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James Hunt

  • Associate Professor
Academic Division: Management
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James M. Hunt is an Associate Professor of Management at Babson College, where he teaches leadership, entrepreneurship and sustainability. James has held the Charles Barton and Charles McCarthy Term Chairs during his career at Babson. In 2009 James was awarded the Dean's Prize for Teaching in All Programs. In 2003 he was a co-recipient of the first Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching and Service. James is currently the co-Chair of Babson's Undergraduate Academic Policy Council. He has twice served as the Chair of the Babson College Management Division.

James' research focuses on personal and leadership development, and sustainability leadership. He is currently engaged in sustainability related case writing including work on the Blackstone Valley of New England and its role in the industrial revolution, and one of the U.S.'s first superfund sites, Nyanza, in Ashland, MA. James has been the co-author of three books, including the best seller, The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business now in it's second edition, as well as The Coaching Organization: A Strategy for Developing Leaders and the Executive Coaching Handbook. His co-authored paper, “Learning Developmental Coaching,” (Journal of Management Education, 2004), received the “Best Paper in Management Development Award” from the Academy of Management in 1999. James is also a fine art environmental photographer. He has had numerous one person exhibitions, including most recently, "Deindustrialization: The Mills of the Blackstone Valley," in the fall of 2019.

James has consulted with numerous organizations throughout the United States including Bose Corporation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Genzyme and Children's Hospital. He is a committed environmentalist and environmental photographer. James lives in Grafton with his wife, Chris.

Academic Degrees

  • Ph D, Boston University School of Management
  • MS, Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work
  • BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Academic Interest / Expertise

Management and Organizational Behavior; Executive Coaching and Developmental Coaching; Leadership; Leadership Development; Strategic Human Resource Management; Talent Management; Career Management

Awards & Honors

  • 2014 — Deshpande Award for Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Entrepreneurship, Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
  • 2009 — Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching in All Programs, Babson College
  • 2006 — Charles C. Barton Term Chair, Babson College
  • 2003 — Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching and Service, Alumni Association
  • 2003 — Honorable mention for paper reviews ,
  • 2002 — Best reviewer award from the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management, Management Consulting Division
  • 1999 — Best Paper in Management Development, Academy of Management
  • 1999 — Finalist in the Decision Sciences Institute Best Case Studies Award Competition, Decision Sciences Institute
  • 1997 — Charles E. McCarthy Term Chair, Babson College

Courses

  • Degree Courses 2025

    • FME 1001 FOUNDS MGMT & EPS

  • Degree Courses 2024

    • FME 1000 FOUNDATIONS OF MGMT & ENTREPRENEURS
    • FME 1001 FOUNDS MGMT & EPS

  • Degree Courses 2023

    • FME 1000 FOUNDATIONS OF MGMT & ENTREPRENEURS
    • MOB 7800 MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS
    • FME 1001 FOUNDATIONS OF MGMT & ENTREPRENEURS

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Hunt, J.M., Langowitz, N.S., Rollag, K.W., Hebert-Maccaro, K. (2017). Helping Students Make Progress in Their Careers: An Attribute Analysis of Effective vs Ineffective Student Development Plans. The International Journal of Management Education. Vol: 15, Issue: 3, Page: 397 - 408. Elsevier. link
  • Deets, S.G., Greenberg, D., Erzurumlu, S.S., Hunt, J.M., Manwaring, M.M., Rodgers, V.L., Swanson, E. (2017). Signing to Living PRME: Learning from a Journey Towards Responsible Management Education. The International Journal of Management Education. Vol: 15, Issue: 2, Page: 205-218.
  • Yamakawa, Y., McKone-Sweet, K.E., Hunt, J.M., Greenberg, D. (2016). Expanding the Focus of Entrepreneurship Education: A Pedagogy for Teaching the Entrepreneurial Method. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship. Vol: 27, Issue: 2, Page: 19. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship.
  • Weintraub, J.R., Hunt, J.M. (2015). 4 Reasons Managers Should Spend More Time on Coaching. Harvard Business Review (Print Edition). link
  • Hunt, J.M. (2010). Organizational Coaching and the Employee Assistance Professional. Journal of Employee Assistance Professionals. Vol: 40, Issue: 1, Page: 8 - 10. Employee Assistance Professionals Association.
  • Hunt, J.M., Schlosser, B., Steinbrenner, D., Kumata, E. (2006). The coaching impact study: Measuring the value of executive coaching. International Journal of Coaching in Organizations. Issue: 3, Page: 8 – 26.
  • Weintraub, J.R., Hunt, J.M. (2004). Learning Developmental Coaching. Journal of Management Education. Vol: 28, Issue: 1, Page: 39-61.
  • Hunt, J.M. (2004). Make Informal Coaching Part of Your Routine. Healthcare Executive. Issue: May/June, Page: 38.
  • Weintraub, J.R., Hunt, J.M. (2004). The Coaching Organization: Building a Learning Culture. Insights Magazine. New England Human Resources Association .
  • Weintraub, J.R., Hunt, J.M. (2003). The Coaching Manager: Myths and Possibilities. Insights Magazine. New England Human Resources Association .
  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J. (2002). How coaching can enhance your brand as a manager. Journal of Organizational Excellence. Issue: February.
  • Landry, E.M., Hunt, J.M., Rao, J.A. (2000). Using Performance Excellence Programs to Create a Strategic Revolution in the Firm. Journal of Innovative Management. Page: 1-12.
  • Hunt, J.M., Handler, W. (1999). The Practices of Effective Family Firm Leaders. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Issue: December.
  • Hunt, J.M., McCollom, M. (1994). Methodological Problems in the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations. Journal of Consulting Psychology. Vol: 46, Issue: 2, Page: 1-11.

