Laura Baruffaldi

Laura Baruffaldi has established herself as a distinguished SDA Lecturer in Leadership at SDA Bocconi School of Management since 2018, where she specializes in leadership development, stress management, communication, assertiveness, and age diversity within organizations. Her research and teaching methodology centers on four crucial areas: self-leadership development, intergenerational value creation through age diversity, work-life integration competencies, and fostering creative leadership for innovation and change management. Her academic contributions include authoring "Leading Millennials," a comprehensive guide to building successful intergenerational collaborations in organizations, and presenting research on work-family enrichment at the 2018 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. With a PhD in Organizational Behavior from IE Business School (Madrid) and a background in Marketing Management from Università Bocconi, she brings both theoretical knowledge and practical expertise to her role as a professor in the Management and Technology Department at Università Bocconi, where she leads the undergraduate course "Leadership Skills" and previously conducted research on sustainability topics from 2010 to 2012. Her teaching portfolio encompasses both open market initiatives and custom programs, making her a versatile educator in the field of organizational leadership and management development