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 business, 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.
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