Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia

Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Ai-Ling Jamila Malone; Tessa Natanay Hamilton

Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | April 2016

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia

by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Tessa Natanay Hamilton

Abstract

Following a successful career as the first female Vice President of Goldman Sachs in Asia, Junko Yoda became a 2010 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During her fellowship, she set out to promote awareness, and prevent and alleviate the effects of human sex trafficking on women and children. Yoda launched CLinked, a venture that functioned "to reduce commercial exploitation of women and children by linking communities through education, health, and economic development partners to innovate local solutions." This case provides an overview of Yoda's professional experiences, exploration of the topic, and development and implementation of programs. This case may be used for courses related to social enterprise, change management, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Keywords: leadership; change management; crime; Crime and Corruption; social entrepreneurship; business and community; community impact; communities; economic development; innovation; Leadership; Change Management; Crime and Corruption; Social Entrepreneurship; Business and Community Relations; Gender; Asia;

Language: English

Format: Print

16 pages

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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone, and Tessa Natanay Hamilton. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-038, April 2016.

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