Herminia Ibarra

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School. Before joining London Business School, she was a faculty member at INSEAD and Harvard Business School.

A leading expert on leadership and career development, Thinkers 50 ranks Ibarra among the top management thinkers globally. She is a fellow of the British Academy, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, one of Apolitica’s 100 most influential people in gender policy, and the 2018 recipient of the Academy of Management’s Scholar-Practitioner Award for her research's impact on management practice.

She is the author of bestsellers like Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Ibarra also regularly contributes to top academic journals and business publications such as the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. Herminia speaks internationally on leadership and organizational transformation.