The objective of this course is to help students develop the skills necessary to build a successful business career, navigate challenges and opportunities presented in the workplace, and most effectively leverage their talent. This objective will be met by 1) case discussions on how individual star women navigated their own successful careers (with many protagonists appearing virtually as guests) and 2) by panel discussions with star CHROs who will give students an insider’s perspective on the systems that organizations leverage to manage their talents and what works and what doesn’t.

Prof. Groysberg created this “How Star Women Succeed” EC course several years ago, and it was well received and oversubscribed. Prof. Groysberg then stopped teaching in the MBA program to focus on Executive Education, where he teaches in the Owner/President Management (OPM program) and co-chairs the Women on Boards program.

This iteration of the “How Star Women Succeed” course builds upon these three courses (the original EC How Star Women Succeed course, as well OPM and Women on Board Executive Education courses) and is a more enriched and diverse version of the original, with powerful cases, lectures, exercises and guests. The experienced panelists will give students a competitive advantage when it comes to understanding the systems they will be required to navigate in order to succeed in their careers and how leaders make human capital decisions in organizations. The course will leverage the tools on Zoom to maximize participation and engagement, but most importantly, we will use this platform to bring many guests to students to diversify their sources of learning.

Lastly, the course will end with a project. Students will select female senior executives and board members to interview about the topics they care most deeply about and write a report summarizing their findings.

Grading will be based on 50% participation and 50% project.