Hitendra Wadhwa
Adjunct Professor of Business
Management
BA (Honors in Mathematics), St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, 1988; MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992; PhD, 1996
Joined CBS in 2002
Office:
1171
Kravis
Phone:
212-854-8955
E-mail:
[email protected]
Fax:
212-854-7647
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Hitendra Wadhwa is Professor of Practice at Columbia Business School and founder of the Mentora Institute. He teaches Columbia's most popular MBA leadership class on Personal Leadership & Success. He also teaches MBA and Executive Education programs on Driving Strategic Impact and Leading from the Inside Out, and has received the Executive-MBA Commitment to Excellence Award, the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, the Lear Award for Service to Students, and the Columbia Marketing Association Award for the Most Dynamic and Engaging Professor.
Hitendra’s mission is to codify and teach scientific principles of success in life and leadership. With a Ph.D. in Management Science from MIT and a lifelong study of the world’s mystic traditions, Hitendra brings a mathematician’s rigor and a truth-seeker’s spirit to some of today’s most vexing questions about authenticity, success, leadership, human potential, and more. His widely acclaimed research and teaching on leadership have been covered by Inc., Forbes, Fortune, CNN, Psychology Today, BBC World Service, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal. His weekly webcast, Intersections, features acclaimed thought leaders and practitioners in the craft of leadership.
Hitendra’s Mentora Institute is at the forefront of creating a new model of leadership for the 21st century where executives achieve ever-growing Outer Impact through ever-deepening Inner Mastery. Through its digital learning platform, Mentora has created a pocket “flight simulator” for leadership that helps learners gain mastery in a wide range of leadership skills through MicroPracticeTM. His clients include Accenture, SAP, Pfizer, Tata Group, Ericsson, GE, Kraft Heinz, Siemens, a Big-4 Accounting Firm and Morgan Stanley.
In the past, Hitendra was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and the CEO/founder of a Silicon Valley start-up, Paramark, which was twice recognized as a Top-100 Internet technology company by Technologic Partners/Venture Wire.
To learn more about Hitendra, visit his website.
Teaching
Spring 2022
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Spring 2021
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Summer 2021
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Fall 2021
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Spring 2020
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Summer 2020
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Fall 2020
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Spring 2019
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Driving Strategic Impact: Mastering the Tools of Strategy Consulting
(MBA)
Summer 2019
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Fall 2019
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Spring 2018
Global Immersion: Leading from the Inside Out
(MBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Driving Strategic Impact: Mastering the Tools of Strategy Consulting
(MBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Driving Strategic Impact: Mastering the Tools of Strategy Consulting
(MBA)
Summer 2018
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Fall 2018
Personal Leadership & Success
(MBA)
Driving Strategic Impact: Mastering the Tools of Strategy Consulting
(MBA)
Personal Leadership & Success
(EMBA)
Research
Web-only articles
Beyond Cost Reduction: The Risks and Rewards of Global Services Sourcing
In Chazen Web Journal of International Business
(2005)
Coauthor(s): Hitendra Wadhwa
Working papers
Integrating Conjoint Analysis and Engineering Design
(2006)
Coauthor(s): Rajeev Kohli, Hitendra Wadhwa, Jim Christian
Ideas and Insights
In The Media
The Greeting that Could Help Get Us through This
Why Is Emotional Intelligence Building an Important Part of Management?
Joe Biden and Lucy Flores: What We Can All Learn from Their Encounter
Is This the Answer to Diversity and Inclusion?
President Trump's White House: Chaos or Effective Leadership?