Herminia Ibarra. Professor, author and speaker.
Herminia Ibarra. Professor, author and speaker.
A world authority on leadership, career transition and women’s advancement
Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Prior to LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties for over 25 years. She teaches executives and masters students on leadership, organisational transformation and career development.
Herminia’s books and articles are founded on rigorous research and pose some of the most important business questions of our time: How do I reinvent my career? How do I transition to a more senior leadership role? How do we reduce the barriers to women reaching top management roles? What will leadership look like in the age of AI?
Books
In this unconventional book, Herminia provides the first practical guide on how to change when you also need to lead. Defying standard leadership development guidance, which encourages deep self-reflection into strengths and weaknesses, this book shows that the most effective way to change is through action, not analysis, and by learning from experience, not introspection.
Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of reinventing ourselves. Feeling unfulfilled, burned out, or just plain unhappy with what we’re doing, we long to make that leap into the unknown. In this powerful book, Herminia presents a new model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything we’ve learned from ‘career experts’.
Latest articles
Herminia writes for the leading academic journals, business publications, and international news media, on leadership and organisational transformation.
Professor
Herminia is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and has served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties. In 2019 she was awarded the LBS Excellence in Teaching prize and Thinkers 50 ranks her among the world’s top management thinkers.
Author
Herminia’s books, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity are bestsellers in their field. Both were updated by Harvard Business Press for their second editions in 2023. Her articles are published in leading academic journals, business publications, and international news media. She is a bestselling case author, as ranked by the Case Center.
Speaker
Herminia speaks internationally on leadership and transformation for organisations, and at conferences that include TEDx, WIRED Smarter and the World Business Forum.
The authenticity paradox
TEDx, London Business School
What will leadership look like in the age of AI?
WIRED Smarter