Leadership Institute at Harvard College
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The Leadership Institute at Harvard College (LIHC) is the largest student-run leadership
training and development organization at Harvard College
, located in Cambridge
, Massachusetts
. Founded in 2005, the Leadership Institute hosts high-profile speakers, organizes skill development workshops and forums, and publishes the annual Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine. LIHC is the umbrella organization
for four integrated programs: the Leadership Development Initiative (LDI), the Presidents' Forum (TPF), the Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine (HULM) and the LIHC-Citizen Schools Youth Outreach Initiative.
, the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Medical School
and Harvard Law School
, as well as government and corporate institutions. Members of the 2011 Executive Board are:
Members of the Board of Advisors (as of September 2011) are:
, civil service
, non-profit, social entrepreneurship
and healthcare. LIHC conducts surveys to determine the specific leadership training needs at Harvard College, and tailors its workshops to satisfy these needs, such as ethical decision-making in difficult situations, public speaking, negotiation and persuasion, leadership in entrepreneurship, dealing with organizational change, and facing competition with integrity.
In the past, LDI has hosted:
• Ray Mabus
, United States Secretary of the Navy
and former Mississippi Governor
• John Clarkeson, former CEO and Chairman of Boston Consulting Group
• Tom Monahan, CEO and Chairman of The Corporate Executive Board Company
• David Gergen
, Director of the Center for Public Leadership and adviser to presidents for over 30 years
• Bill Drayton
, CEO and Founder of Ashoka
• Lewis B. Kaden
, Vice Chairman of Citigroup
• Seth Moulton, Marine Corps
veteran in Iraq
, Special Assistant to General Petraeus
• Rye Barcott
, Founder and President of international NGO Carolina for Kibera
• Tad Hutcheson, Vice President of Marketing of AirTran Airways
• Fred Swaniker, Co-Founder and CEO of the African Leadership Academy
• Alan Khazei
, Co-Founder and former CEO of City Year
• Jim Mongan, President and CEO of Partners HealthCare
, former President of the Massachusetts General Hospital
LDI has also hosted workshops on Public Speaking, Sales, Negotiations, Managing Organizational Transitions, Building an Effective Team Culture, Effective Delegation, Organizational Sustainability and Growth, Elevator Pitches, and Using Your Emotions as you Negotiate.
• Carl Hobert, Founder and Executive Director of Axis of Hope Center for Conflict Resolution and Prevention
• Bill George
, HBS Professor of Management Practice, author of True North
, and former CEO of Medtronic
, Inc.
• Abigail Levy, McKinsey innovations expert
In August 2011, LIHC held the YOUth Lead the Change summer camp for high school students.
In January 2011, LIHC helped lead the Freshman Leadership Initiative.
Additionally, the Leadership Institute in July 2009 announced they had received a grant from the Flora Family Foundation to promote leadership resources both at Harvard University and the broader community.
Partnership with the Ivy Council
The Leadership Institute works with the Ivy Council
to facilitate a coordinated response to the leadership challenges faced by all eight Ivy League
schools.
Ivy Leadership Summit XII
In the 2011-2012 school year, LIHC and the Ivy Council
will host the Ivy Leadership Summit which brings together student leaders from all eight Ivy League
schools.
Leadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
training and development organization at Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
, located in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Founded in 2005, the Leadership Institute hosts high-profile speakers, organizes skill development workshops and forums, and publishes the annual Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine. LIHC is the umbrella organization
Umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations...
for four integrated programs: the Leadership Development Initiative (LDI), the Presidents' Forum (TPF), the Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine (HULM) and the LIHC-Citizen Schools Youth Outreach Initiative.