Books

  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J.R. (2017). The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business, Third Edition. Issue: 3, Page: 360. Sage Publishing. link
  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J.R. (2011). The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business. Issue: 2nd, Page: 328. Sage Publications, Inc..
  • Weintraub, J.R., Hunt, J.M. (2007). The Coaching Organization A Strategy for Developing Leaders. Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J. (2006). The Coaching Organization. Sage Publications.
  • Hunt, J.M., Ennis, S., Goodman, R., Hodgetts, W., Otto, J., Stern, L., Yahanda, N., Vitti, M. (2004). The Executive Coaching Handbook.
  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J. (2002). The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business. Sage Publications.

Book Chapters

  • Hunt, J.M., Turner, L.B., Taylor, S.N., Greenberg, D. (2024). Building sustainability leadership: Rethinking curriculum design and the role of the faculty. : Higher education for the sustainable development goals: Bridging the global north and south . Page: 127-143. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Carey, J.C., Hunt, J.M. (2023). Emotional competency in the interdisciplinary classroom: A systems thinking perspective: Business Schools, Leadership and Sustainable Development Goals: The Future of Responsible Management Education. Page: 15. Taylor & Francis.
  • Manwaring, M.M., Greenberg, D., Hunt, J.M. (2016). Walking the talk: Empowering undergraduate business students to act on their values: Educating for Responsible Management: Putting Theory into Practice. Page: 20. Greenleaf Publishing. link
  • Greenberg, D., Hunt, J.M. (2015). Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders - Integrating Entrepreneurship Education and Organizational Behavior in the First Year: Evolving Entrepreneurial Education: Innovation in the Babson Classroom. Page: 99-118. Emerald Publishing.
  • Hunt, J.M., Langowitz, N.S., Rollag, K.W., Herbert-Maccaro, K. (2011). Learning from and Leveraging Self-Awareness: The New Entrepreneurial Leader: Developing Leaders Who Will Shape Social and Economic Opportunity . Page: 164-183. Berrett-Koehler Publishers .
  • Weintraub, J.R., Hunt, J.M. (2007). The Manager’s Guide to Coaching and Delivering Feedback to the College Intern: Total Internship Management: The Employer's Guide to Building the Ultimate Internship Program. Intern Bridge, Inc.
  • Hunt, J.M. (2004). Successful Executive Coaching from the Consumer’s Perspective: Creative Consulting: Research in Management Consulting. Vol: 4, Page: 165 – 200. IAP Press.
  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J. (2002). Executive Coaching as the Intervention of Choice for Derailing Executives: Some Unanswered Questions: Research in Management Consulting. Vol: 2. IAP Press.
  • Hunt, J.M., Weintraub, J., Brown, W., Schiffman, S., Bosse, C. (1998). Listening to the Customer: External Assessment of Competencies at Babson College: The Bases of Competence, Skills for Lifelong Learning and Employability. Jossey-Bass.

Other

  • Landry, E.M., Hunt, J.M., Rao, J.A. (1999). KomTek: A Study in Innovation: Decision Sciences Institute. Vol: 5.
  • Hunt, J.M., Donnellon, A., Samulka, C. (1998). Lucent Technologies Financial Leadership Development Program: Measures of Success.

Articles - Circular or newsletter (e.g., Babson Insight)

  • Hunt, J.M., Levin, S. (2004). On becoming a coaching manager: Pfizer Corporation Global Coaching Newsletter. Page: 1 - 6.

