Leadership

Dr. Alaa Murabit discusses the promotion of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at Harvard Divinity School, highlighting the intersection between women's leadership, religion, and sustainable development. She will present unique examples of...

"Business" is a taboo topic in divinity school but anyone who wants to change the world needs to understand how to think like an entrepreneur. Leading experts on social and wellness entrepreneurship, innovative leadership, and the intersection of money...

“There is a deeply rooted tradition in the United States, (and) around the world, of clergy functioning as representatives of their community and, in particular, functioning as community representatives who remind the community of their ideals,” says...

In an era of rapid change in religious identity and practice, institutional leaders across America ask “to what are we faithful?” As affiliation declines and new communities emerge, we are torn between loyalty to what has been and a desire to be part of...

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will discuss the challenges of leading a city in today's turbulent racial and political climate. Listen on SoundCloud

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was exercising on a treadmill when she received a call notifying her that she would soon become the next mayor of Baltimore. What the call didn’t explain was how her leadership abilities would be repeatedly tested. Rawlings-Blake...

As an undergraduate in Los Angeles, Nestor Pimienta was often asked by university workers if he could tutor their children to steer them toward the road he took. Driven by a passion for social justice that he attributes to having grown up in an immigrant...

HDS students Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile and HDS alumnus Derek van Bever discuss the growing numbers of the religiously unaffiliated in America. Read ‘ New Ministries for Millennials’ Listen iTunes SoundCloud

Jill Abramson, AB ’76, lecturer at Harvard University and former executive editor of The New York Times delivers the keynote address at the 2016 Dean’s Leadership Forum. Read ‘ Jill Abramson on the ‘Calling’ of Journalism’ Listen iTunes SoundCloud

On January 10, 2013, John S. Wilson (MTS '81, EdM '82, EdD '85; executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities; incoming president of Morehouse College) shared reflections on his experiences as a leader in...