Students celebrating their win during the first GSB Executive Challenge.
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Hear recent speakers discuss leadership
From our 'View From The Top' Speaker Series:
- Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google
- Jeff Raikes, CEO, Gates Foundation
- Abdallah Jum'ah, CEO, Saudi Aramco
- Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft
- Wendy Kopp, Founder, Teach for America
- Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico
- Carlos Brito, Chairman & CEO, InBev
more speakers on leadership...
New Faculty Publication:
Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovation
A new book by Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao explains how leaders can learn from activists and social movements, to adopt practices more likely to yield successful innovation.
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Book summary (McKinsey Quarterly)
The Ergonomics of Innovation: Another recent article by Huggy Rao about the Save 100,000 Lives Campaign (McKinsey Quarterly)
Leadership in Focus is a rich video collection of teaching resources developed for academics and corporate learning specialists that need to develop current and future managers.
Corporate Governance Research Program
- David Larcker's research questions value of commercial corporate governance ratings
- Stanford Director's Consortium brings latest research to the boardroom
Other Center Highlights:
- CLDR in the News: The Wall Street Journal interviews Evelyn Williams about leadership in the GSB's new curriculum
- Faculty Research Highlights: Professor Charles O'Reilly says leadership turnover directly affects startup success
- Faculty Seminar Reading List: Shaping the debate on Executive Compensation, with Professor Dave Larcker
Developing innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world is not for the meek, but it is part of our mission at Stanford.
Teaching, Research and Outreach
The Center provides a forum where students prepare themselves for the leadership challenges of the future, where scholars examine leadership challenges across multiple academic disciplines, and where business and other senior leaders share insights based on their diverse experiences.
Center Video Highlights:
The Leadership Channel: Our recent speakers and events
Student Views: Students react to MBA leadership curriculum
Upcoming and Recent Events
Stanford Breakfast Briefing: Finding and Developing Talent
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Center Faculty Director and Associate Professor, Frank Flynn, discussed the most popular hiring and selection practices and explained why some of them work and others don’t. In addition, he highlighted some innovative practices that successful organizations are using to ensure the most talented people rise to the executive ranks. Read more
Dean's Speaker Series, open to GSB students and faculty.
- Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft (9/25)
- Paul Otellini, President and CEO, Intel Corporation (11/7)
- Abdallah Jum'ah, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco (11/13)
- Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase (1/13)
- Brenda Barnes, Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee (2/10)
- Jeff Raikes, CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2/27)
- Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google (3/10)
- Andy Stern, President, SEIU (4/21)
- Tony Hayward, Chief Executive, BP Group (5/12)
- Jose Antonio Fernandez, Chairman and CEO, FEMSA (5/18)
- Robert Joss, Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business (5/28)
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.
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