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Alumni engagement

Developing innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world is not easy, but that's our mission.

 

Teaching, Research and Outreach

The Center provides a forum where students prepare themselves for the leadership challenges of the future, where scholars examine issues of leadership across multiple academic disciplines, and where business and other senior leaders share insights based on their diverse experiences.

Center Highlights:

Exec Ed: Advanced Leadership Program for Emerging Asian-American Executives, in partnership with Ascend and Asia Society

Article: Building the Next Generation Business Leader
McKinsey interview with GSB Dean, Garth Saloner

Blog: Leading Principles | Twitter: @StnfrdLeadrship

GSB Students Speakers and events Video cases Alumni engagement

 

Upcoming and Recent Events

View from the Top

Dean's Speaker Series

  • Richard Fairbank, Chairman & CEO, Capital One, (10/4)
  • Bill George, former Chairman & CEO, Medtronic (11/14)
  • Kent Thiry, Chairman & CEO, Davita Inc., (11/17)
  • Ian Davis, ex-Managing Director, McKinsey & Co. (12/5)
  • Alvaro Uribe, Former President of Columbia (2/14)
  • Stanley McChrystal, General, US Army. Ret. (2/16)
  • Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Chairman, Ferrari (4/19)
  • Vikram Pandit, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup (4/30)
  • Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar (5/24)

Women in Leadership Speaker Series

Join us for this special series featuring high-profile executives to discuss the important role women are playing in business. Sponsored by CLDR, Women in Management (WIM), and WIN.

  • Nancy Green, EVP and Chief Creative Officer, Old Navy
    January 18, M110, 12-1 p.m.  
  • Janet Lamkin, President, Bank of America California Tuesday
    February 7, SE101, 12-1 p.m. 
  • Denise Thomas, Entrepreneur: Post Communications,
    OffRoad Capital, Les Concierges, Navigenics, Healthiest You
    February 22, M110, 12-1 p.m. 
  • Eva Semple Davis, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Warner Premiere, Warner Bros
    March 8, M110, 12-1 p.m. 

Other Recent Event Highlights:

rattnerLeadership in Context:
Leading an Industry Turnaround: Lessons from Government Interventions at GM and Chrysler

A conversation with Steve Rattner.

 

Military LeadershipLeadership in Context:
Maintaining Focus in Organizations Under Stress: Leadership Insights from the Military

In recent years, the U.S. military has sustained two ongoing wars, involving millions of troops in complex environments. We invited officers from the Army, Air Force and Marines to discuss their learnings. Watch

Connecting leadership resources at the GSB

Leadership is a hot topic. Read about some of the resources, recent events and faculty research at the GSB here.

 

[photo - Eli Harari]

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