Heidi K. Gardner

Heidi K. Gardner
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania; London School of Economics; London Business School
Occupation(s)Author, professor, consultant
Known forSmart collaboration
Websitewww.gardnerandco.co

Heidi K. Gardner is an American advisor and facilitator for businesses and organizations. She is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and former professor at Harvard Business School.[1] She is the faculty chair and instructor of the Smarter Collaboration Master Class and Sector Leadership Master Class at Harvard Law School,[2] and an instructor in multiple executive education programs at Harvard Business School.[3]

Gardner has authored (or co-authored) more than 100 books, chapters, case studies, and articles.[4] This includes Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos and its successor Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work. Her research has been featured in major media outlets around the globe, including Harvard Business Review, The Economist,[5] Time,[6] Boston Globe, Fast Company,[7] Chief Executive,[8] The National Law Review,[9] Financial Times,[10] MSN.com, CNN Money, Fortune.com,[11] and CBSNews.com.[12]

Gardner has lived and worked on four continents, including as a Fulbright Fellow, and for McKinsey & Company and Procter & Gamble. She earned her BA in Japanese Studies from the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude), a master's degree from the London School of Economics, and a second master's and PhD from London Business School.

  1. ^ "Heidi K. Gardner". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  2. ^ "Heidi K. Gardner". Professional and Lifelong Learning. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  3. ^ "Leading Professional Service Firms - Teaching Team - Executive Education - Harvard Business School". HBS Executive Education. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  4. ^ "About". Gardner and Co. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  5. ^ "Laid-off lawyers, cast-off consultants". The Economist. January 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "How Teams Can Achieve 'Smarter Collaboration'". Time. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  7. ^ "4 mistakes you're probably making that hurt your ability to collaborate". 2022.
  8. ^ Heidi K. Gardner; Ivan A. Matviak (2022-10-18). "8 Ways To Beat Back Pressure in Real Time". ChiefExecutive.net. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  9. ^ Spear, Eilene (September 29, 2015). "Law Firm Collaboration: A Way Forward". The National Law Review.
  10. ^ "Trust is hard to come by in the workplace". Financial Times. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  11. ^ Rouen, Ethan (August 10, 2011). "Thinking beyond pay to keep your star employees". Fortune.com.
  12. ^ Silverthorne, Sean (July 16, 2009). "Teams Less Effective When Stakes are High". No. MoneyWatch. CBSNews.com.