The Iron Lady’s failed mid-career transition Herminia Ibarra 23 January 2012 With the recent movie, The Iron Lady, leadership scholars like myself have seized the opportunity to reflect on the lessons of her life and career. In the film we see an old and...
Are you a collaborative leader? Herminia Ibarra and Morten T. Hansen 1 August 2011 Watching his employees use a new social technology, Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com, had an epiphany. His company had developed Chatter, a Facebook inspired application for...
The best-performing CEOs in the world Morten T. Hansen, Herminia Ibarra and Urs Peyer 1 February 2010 A lot of people have blamed short-term thinking for causing our current economic troubles, which has set off a debate about what time window we should use to...
How leaders create and use networks Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter 20 January 2007 When Henrik Balmer became the production manager and a board member of a newly bought-out cosmetics firm, improving his network was the last thing on his mind. The main problem...
What’s your story? Herminia Ibarra and Kent Lineback 7 January 2005 At a recent networking event, senior managers who’d been downsized out of high-paying corporate jobs took turns telling what they had done before and what they were looking for next. Person after...
How to stay stuck in the wrong career Herminia Ibarra 1 December 2002 Everyone knows a story about a smart and talented businessperson who has lost his or her passion for work, who no longer looks forward to going to the office yet remains stuck without a visible...
