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Christina R. Wing

Christina R. Wing

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

Technology and Operations Management
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Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer teaching in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at the Harvard Business School.  She currently teaches first year TOM (Technology Operations Management) and first year LCA (Leadership and Corporate Accountability) students.  Mrs. Wing is also an active participant in teaching and chairing Executive Education Programs that specialize in operations and family office work.  Christina currently gives many speeches on leadership and understanding the different chapters of your life and has a passion for researching tradeoffs. She firmly believes that you can have it all, just not all at once.

Prior to teaching at Harvard Business School, Christina held a variety of roles within the Finance and General Management fields.  She was most recently President and CEO of a family office where she oversaw a team of people and assets within real estate, art, collectables, private investments and philanthropic activities.  Mrs. Wing’s prior experience included being a founder of Wing O’Donnell Ventures, an independent financial consulting and investment advisory practice.  Christina was the CFO and head of operations at a startup venture formed by several of her HBS classmates that she joined in the early stages.  She began her career in equities and energy investment banking, where she worked at Goldman Sachs and Kidder Peabody.  Notably, Christina spent a year in Australia working on the privatization of the utility industry.  She has served on many company boards.

A native of The Woodlands, Texas she graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1993 with a BBA in Finance and Organizational Behavior and Business Policy and she also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998.

Mrs. Wing is a very active participant in several charitable organizations.  She is currently on the board of The Steppingstone Foundation, Operation Grateful Nation and Aspen Junior Golf.  Christina resides in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with her husband Tad and their three children.  

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Demystifying Family Businesses

This course is primarily designed for students who are pursuing a career in family run businesses, family owned businesses, investment roles in family offices, or students that might invest in or wholly purchase a family owned business through a private equity firm, search fund model or a public company that through dual class stock is still family controlled.

The course is also useful for students who are planning to work in companies that advise or support family owned businesses. It may further be interesting for students seeking to advance their knowledge of general management, strategy, succession and governance issues in the context of a challenging and sometimes emotionally driven work environment.

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Technology and Operations Management

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and delivery of services. Topics include: process analysis, cross-functional and cross-firm integration, product development, information technology, as well as technology and operations strategy.

Leadership and Corporate Accountability

In this course, students learn about the complex responsibilities facing business leaders today. Through cases about difficult managerial decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students about management and governance systems leaders can use to promote responsible conduct by companies and their employees, and shows how personal values can play a critical role in effective leadership.

Families in Business

Like every company, family businesses must strive for growth amidst fierce competition, an evolving marketplace, and demanding customers. But family businesses also face a unique set of challenges and opportunities. In this Executive Education program, participants discover how to leverage the intrinsic strengths of their family business and to implement practices that drive high performance, shareholder loyalty, and healthy family relationships.

Related Link: https://www.exed.hbs.edu/families-business/
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