Why command-and-control leadership is here to stay Herminia Ibarra 20 September 2012 Travelling through Zurich airport, one billboard always catches my eye. The ad for IWC luxury watches says ‘Engineered for men who don’t need a co-pilot.’ My friends who study...
Top 50 ranking of China’s business leaders exposes common myths Xiaowei Rose Luo, Morten T. Hansen, Herminia Ibarra and Urs Peyer 16 July 2012 “A general who fears to unsheathe his sword is not a good general,” says Mr Li Jiaxiang, Chairman of Air China from 2004...
To close the gender gap, focus on assignments Herminia Ibarra 25 May 2012 A new McKinsey study (PDF) reports statistically what we already knew from personal experience: that mid-career and senior women tend to be found disproportionally in staff jobs, or ‘pink...
Help women take the stage Herminia Ibarra 14 February 2012 Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, has been speaking out a lot lately about subtle dynamics that hold women back from reaching senior roles in business. Her TED talk and Barnard commencement speech went...
The best-performing CEOs in India Herminia Ibarra 5 February 2012 Who are the best-performing CEOs in India? Our answer to this important question is premised on the notion that the most objective test of a CEO’s leadership ought to be how the company does during...
Is ‘command and collaborate’ the new leadership model? Herminia Ibarra 3 February 2012 The theme at Davos this year was ‘The great transformation: shaping new models’. One of the models up for discussion was leadership. Panels with titles like ‘Leadership under...
