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Senior Executive Leadership Program, India (SELPI)

India is one of the fastest growing economies. This modular program is designed to hone the business and leadership skills of executives who are planning to leverage the opportunities in this emerging market.

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Nov 2014
Report

Managing the Talent Pipeline: A New Approach to Closing the Skills Gap

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recommends a new demand-driven approach—talent pipeline management—to close the skills gap. Extending lessons learned from innovations in supply chain management, this paper calls for employers to... View Details

November 2015
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniella Suarez and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Beatriz Cardoso, founder of Laboratório de Educação (Education Laboratory) had a dream to propel Brazilian education. However challenges in fundraising made it difficult to scale up her project, based on helping adults help children improve their literacy skills. To... View Details

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Educators

25 May 2017
News

Meet the 2017-2018 HBS Leadership Fellows

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities and the School, according to a recent... View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

14 Jan 2020
Video

What You'll Learn in Courageous Leadership

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

important leadership quality in these times. Roundtable discussions with about 200 executives echoed those findings. Our survey respondents also ranked creativity, curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity as highly desirable traits. "It’s... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

Program

Program for Leadership Development

leadership development program improves your decision-making and cross-functional skills by expanding your understanding of business operations and the global marketplace. With broader business knowledge,... View Details

26 Nov 2021
News

Today’s CEOs Need Hands-On Digital Skills

24 May 2018
News

Meet the 2018-2019 Leadership Fellows

05 Jan 2023
News

6 Business Skills Every Engineer Needs

30 May 2019
News

Meet the 2019-2020 Leadership Fellows

Research Summary

Transition Leadership

Michael Watkins is developing frameworks, programs, and e-performance tools for helping leaders to take charge in new senior management roles. New leaders' actions during their first few months on the job have a disproportionate impact on their ultimate success or... View Details

2023
Working Paper

The Link Between Integrative Bargaining and Leadership Evaluations

By: Julian J. Zlatev and Francis J. Flynn

We draw from implicit leadership theory and the dual concern theory of conflict resolution to posit a link between negotiation style and leadership evaluations. Specifically, we propose that individuals who are more skilled at integrative, but not distributive,... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Leadership; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Performance Evaluation

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TeachingInterests

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Today's global business environment offers many exciting prospects for talented executives and ambitious organizations. To take full advantage of emerging opportunities in China and beyond, businesses need exceptional leaders—forward-thinking executives who are... View Details

25 May 2021
News

Meet the 2021-2022 Leadership Fellows

28 Feb 2019
News

The Future of Leadership Development

Feb 06 2017
Testimonial

Applying Hard-Won Skills in a New Domain

28 May 2020
News

Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows

Jan 09 2015
Testimonial

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