January 10, 2013
It was leadership guru Warren Bennis who first noted that all great leaders demonstrate empathy. They intuitively understand how to identify with people on an emotional level. They have an uncanny ability to connect.
So it is with Nitin Nohria, the dean of the Harvard Business School.
It was four days before last year’s graduation when Dean Nohria received the anguished phone call at his home on a Sunday afternoon. Two distressed MBA students had some rather tragic news: an MBA classmate had gone missing in Portland, Maine.
The evening before the three students had ventured into a popular bar in Portland Harbor for a pre-graduation celebration. Just before midnight, 31-year-old Nate Bihlmaier left the bar without his friends. Apparently over-served, Bihlmaier stumbled off the pier and accidentally drowned...
So it is with Nitin Nohria, the dean of the Harvard Business School.
It was four days before last year’s graduation when Dean Nohria received the anguished phone call at his home on a Sunday afternoon. Two distressed MBA students had some rather tragic news: an MBA classmate had gone missing in Portland, Maine.
The evening before the three students had ventured into a popular bar in Portland Harbor for a pre-graduation celebration. Just before midnight, 31-year-old Nate Bihlmaier left the bar without his friends. Apparently over-served, Bihlmaier stumbled off the pier and accidentally drowned...
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