Presentations

  • A pedagogy that links students’ and professors’ development of self-awareness Hunt, J. Turner, L. Taylor, S. Greenberg, D. Academy of Management Conference, Boston, MA (2023)
  • Using Photography to Document the Environment Hunt, J. Course: Nature in the City, Worcester, Massachusetts (2018)
  • GVV in Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship Hunt, J. Greenberg, D. Murphy, W. Schlesinger, P. Giving Voice to Values Faculty Convening, Wellesley, MA (2013)
  • Organizational Behavior in the First Year Greenberg, D. Hunt, J. Foray, J. Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Asheville, NC (2013)
  • Integrating Managerial and Career Development into an MBA Curriculum Hunt, J. Langowitz, N. Rollag, K. Hebert-Maccaro , K. OBTC: Teaching Conference for Management Educators , Charleston, SC (2009)
  • Weintraub, J. Hunt, J. Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Babson College (2008)
  • What Business Leaders Want from Management Educators Hunt, J. Ferrie, J. Atkins, A. Arsenault, L. Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Undisclosed (2008)
  • The Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program and the Capstone Assessment Hunt, J. New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Meeting, Undisclosed (2007)
  • The Competencies of the Executive Coach Hunt, J. The Conference Board Executive Coaching Conference, Undisclosed (2006)
  • Coaching Impact: Identifying Individual and Organizational Outcomes of Coaching Hunt, J. Steinbrenner, D. Gentry, C. Kumata, E. Schlosser, B. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Meeting, Undisclosed (2005)
  • ROI in Coaching Hunt, J. Human Resource Planning Society Symposia, Undisclosed (2005)
  • Fundamentals of Effective Coaching: Developing Talent in Your Organization Weintraub, J. Hunt, J. Professional Development Seminar Series, (2005)
  • Toward an organizational theory of executive coaching Hunt, J. Academy of Management Annual Convention, Undisclosed (2004)
  • Why managers don’t coach and what to do about it Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Northeast Human Resource Association Annual Convention, Undisclosed (2003)
  • Undisclosed Hunt, J. UMass Memorial Health System Leadership Forum, Undisclosed (2003)
  • Weintraub, J. Hunt, J. Why Managers Don’t Coach and What to Do About it: Lessons from 2,500 Coaching Managers, Providence, RI (2003)
  • Executive Coaching Update Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Academy of Management Annual Convention, Undisclosed (2003)
  • The State of the Art in Executive Coaching Weintraub, J. Hunt, J. , Seattle, WA (2003)
  • Building Coaching From the Inside: Can Managers Really Be Effective Coaches? Can Learning Take Place Between Peers? Weintraub, J. Hunt, J. Strei, K. Conference on Coaching for Business Results, New York (2003)
  • Fundamentals of Effective Coaching: Developing Talent in Your Organization Weintraub, J. Hunt, J. Professional Development Seminar Series, (2003)
  • Using experiential learning to get managers coaching Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Linkage Conference on Leadership Development, Coaching and Mentoring,, Undisclosed (2002)
  • Executive Coaching Skills Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Academy of Management Annual Convention, Undisclosed (2002)
  • Executive Coaching Hunt, J. Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management for the Annual Meeting, Undisclosed (2002)
  • A Theory of Action Analysis of Executive Coaching Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management for the Annual Meeting, Undisclosed (2001)
  • A symposium on the use of teams in management curricula at which I described the Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program at Babson College Hunt, J. Symposium on Team Learning, Boston University (2001)
  • Undisclosed Hunt, J. Symposium for the faculty of the Schools of Management at Ryerson, on competency based education efforts, Toronto, Canada (2001)
  • What Managers Learn from Coaching Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Undisclosed, Undisclosed (2001)
  • Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Annual Undergraduate Program's Conference of the Association of Accredited Colleges and Schools of Business, Undisclosed (2001)
  • Organizational Leadership and Shame Hunt, J. Annual Meeting of the International Association for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, Undisclosed (2000)
  • Leadership and Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Next Generation of Self-Described Family Owned Businesses Hunt, J. Babson-Kaufman Conference on Research in Entrepreneurship, Undisclosed (2000)
  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Tasks of Leadership Development Hunt, J. Annual Meeting of the International Association for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, Undisclosed (1999)
  • Learning Developmental Coaching Through Experience Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Undisclosed (1999)
  • Strategic Competitiveness and Strategic Leadership in Family Firms Hunt, J. Annual Meeting of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Undisclosed (1999)
  • Leveraging Competency Based Educational Reform Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Annual Meeting of the Northeast Business and Economic Society, Undisclosed (1998)
  • Toward a Competency Model of Family Firm Leadership Hunt, J. Annual Meeting of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship , Undisclosed (1998)
  • Toward a Competency Model of Family Firm Leadership Hunt, J. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Meeting, Undisclosed (1998)
  • Competency Based Institutional Reform: The Development of External Competency Assessment at Babson College Hunt, J. Weintraub, J. Brown, W. Schiffman, S. Bosse, C. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Undisclosed (1997)
  • Making a Space for the Family: The Ambivalence of Group Life and the Work/Family Dilemma of the Executive Hunt, J. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, Undisclosed (1997)
  • Competency Based Institutional Reform: The Development of External Competency Assessment at Babson College Hunt, J. Schiffman , S. Bosse, C. Undisclosed, Undisclosed (1997)
  • Integrating Family Strategic Planning into Family Business Planning Hunt, J. Handler, W. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Cincinnati (1996)
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