The Leadership Conversations on “Leadership conundrum: When Achilles meets Krishna”

23/02/2022

The Leadership Conversations on “Leadership conundrum: When Achilles meets Krishna”

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Join the renowned Harvard Business School, Professor Joseph L. Badaracco, as he talks on how does one traverse through the conundrum and prove oneself. Also, he discusses about how a leader can be ethical, moral and good throughout his or her life!

As part of the Leadership Conversations, the Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organisational Development (ADCLOD) announces a guest lecture titled “Leadership conundrum: When Achilles meets Krishna”. Join Professor Vishal Gupta & Professor Asha Kaul of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as they speak with Professor Joseph L. Badaracco on how does one traverse through the conundrum and prove oneself. Additionally, they also discuss how a leader can be ethical, moral and good throughout his or her life. Attend this fascinating talk to find out more!

Speaker

ImageJoseph L. Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses on business ethics, strategy, and management in the School's MBA and executive programs. Badaracco is a graduate of St. Louis University, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes scholar, and Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA and a DBA. In recent years, Professor Badaracco served as Chair of the MBA Program and as Housemaster of Currier House in Harvard College. He has also been chairman of the Harvard University Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility and has served on the boards of two public companies. Badaracco has taught in executive programs in the United States, Japan, and many other countries and has spoken to a wide variety of organizations on issues of leadership, values, and ethics. He is also the faculty chair of the Nomura School of Advanced Management in Tokyo. Badaracco's current research focuses on what counts as sound reflection for busy men and women who have serious responsibilities and face hard, practical problems. He has written several books on leadership, decision-making, and responsibility. These include Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose between Right and Right, Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing, Questions of Character, and The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World. These books have been translated into ten languages. Badaracco has three children and lives with his wife, Patricia O'Brien, in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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