History and Structure
Founded in 2005 by four Harvard undergraduates, LIHC was established in response to the lack of leadership development resources available to Harvard College students. More recently, in September 2008, LIHC announced its definition of leadership: "the skill of motivating, guiding and empowering a team towards a socially responsible vision." The Leadership Institute is guided by an Executive Board of eight undergraduates and a Board of Advisors drawn from Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
, the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
, as well as government and corporate institutions. Members of the 2011 Executive Board are:
| Position | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| President | Karen Ding | |
| Vice Presidents | Eric Michel & Reid McCann | |
| Director of External Relations | Pooja Venkatraman | |
| Director of LDI | Kara Kubarych | |
| Director of TPF | Peter Chen | |
| Managing Editor of HULM | Linxi Wu | |
| Director of Social Outreach | Brianne Holland-Stergar | |
Members of the Board of Advisors (as of September 2011) are:
| Adam Berlin |
| Andrea Berlin |
| Jennifer Cho |
| George Davies |
| Grace Hou |
| Hermioni Lokko |
| Matthew McKnight |
| Jerry Murphy |
| William Niebling |
| Tiffany Niver |
| Meghan Pasricha |
| Christina Riechers |
| Nabihah Sachedina |
| Emily Slota |
| Aly Spencer (Chairperson) |
| Meghan Pasricha |
| Mike Trejo |
| Regan Turner |
Leadership Development Initiative
The Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) hosts skill-building workshops (the Skills Development Series) and speaker events with veteran leaders (Biography Speaker Series) to connect undergraduates with exemplary role models. Speakers are drawn from all sectors, including businessBusiness
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
, civil service
Civil service
The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....
, non-profit, social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
and healthcare. LIHC conducts surveys to determine the specific leadership training needs at Harvard College, and tailors its workshops to satisfy these needs, such as ethical decision-making in difficult situations, public speaking, negotiation and persuasion, leadership in entrepreneurship, dealing with organizational change, and facing competition with integrity.
In the past, LDI has hosted:
• Ray Mabus
Ray Mabus
Raymond Edwin "Ray" Mabus, Jr. is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy. Mabus served as the 60th Governor of the U.S...
, United States Secretary of the Navy
United States Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...
and former Mississippi Governor
• John Clarkeson, former CEO and Chairman of Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with offices in 42 countries. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world. It is one of only three companies to appear in the top 15 of Fortunes "Best Companies to Work For" report for...
• Tom Monahan, CEO and Chairman of The Corporate Executive Board Company
The Corporate Executive Board Company
The Corporate Executive Board Company is a for-profit, publicly-traded firm that provides best practices research and analysis to business executives and professionals worldwide. CEB offers benchmarking datasets, decision-support tools, research briefs, and case studies, as well as executive...
• David Gergen
David Gergen
David Richmond Gergen is an American political consultant and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. He is currently Director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of public service at Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is...
, Director of the Center for Public Leadership and adviser to presidents for over 30 years
• Bill Drayton
Bill Drayton
William "Bill" Drayton is a social entrepreneur. Born in 1943 in New York City, U.S. Drayton was named by US News & World Report as one of America's 25 Best Leaders in 2005...
, CEO and Founder of Ashoka
• Lewis B. Kaden
Lewis B. Kaden
Lewis B. Kaden is a Vice Chairman at Citigroup Inc.Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Kaden had spent most of his career in academia and working as a high-powered lawyer. He spent 21 years with the large international law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell and also taught labor relations and constitutional...
, Vice Chairman of Citigroup
• Seth Moulton, Marine Corps
Marine corps
A marine is a member of a force that specializes in expeditionary operations such as amphibious assault and occupation. The marines traditionally have strong links with the country's navy...
veteran in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Special Assistant to General Petraeus
• Rye Barcott
Rye Barcott
Rye Barcott is author of . He is a former Marine and cofounder of , an acclaimed non-governmental organization that uses a unique model of participatory development to break cycles of violence and develop leaders in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya...
, Founder and President of international NGO Carolina for Kibera
Carolina for Kibera
Founded in 2001 by Rye Barcott, Salim Mohamed, and the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, Carolina for Kibera is a 501 international non-governmental organization based in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. CFK has an office and youth center in Kibera, as well as support services based at the Center for...
• Tad Hutcheson, Vice President of Marketing of AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of the Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines, is an American low-cost airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida. AirTran operates over 650 daily flights , primarily in the eastern and midwestern United States...
• Fred Swaniker, Co-Founder and CEO of the African Leadership Academy
African Leadership Academy
The African Leadership Academy is a residential, secondary institution located in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa for 15–18 year-olds, from all 54 African nations and around the world....
• Alan Khazei
Alan Khazei
Alan Khazei is an American social entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change, Inc., a Boston-based group dedicated to building national coalitions of non-profit organizations and citizens to enact legislation on issues such as poverty and education...
, Co-Founder and former CEO of City Year
City Year
City Year is an education-focused nonprofit organization that partners with public schools to provide full-time targeted intervention keeping students in school and on track to graduate...
