8 Feb 2013 | Leadership & careers, Women at work
How female leaders should handle double-standards Herminia Ibarra 8 February 2013 IMF head Christine Lagarde tells a story about a woman leader she met who took over at a tough moment in her country’s history and resolved to be different. They had to cut the...
24 Jan 2013 | Leadership & careers
Can companies both do well and do good? Morten T. Hansen, Herminia UIbarra and Urs Peyer 24 January 2013 Many management thinkers argue that it is no longer enough to do well financially; companies also need to improve the well-being of (or at least not harm) the...
3 Jan 2013 | Leadership & careers
The best-performing CEOs in the world Morten T. Hansen, Herminia Ibarra and Urs Peyer 3 January 2013 It’s no accident that chief executives so often focus on short-term financial results at the expense of longer-term performance. They have every incentive to do...
2 Jan 2013 | Leadership & careers
What else might I do? Focussing on past success may stand in the way of your potential Herminia Ibarra 2 January 2013 The more successful we are, the more vulnerable we become to limiting mindsets in how we define not just our work, but even more importantly...
15 Nov 2012 | Women at work
Despite quotas, there’s rough road ahead for women in Europe Herminia Ibarra 15 Nov 2012 “It’s done,” said European Commissioner Viviane Reding today. “The Commission has adopted my proposal for a European law so that women represent 40% of company board members...
14 Nov 2012 | Leadership & careers, Women at work
Study: women get fewer game-changing leadership roles Herminia Ibarra 14 Nov 2012 Many studies have shown that the representation of women in the senior ranks has been virtually unchanged for years, despite considerable organizational investment in talent...
20 Sep 2012 | Leadership & careers
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...
6 Sep 2012 | Women at work
Sex and the working mom Herminia Ibarra 6 September 2012 At one of the companies with which I work there is a legendary story about work-life balance. The firm’s most senior line woman was asked to join a newly constituted high-level diversity committee, which...
16 Jul 2012 | Leadership & careers
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...
25 May 2012 | Leadership & careers, Women at work
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...
