"Forged in Crisis" author on the makings of a great leader 04:14. Historian Nancy Koehn says great leaders are not born, they're made. Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, is the author of ...

NANCY KOEHN: If we think about the foundations of consumer society as it emerged by the end of the 1920s we can see a number of important changes that are again more clear, ...

FROM THE PUBLISHER: An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide range of readers—including those in government, business ...

Harvard University historian and bestselling author Nancy Koehn was presented with the Westmont Leadership Award at Friday’s 16th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast, where she discussed the ...

Koehn agrees, stating, “You don’t offer compassion and then compassion becomes some kind of get-out-of-jail-free card, where you can just let go of the mission.” ADVERTISEMENT Use your knowledge of ...

This is an undated photo of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Douglass is one of the subjects of historian Nancy Koehn's book about leadership in turbulent times. In her new book, Harvard historian ...

In her new book, “Forged in Crisis,” Harvard Business School professor and historian Nancy Koehn shows us how five ordinary people became unforgettable leaders. Koehn spent 10 years poring ...

Online sales expected to be up to 30 percent over last year. Susan Stamberg talks with Nancy Koehn, a professor at Harvard Business School, about online sales this holiday season.

Harvard business historian Nancy Koehn joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the historical changes in the Republican party since the days of Lincoln. In 2015, Sen. Lindsey Graham called Trump a "race ...

Harvard's Nancy Koehn joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan to talk about why they should. Is Human Resources experiencing an identity crisis? As corporate America explores its values, HR departments ...

Ellen Pao is a former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers employee who sued the venture capital firm for mistreatment and gender discrimination. Pao argued that she was held back and eventually fired ...