Meet the Program Faculty
Like all Harvard Business School Executive Education programs, Making Corporate Boards More Effective is taught by a core faculty of HBS professors. Our faculty members are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors.
Through publishing, consulting, and teaching, they leverage their business expertise and field-based research to create new knowledge and enduring concepts that shape the practice of management. The result is a teaching team that exposes participants to multiple perspectives, challenging their thinking and encouraging new practices that result in superior business leadership.
Rakesh Khurana,
Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit.
Jay W. Lorsch,
Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit; faculty chair of the "Corporate Governance Programs," "Leading Professional Service Firms," and "Making Corporate Boards More Effective."
Krishna G. Palepu,
Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration. Senior Associate Dean for International Development; member of the Accounting and Management Unit and the General Management Unit; faculty chair of "Global CEO Program for China"; and faculty cochair of "Building Businesses in Emerging Markets."
Walter J. Salmon,
Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing, Emeritus.
Guhan Subramanian,
H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law, Harvard Business School, and Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business, Harvard Law School. Member of the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets Unit; faculty chair of "Changing the Game: Negotiation and Competitive Decision Making."
"Making Corporate Boards More Effective was instructive, and provided valuable and practical perspective. The program was indeed a great tribute to the faculty members, who clearly invested a great deal of time in its development, and did a masterful job presenting the material in the context of interesting, topical cases. This is a terrific opportunity for directors and CEOs who are truly committed to improving the functionality of their boards."
Bob Ducommun [Director], Ducommun Incorporated, U.S.