Hermina Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Ranked among the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers 50, Hermina is a highly respected authority on leadership and can speak proficiently on several leadership topics, in addition to career development & transition, identity, and women in business.
Hermina holds an MA and PhD in Organisational Behaviour from Yale and has held many prestigious teaching positions. She spent 13 years as a professor of Organisational Behaviour at Harvard Business School, five years as an instructor of Global Leadership Fellows at the World Economic Forum and 14 years as the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD before joining LBS.
One of Apolitical’s 100 most influential people in gender policy, Hermina is also a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network. An esteemed leadership writer, she regularly writes articles for prevalent academic journals and business publications including, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and New York Times. In 2018 she received the Academy of Management’s Scholar-Practitioner Award for contribution to management practice.
As a best-selling author of several books including, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, Hermina has won awards including Top 40 Case Authors by the Case Centre in 2019. She also serves as a judge for the Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Many of her books are used as guides for professional development. Recently Herminia was listed in the official Motivational Speakers Agency feature on the best organisational psychology speakers.
Having held so many influential positions in addition to her valuable contribution to the leadership literature, Hermina was listed in 50 Gurus of the World’s Most Influential Businesses. Possessing a wealth of knowledge with international exposure, Hermina now speaks internationally on leadership and organisational transformation, making appearances for TEDx, Wired and the 2018 Hr Congress.
