Career
Nohria served as co-chair of the HBS Leadership Initiative and sat on the executive committee of the University's interfaculty initiative on advanced leadership. Nohria is working with fellow HBS professor Rakesh Khurana,the World Economic Forum and the Aspen Institute to create a business oath,like the MBA Oath, [6] that might be used globally. In a Harvard Business Review piece published in October 2008,Khurana and Nohria linked the connection between professionalism of a profession and the profession's ability to deliver value to society. [7]
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 Nitin Nohria,Dean of the Harvard Business School,talks about leadership,case studies,and efforts to help women succeed at the school.,37:25,Charlie Rose,January 22,2015 |
On May 4,2010,Drew Gilpin Faust,President of Harvard University,appointed him as the Dean of Harvard Business School,effective July 1,2010. [8] He is the second HBS Dean,after John H. McArthur,born outside the United States and the first Dean since Dean Fouraker in the 1970s to live in the Dean's House on the HBS campus. [9] In January 2014,he tendered an apology on behalf of Harvard Business School for the perceived sexism at the school. [10]
In August 2017,Nohria argued that President Donald Trump's support for "isolationism" was detrimental to American economic prosperity,as it discouraged successful foreigners from immigrating to the US. [11]
In November 2019,Nohria announced that he would step down as dean in June 2020 but,in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,Nohria decided to stay on as dean through the end of 2020. Srikant Datar took over for him beginning January 1,2021. [12]
Nohria has won several awards and honors including the 2008 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review for "How Do CEOs Manage Their Time?" and the 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers Best Article Award for "How to Build Collaborative Advantage". [13]
