How Can You Manage Yourself To Lead Others? 

Margaret C. Andrews shares why great leadership begins with self-understanding

In today’s rapidly changing higher education landscape, effective leadership starts from within. We are thrilled to welcome a very special guest to this webinar: Margaret C. Andrews, renowned leadership expert and author of Manage Yourself to Lead Others: Why Great Leadership Begins with Self-Understanding.

Together, we’ll explore:

  • Harnessing the power of self-understanding to become a more authentic, successful leader

  • Slowing down to speed up: Why leadership learning is not linear, and growth is an S-curve

  • What’s holding so many academic leaders back – and how we can move forward with confidence and resilience.

Margaret C. Andrews is a speaker, author, and educator with over 30 years of experience at the highest echelons of business and higher education. She ran the MBA program at the MIT Sloan School of Management before becoming Associate Dean for Management Programs at Harvard University. Her course, Managing Yourself and Leading Others, is among the most popular classes and executive programs at Harvard and the foundation for much of her speaking and writing. She is also the founder of The MYLO Center, a leadership education and professional development firm.

In all of her work, Margaret combines the best of business and academia to help executives and high-achieving professionals transform their leadership practice — and by extension, their world.

 

Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM CEST
Duration: 1 Hour

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