Nancy Koehn, Ph.D.

Nancy Koehn, Ph.D.

Historian and James E. Robinson Chair of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Nancy Koehn is an historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robinson chair of Business Administration. She has coached leaders from many organizations and speaks frequently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and the World Business Forum. An accomplished author and historian (she earned her MA and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard), she spent ten years writing Forged in Crisis, her first book aimed at a popular audience. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and is a committed equestrian.

Speaker's Events

Riding the Crisis Roller Coaster: Positioning Yourself Emotionally Amidst Volatility

Nancy Koehn, Ph.D.

Historian and James E. Robinson Chair of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Manuel Cuevas-Trisán

Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer, Northwestern University

Sep 17 2020

Face Forward: Leading Courageously in Crisis

Nancy Koehn, Ph.D.

Historian and James E. Robinson Chair of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Tom Flemma, Ph.D.

Head of School, North Shore Country Day School

Jul 21 2020

Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times

Nancy Koehn, Ph.D.

Historian and James E. Robinson Chair of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Nov 3 2017