women in leadership

Unique Insights on Leadership and Search with Helene Reltgen, Egon Zehnder

Unique Insights on Leadership and Search with Helene Reltgen, Egon Zehnder

Founded by an HBS grad, Egon Zehnder is the world's largest privately-held executive search firm. In this episode, host Denise Silber interviews EZ senior partner Helene Reltgen, an HBS MBA with fascinating insights on leadership skills, digital transformation, becoming a board member, diversity, and coaching.

How to Turn a Winning Business School Pitch Into a Unicorn, with Dr. Lissy Hu, HBS MBA

 How to Turn a Winning Business School Pitch Into a Unicorn, with Dr. Lissy Hu, HBS MBA

How do you launch a billion-dollar health tech business coming out of business school without prior business or tech experience? In this episode, host Denise Silber interviews Dr. Lissy Hu, a Harvard MD MBA, whose winning HBS business competition idea for solving a healthcare system problem, turned into a going concern acquired at $1.3B in 2020.

Building the #1 Mobile Data Collection Platform with Empathy

Building the #1 Mobile Data Collection Platform with Empathy

Host, Denise Silber and guest, Audrey Philippot, intrapreneur and Managing Director of SAAS at social enterprise Dimagi, discuss how Audrey’s empathic team leadership style contributes to the success of the CommCare platform, used in 80 countries and ranked first in mobile data collection.

The Forever Transaction

The Forever Transaction

In this episode of HAE Invites, host Philip Guarino interviews Robbie Kellman Baxter, Harvard alumnus and consultant with Peninsula Strategies, discuss her new book, The Forever Transaction. We are familiar with subscription-based services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, our local gym. But Robbie argues that a membership-based approach can be far more widely adopted by business, improving engagement, cashflow and profitability. Yet shifting from a purely transactional relationship requires organizational buy-in and commitment.