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The Case-Based learning content is all drawn from the leading research and acclaimed work of best-selling authors, prominent professors, respected executives and practitioners.
Rick Aberman (Emotional Intelligence) is a founding partner of the Lennick Aberman Group and has been consulting with corporations and business executives for almost 20 years on the development of emotional intelligence and effective leadership.
Eric Abrahamson (Overseeing Change) is a Professor at Columbia Business School and is internationally recognized for his research on managing change, organizations, and employees.
Susan Alvey (Managing Performance) is Director of Organizational Learning and Development for Harvard Business School Publishing. Ms. Alvey is a specialist in the areas of organizational change, organizational communication, and leadership development.
Teresa Amabile (Fostering Innovation) is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, and Faculty Chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.
Joseph Badaracco (Ethical Decisions) is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at the Harvard Business School, as well as the Chair of the M.B.A. Elective Curriculum. He is the author of two books: Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right, and Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing.
Michael Beer (Removing Implementation Barriers) is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School and chairman of the Center for Organizational Fitness in Boston. He is the author of several books including The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal, co-authored with Russell Eisenstat and Bert Spector.
John Hammond (Defining Problems) is a former professor at Harvard Business School and currently an internationally known decision-making consultant. He is co-author with Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa of Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions.
Linda A. Hill (the Coach’s Role, Delegating for Growth) is a Professor and chair of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School. She is also the author of the best-selling book, Becoming a Manager.
Helen Handfield Jones (Retaining Talent) manages her own consulting company based in Toronto and previously spent twelve years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. She is the co-author of the book The War for Talent.
Dorothy Leonard (Managing Creativity) is the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She is the author of three books on innovation: Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation; When Sparks Fly: Igniting Group Creativity; and Deep Smarts (both with Walter Swap).
Dr. June Paradise Maul (Selecting Solutions) is President of Advantage Value, a consulting and education company. Previously, Dr. Maul was Chief Learning Officer at Qwest, held senior management positions at AT&T, and taught executive development programs at the graduate level.
Morgan McCall (Developing a Global Perspective) is a Professor of Management and Organization in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is the author of seven books, including Developing Global Executives: The Lessons of International Experience (with George Hollenbeck), and Advances in Global Leadership, Volume II (with William Mobley).
Annie McKee (Emotional Intelligence) is co-chair of the Teleos Leadership Institute and teaches in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and at the Wharton School’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education. She co-authored Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis
Harry Mills (Influencing Others) is the author of 22 books on influence, negotiation, and sales, including the best-selling titles: Artful Persuasion: How to Command Attention, Change Minds, and Influence People and Negotiate: The Art of Winning.
Jeff Polzer (Providing Feedback) is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School. His courses on organizational behavior and leading teams have helped M.B.A. students and executives explore factors that improve team performance.
Fred Reichheld (Cultivating Customer Loyalty) is Director Emeritus of Bain & Company and a Bain Fellow. His research projects have quantified relationships between loyalty, profits, and growth. Mr. Reichheld is the author of two books, including The Loyalty Effect, co-authored with Thomas Teal, and Loyalty Rules!
William Sahlman (Building a Business Case) is the Dimitri V. d’Arbeloff Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Professor Sahlman’s research focuses on the investment and financing decisions made in entrepreneurial ventures.
Michael Watkins (Anticipating Risk) is the author of several books, including Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers, The First 90 Days, and Predictable Surprises, co-authored with Max H. Bazerman. Mr. Watkins is the founder of Genesis Advisers, a leadership strategy consultancy and was formerly an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Holly Weeks (Difficult Interactions) is an independent consultant and author of several Harvard Business Review articles. She teaches management communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution courses at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University.
John Wells (Aligning Strategy) is a Professor of Management Practice in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School and is the James M. Collins Fund Senior Lecturer in Strategy.