The ‘outsight’ principle Herminia Ibarra 17 March 2015 “I’m like the fire patrol,” says Jacob, a 35-year-old production manager for a mid-sized European food manufacturer. “I run from one corner to the other to fix things, just to keep producing.” To step up to a...
Self-awareness in leadership development is sound, but insufficient Herminia Ibarra 16 March 2015 Increasing leadership capacity is an increasingly important part of a company’s business strategy. Unfortunately, formal leadership development efforts often fall...
The key to becoming a strategy-minded executive Herminia Ibarra 22 February 2015 Some executives believe that if they set aside a few hours each week for uninterrupted thinking, they will have more and better strategic ideas. This is not only wishful thinking,...
Beware the navel-gazing leader Herminia Ibarra 8 February 2015 Many top business schools — Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Berkeley, Kellogg to cite a few — have overhauled their MBA curricula in recent years. Among the most popular changes is increasing...
How to revive a tired network Herminia Ibarra 3 February 2015 On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? When I ask my executive students this question, most of them answer in the fours and fives....
By being authentic, you may just be conforming Herminia Ibarra 19 January 2015 Lei Jun, CEO of the $10 billion Chinese company Xiaomi, has made headlines for creating products that look and act a lot like Apple’s, such as its new, thin smartphone. And the...