• Jim Mongan, President and CEO of Partners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
, former President of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
LDI has also hosted workshops on Public Speaking, Sales, Negotiations, Managing Organizational Transitions, Building an Effective Team Culture, Effective Delegation, Organizational Sustainability and Growth, Elevator Pitches, and Using Your Emotions as you Negotiate.
The Presidents' Forum
The Presidents' Forum (TPF) brings together the Presidents, Managing Editors and Captains of Harvard's student organizations and Varsity sports teams in bi-monthly discussion forums and an annual banquet (the President's Banquet). The Presidents' Banquet is the largest gathering of student leaders at Harvard College, and enables student leaders to learn from each others' experiences and establish life-long friendships and correspondences. Past keynote speakers of the Banquet include:• Carl Hobert, Founder and Executive Director of Axis of Hope Center for Conflict Resolution and Prevention
• Bill George
Bill George
William J. George was a professional football player, playing linebacker, for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams....
, HBS Professor of Management Practice, author of True North
True north
True north is the direction along the earth's surface towards the geographic North Pole.True geodetic north usually differs from magnetic north , and from grid north...
, and former CEO of Medtronic
Medtronic
Medtronic, Inc. , based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the world's largest medical technology company and is a Fortune 500 company.- History :...
, Inc.
• Abigail Levy, McKinsey innovations expert
Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine
The annual Harvard Undergraduate Leadership Magazine (HULM) was inaugurated in 2008 with the intention of empowering students to examine leadership through multiple perspectives and to construct their own conceptions of what it means to be a true leader. The full-color publication features articles on leadership skills as well as interviews and biographies. The magazine has a circulation of 1000. Featured leaders include:- George Bennett, co-founder of Bain & CompanyBain & CompanyBain & Company is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Bain is considered one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the world, with 47 offices in 30 countries and over 5,500 professionals on staff globally...
- Ashley JuddAshley JuddAshley Judd is an American television and film actress, who has played lead roles in films including Ruby in Paradise, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, Where the Heart Is and High Crimes...
, actress - Jim LeachJim LeachJames Albert Smith "Jim" Leach is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa. In August 2009, he became Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ....
, former Institute of Politics Director and Congressman - Barbara KellermanBarbara Kellerman (academic)Barbara Kellerman is a professor of public leadership, currently at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Previously, she was a professor at Fordham, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, Uppsala, and Dartmouth universities...
, Founding Executive Director of the Center for Public LeadershipCenter for Public LeadershipThe Center for Public Leadership is an American learning institution that provides teaching, research and training in the practical skills of leadership for people in government, nonprofits, and business. It was established in 2000, through a gift from the Wexner Foundation, at Harvard Kennedy...
, Lecturer in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School - Michael Kempner, Founder, President and CEO of MWW Group
- Steve Paca, Founder and CEO of Endeca Technologies
- Jay Harris, Dean of Undergraduate Education at Harvard
- Jim Brantner, physician and Vietnam War veteran, Chief of Plastic Surgery at two regional teaching hospitals
Social Outreach
In 2009, LIHC began an experimental youth outreach program, targeting at-risk middle school students in the Boston area. This program, a partnership with the nationally renowned Citizen Schools program, aims to provide pertinent leadership skills for youth. The program has now expanded to 3 schools and hopes to expand in the future.Special Initiatives
LIHC spearheads a number of special initiatives to expand its impact at and beyond Harvard.In August 2011, LIHC held the YOUth Lead the Change summer camp for high school students.
In January 2011, LIHC helped lead the Freshman Leadership Initiative.
Additionally, the Leadership Institute in July 2009 announced they had received a grant from the Flora Family Foundation to promote leadership resources both at Harvard University and the broader community.
Partnership with the Ivy Council
The Leadership Institute works with the Ivy Council
Ivy Council
The Ivy Council is a 501c3 Federal Tax-Exempt Organization of student government leaders, student organization leaders, and students at large from the colleges and universities of the Ivy League...
to facilitate a coordinated response to the leadership challenges faced by all eight Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
schools.
Ivy Leadership Summit XII
In the 2011-2012 school year, LIHC and the Ivy Council
Ivy Council
The Ivy Council is a 501c3 Federal Tax-Exempt Organization of student government leaders, student organization leaders, and students at large from the colleges and universities of the Ivy League...
will host the Ivy Leadership Summit which brings together student leaders from all eight Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
schools.