James Dowd
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James J. Dowd is Senior Fellow in Executive Education at Harvard Business School, a faculty appointment he has held since 2004. In that role, he works closely with CEOs, CHROs, and their teams to design and deliver custom executive education programs. In addition to teaching leadership and change, he typically serves as faculty chair in these programs, engaging faculty colleagues with relevant expertise to join the program team, and coordinating overall program delivery.
From 1994 to 2004 Jim Dowd was Professor of Organizational Behavior at IMD, a leading institute for executive education located in Lausanne, Switzerland. For five years he was a member of IMD’s Management Committee with responsibility for the portfolio of custom-designed partnership programs. From 1994 to 1999 he directed the open enrollment program Mobilizing People, focusing on leadership and teamwork. He was also faculty Program Director for IMD’s custom programs with Bertelsmann, Hoffman-LaRoche, Julius Bär, and RWE, among other clients.
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