C-Suite - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
News

Action Plan: Just Breathe

In the late aughts, Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) looked like a success story. In 2006, after a successful career in consulting and the C-suite of numerous public companies, he was named COO of McCann Worldgroup, overseeing $1.5 billion in... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Mar 2014
Blog Post

Looking to the Next Decade of Change: A Recap of the 10th Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference

Donna Karan Co. All three speakers spoke about the winding routes they took to get to the C-Suite and reinforced the need for students to follow their passions and stay true to themselves in order to forge meaningful relationships in a... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

sectors who are either topical experts or who have key decision-making authority within their organizations. This includes C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, executive directors of leading NGOs and civil society organizations, senior... View Details

Career Coach

Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer

equity, managing career transitions and juggling work-life balance. She also has an expertise in coaching C-level executives of private equity backed businesses, given her years as an investor. Additionally, Annette has a passion for mentoring females building a career... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

Profile

Triston Francis

I’ve never seen anywhere else.” With his BCG internship, Triston has already initiated his post-graduate plans. Further out, he says, “I’d like to bring together the C-suite executives of companies that sell to low-income communities. A... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Consulting

20 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Taking Care to Prepare Leaders: Lessons in Leadership Development from DaVita Kidney Care

a cohort, so there’s a shared experience,” she says. “The people who went through Redwoods with me are still among my best friends in the world.” Second, she believes in exposure to C-suite executives. “We get a lot. It not only makes us... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Jun 2024
News

Research Brief: Ahead of the Game

As a lifelong runner who spent countless hours training and competing his way up to the national level, Professor Paul Gompers has always believed that his athletic experiences were critical to shaping who he is, both as a competitor and in the professional sphere. Now... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Antonio Pinna

01 Sep 2016
News

Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

corporate governance is a long- or short-term goal? —Janelle James (MBA 2008) STEWART: It is hard to say because I cannot evaluate the subtle impact that the various training programs have on the development of business executives. All I can say is that by the time a... View Details

Profile

Prita Kumar

turns in investment banking and private equity, “hoping that I would love that career path because it was filled with extremely intelligent people and highly analytical work.” While Prita did “work with C-suite executives and saw various... View Details

Profile

Mariano Bomaggio

no real experience of how C-suite executives think." His Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD) course offered a different perspective on executive leadership. "I realized how much the culture of a company influences... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Manufacturing/Energy

11 Oct 2019
News

Balancing Act

In a snapshot of the PresenceLearning leadership team taken this spring, CEO Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) stands, smiling, just right of center. She’s flanked by three other women and four men—the gender-balanced C-suite she had been... View Details

Keywords: April White; Educational Services

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Book Briefs

tomorrow's big profits. Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge by Becky Blalock (PMD 68, 1994) (Jossey-Bass) Although women hold most of the managerial and professional jobs in the workforce, they occupy only 14 percent of View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Professional Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

16 Jan 2020
News

Hitting the High Notes

needs are the same. The number-one priority among C-suite executives is talent attraction and retention,” says Sheridan, who guides companies on best practices for employee engagement. “I’ve run three companies myself, so I use a lot of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Jul 2024
News

Next Level

a slight increase from past years. Moreover, says Joseph, there are few women in visible leadership C-suite and board leadership roles like hers in the gaming world. In 2023, Joseph joined the board of directors for publisher Midwest... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace

01 Sep 2016
News

Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

this mission, Wellthy should also change the basis of competition with its pricing model. Fortunately for Wellthy, C-suite decision makers are of the right demographic to personally appreciate the problem Wellthy solves. Pricing per... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Ink

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015 Raje breaks C-suite workplaces into four categories: space used to enhance personal energy (think Zen gardens, cloth journals, and pictures of the family pup); space to create organizational... View Details

06 Aug 2020
News

Defining Flex Work

called Werk Labs. (Auerbach has since taken a position at Egon Zehnder.) In her four years at Werk, Auerbach watched a sea change in attitudes toward flexibility in the workplace. “Since we started, demand has grown exponentially,” she says. “Today, one in three... View Details

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

that business disruptions are not just potential threats, but common occurrences that demand immediate attention from CEOs, C-suite teams, and boards. It's time for leaders to take stock of their companies’ operational resilience—their... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

26 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

where C-suites are led by Black, Latinx, and other historically marginalized groups. As a mentor of mine, Caroline Hill, has said, “Systems of inequity have been designed by people, and they can be redesigned.” What are your goals for... View Details

08 Jun 2023
News

Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

who were in attendance. "They shared a bit about themselves and we all got to interview and joke with them, and welcome them," says Pérez-Riera. "The HBSLAA wants to promote Latinos, first to go to HBS, and then to get into the C-suite... View Details