Ibarra has been named one of the top ten business gurus in the world and received the Thinkers50 Leadership Award in 2013. Her work focuses on professional and career development. After working 13 years as a professor at Harvard Business School, she joined the faculty at INSEAD in France. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council and is a judge for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Her most recent book is Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. She speaks around the world on issues of careers relating to management, women and careers.