Women at MIT Sloan

In an article on dealing with a colleague's mistakes, Deborah Ancona, a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and author of X Teams, warns that it's important to "be careful because you don't want to make anyone else see the problem if they haven't already."

Several elite business schools from around the country are making "tweaks" similar to those at HBS, with individual faculty members taking the lead. "Our approach has not been monolithic change from the top down. Tons of things are bubbling up in response to the crisis," says JoAnne Yates, deputy dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, which is considering implementing a required ethics course.

"I think this is all part of an effort Janice Loux to build a strong coalition with community groups, immigrant groups, and political leaders so there's a more united front," says Thomas A. Kochan, cochair of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT.

Chrysalis Ventures announced that MIT Sloan alumna Elizabeth Rounsavall was promoted to director of research and analytics.

MIT Sloan alumna Laurie Baird, director of technology partnerships for Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc., is among the 2009 Women of the Year Technology finalists.

Jessica Mazonson, an MIT Sloan MBA was a recipient of the prestigious Siebel Scholarship.

MIT Sloan alumna Samantha Joseph of Hingham was slated to join 179 of the world's top female skydivers in an attempt to set a women's world record in formation skydiving to raise money for breast cancer research.

In this opinion piece, MIT Sloan Prof. Deborah Ancona writes, "We all contributed to the bubble, and perhaps change will come when we all take a closer look at the consequences of our own actions."

Every organization needs a clearly articulated vision and purpose and it is the responsibility of leadership to provide it. MIT Sloan Prof. Deborah Ancona outlines a framework for leadership under uncertainty.

Former MIT Sloan graduate student Beverly Kay's book, Love 'Em Or Lose 'Em - Getting Good People to Stay, is reviewed.

MIT Sloan's Anjali Sastry says her favorite gadgets are Skype, a Nokia E71 with a built-in 3G modem and a Flip Mino camera for video blogging.

Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. announced that MIT Sloan alumna Brigitta Herzfeld, daughter of firm's founder and chairman, has joined the firm.