Leadership Initiative
Leadership Initiative
Helping individuals effectively understand and manage these forces is a key responsibility of our Leadership Initiative.
We undertake cutting-edge research and course development projects about leadership and leadership development, both within Harvard Business School and through collaborations with other organizations.
We foster a global conversation that addresses the challenges of leadership in context—across time and location.
We encourage interdisciplinary exchange in order to bridge the gap between scholarship and practice.
Faculty Chair
Linda A. Hill
Staff
Letty Garcia
As the Associate Director of the Leadership Initiative, Letty primarily focuses on program design and implementation. She oversees the highly successful executive education programs at the Harvard Business School main campus and also in London and Mumbai. She spends the majority of her time researching and developing new program content, and leveraging her expertise in leadership development to serve as a resource for faculty and administrators. Letty also manages the Leadership Initiative’s outreach efforts and events including conferences, the guest speaker series, and workshops with the MBA student clubs.
Prior to joining HBS, Letty worked at MIT's Sloan School of Management where she coordinated the Seminar in Leadership for the MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership. Letty holds a Master of Theological Studies from the Harvard Divinity School and a Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown University.
As the Associate Director of the Leadership Initiative, Letty primarily focuses on program design and implementation. She oversees the highly successful executive education programs at the Harvard Business School main campus and also in London and Mumbai. She spends the majority of her time researching and developing new program content, and leveraging her expertise in leadership development to serve as a resource for faculty and administrators. Letty also manages the Leadership Initiative’s outreach efforts and events including conferences, the guest speaker series, and workshops with the MBA student clubs.
Prior to joining HBS, Letty worked at MIT's Sloan School of Management where she coordinated the Seminar in Leadership for the MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership. Letty holds a Master of Theological Studies from the Harvard Divinity School and a Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown University.
Karina Grazina
As the Program Manager of the Leadership Initiative (LI), Karina collaborates with the development of instructional materials, and the design and implementation of executive programs. She also conducts research in the field of leadership, leveraging the expertise enhanced in her previous role as a Harvard Administrative Fellow in the Harvard Libraries.
Prior to joining Harvard University, Karina served as a senior correspondent for Thomson Reuters in Buenos Aires, and she was also a lecturer of “Theory and Practice of Communication” at Buenos Aires University. Karina is currently an Ed. M. Candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, in the Learning, Design, Innovation & Technology program. She also holds a Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Management at the Harvard Extension School and a leadership coaching certification from Columbia University.
As the Program Manager of the Leadership Initiative (LI), Karina collaborates with the development of instructional materials, and the design and implementation of executive programs. She also conducts research in the field of leadership, leveraging the expertise enhanced in her previous role as a Harvard Administrative Fellow in the Harvard Libraries.
Prior to joining Harvard University, Karina served as a senior correspondent for Thomson Reuters in Buenos Aires, and she was also a lecturer of “Theory and Practice of Communication” at Buenos Aires University. Karina is currently an Ed. M. Candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, in the Learning, Design, Innovation & Technology program. She also holds a Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Management at the Harvard Extension School and a leadership coaching certification from Columbia University.
Ann Le Cam
As an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School (HBS), Ann combines her extensive career as a senior leader with new academic research about the mindsets and behaviours required of leaders to thrive in the current business world. Her work focuses particularly on helping to design experimental and interactive learning programs to better prepare leaders for the complexity and speed of the digital era. Ann also helps co-facilitate executive education programs around “Leading in the Digital Era” and “Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation”.
Ann brings to this role, three decades of senior leadership both at Disney Animation and Wētā FX, focused on creative talent and designing the most effective, innovative environments for them. As a business and talent leader in multinational environments she has built a reputation for innovative strategic and transformational leadership.
Ann holds a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Antwerp in Belgium and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School (HBS), Ann combines her extensive career as a senior leader with new academic research about the mindsets and behaviours required of leaders to thrive in the current business world. Her work focuses particularly on helping to design experimental and interactive learning programs to better prepare leaders for the complexity and speed of the digital era. Ann also helps co-facilitate executive education programs around “Leading in the Digital Era” and “Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation”.
Ann brings to this role, three decades of senior leadership both at Disney Animation and Wētā FX, focused on creative talent and designing the most effective, innovative environments for them. As a business and talent leader in multinational environments she has built a reputation for innovative strategic and transformational leadership.
Ann holds a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Antwerp in Belgium and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sunand Menon
As an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School, Sunand focuses on designing and running interactive learning programs to better prepare leaders for the complexity and speed of the digital era and to instill the right mindsets and behaviors to thrive in the current business world. For more than a decade, Sunand has created and given courses on digital strategy and execution, innovation and new venture development.
Sunand is a digital strategy thought leader with expertise in transforming traditional businesses and creating and leading new digital and analytics-enabled businesses. He is the founder of digital transformation advisory New Media Insight, and also serves as the Chief Product Officer of RANE, overseeing a suite of digitally delivered risk intelligence platforms which help monitor and address cyber, geopolitical and other security threats. Previously, he served as Corporate Vice President and Head of Strategy for PTC, where he spearheaded its digital transformation to a Software-as-as Service business. Sunand was also Global Head of New Ventures at Thomson Reuters, where he incubated and scaled several digital businesses such as Thomson Reuters Indices, Classifications and Expert Polling.
Sunand holds an M.Sc and B.Sc in Chemical Engineering from Delft University in the Netherlands, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
As an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School, Sunand focuses on designing and running interactive learning programs to better prepare leaders for the complexity and speed of the digital era and to instill the right mindsets and behaviors to thrive in the current business world. For more than a decade, Sunand has created and given courses on digital strategy and execution, innovation and new venture development.
Sunand is a digital strategy thought leader with expertise in transforming traditional businesses and creating and leading new digital and analytics-enabled businesses. He is the founder of digital transformation advisory New Media Insight, and also serves as the Chief Product Officer of RANE, overseeing a suite of digitally delivered risk intelligence platforms which help monitor and address cyber, geopolitical and other security threats. Previously, he served as Corporate Vice President and Head of Strategy for PTC, where he spearheaded its digital transformation to a Software-as-as Service business. Sunand was also Global Head of New Ventures at Thomson Reuters, where he incubated and scaled several digital businesses such as Thomson Reuters Indices, Classifications and Expert Polling.
Sunand holds an M.Sc and B.Sc in Chemical Engineering from Delft University in the Netherlands, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.