Herminia Ibarra is the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD. As a well-known expert on professional and leadership development, Prof.

Ten years ago, Herminia Ibarra was “dragged kicking and screaming” into a job as chair of her department at Insead, the international graduate business school. A year into the new role, she was ...

The concept of “authenticity” means many different things to different people: not putting on a show, being true to one’s values, being transparent, feeling aligned with one’s integrity, etc. For many ...

Herminia Ibarra, author of “Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader” and professor at INSEAD, on moving forward, even when it’s not comfortable. Herminia Ibarra, author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like ...

Herminia Ibarra, professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD and coauthor of the HBR article “The Best-Performing CEOs in the World.” Featured Guest: Herminia Ibarra, professor of organizational ...

Your “authentic self” may be just an excuse to stay in your comfort zone. Here’s how your leadership style might be getting in the way of success. Many young people are advised at some point in their ...

The Find: Whether it's reality or just a persistent bias, perceptions that female executives lack vision may be keeping some women from reaching the C-suite. The Source: Research by INSEAD professor ...

We’d call Herminia Ibarra a Renaissance woman if we didn’t think that description sold her a little short. As a scholar, thought leader, best-selling author and speaker, Ibarra’s intelligence and ...

“You can only learn what you need to know about your job and about yourself by doing it—not by just thinking about it.” That may be a strange way for someone who thinks about (and teaches and writes ...

Aimed at mid-career professionals who have invested much in careers that may no longer fully satisfy, Ibarra's book challenges the traditional belief that a meticulous assessment of one's skills and ...