevant takeaways for those planning to take a leadership role in a family office or family foundation. Educational Objectives: The objective of the course is to prepare you for the unique challenges and opportunities that... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

through a day on the job to find out: Mardie Oakes, an HBS Service Leadership Fellow at Boston Community Capital, a community development financial institution, and Paul Sternhell, an entry-level manager at Samsung Electronics. Cookies... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

LST (landing ship tank), where he shared a command over 150 sailors. “It was a great leadership experience,” Quainton says. “I had to learn how to make a team out of men who’d come from vastly different experiences and education.”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Triston Francis

to inspire people in underserved communities to live their best lives.” Pursuing the plan “I came to HBS with three goals,” says Triston. He fulfilled the first by becoming the Education Representative for his section. Eventually, Triston would like to return to HBS to... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Consulting

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously wrote, "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." But it's often more accurate to say, "He who can do can't teach." It's natural for novices to seek out experts for guidance. That's why many organizations adopt formal... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

Consider this real-world social negotiation. On a Friday night, a husband and wife are trying to decide where to eat and which movie to see. Al prefers restaurant A, and Marie prefers restaurant C. Marie prefers movie D, and Al prefers movie F. They consider... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

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Leading Change

By: M. Beer

Keywords: Leading Change

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December 2019 (Revised July 2025)
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Karin Vinik at South Lake Hospital (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Kim B. Clark

A newly appointed hospital CEO must decide how aggressively she should pursue a sexual harassment accusation against a long-time senior hospital executive, who was also a rival for the CEO position. View Details

Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Leadership; Decision Making

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