MIT has a long history of turning leadership upside down, starting with the founder of social psychology Kurt Lewin and continuing with a series of foundational leadership scholars. This was formalized in the founding of the MIT Leadership Center by Deborah Ancona in 2005. We’re continuing their mission to share MIT’s brand of leadership with students who will become tomorrow’s problem solvers, tomorrow’s leaders.
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Our Vision
A global MIT community who engages and enables others to confront and solve the world’s pressing problems.
Our Mission
The MIT Leadership Center helps students build the self-knowledge and collaborative capability necessary to make positive organizational and societal change.
Our Team
We are a small but mighty team dedicated to helping MIT students develop as dynamic leaders equipped to collaborate with others to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Meet our team
Nelson P. Repenning
Management Science
School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies
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Director, MIT Leadership Center
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Associate Director, MIT Leadership Center
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Associate Director, MIT Leadership Center
Learn MoreNicki Roth
Executive Coaching Lead, MIT Leadership Center
Learn MoreAllison Pepi
Program Coordinator, MIT Leadership Center
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Senior Lecturer and Advisor, MIT Leadership Center
Learn MoreContact Us
- E52-255, 50 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02142
- mitleadership@mit.edu
- Tel: (617) 253-6222
MIT Leadership Center Community
Bridget Scott Akinc
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Senior Lecturer
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Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Seley Distinguished Professor of Management
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Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Senior Lecturer, MIT Leadership Center
Learn MoreLou Bergholz
Senior Lecturer, Leadership Center
Learn MoreKara Blackburn
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Senior Lecturer, Managerial Communication
Learn MoreEmilio J. Castilla
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
NTU Professor of Management
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