Jim Dowd

Function: Senior Fellow
Instituition: Harvard Business School - Executive Education

Areas of Expertise:

  • Leadership development
  • Building effective teams
  • Organizational culture
  • Leading change

Experience:

  • Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School, 2004-present
  • Professor of Organizational Behavior, IMD, 1994-2004
  • Assistant Professor of Commerce, University of Virginia, 1988-1994

Educational Background:

  • Harvard University:
    D.B.A., Organizational Behavior, 1987
    M.B.A., 1982
    B.A., English and American Language and Literature, 1978

Why Bertelsmann?

As an organization, Bertelsmann demands the best in executive education and development. It seeks out new ideas, it experiments with new learning methods, and it challenges and supports program faculty to exceed high participant expectations.

Bertelsmann executives come to programs to learn. They ask great questions, they share their knowledge, and they challenge faculty and each other to apply the learning to their work in Bertelsmann.  They are also quick to play and to laugh together.  My very best moments in the classroom and in program dinners, in Europe and in the US, have been with Bertelsmann.  I look forward to every program with you!