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The Abrasive Personality
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe corporate president stared out the window of his skyscraper office. His forehead was furrowed in anger and puzzlement. His fingers drummed the arm of his chair with a speed that signified intense frustration. The other executives in the room waited expectantly. Each had said his piece. Each had come to his and her own […] -
Ego Is the Enemy of Good Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe job is supposed to be about selflessness, reflection, and courage. -
How to Override Your Default Reactions in Tough Moments
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAdvance planning will let you react strategically, not reflexively. -
MySpace's Disruption, Disrupted
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIn 2005, Rupert Murdoch was the toast of the media world. News Corp's septuagenarian CEO had swooped in and picked up social networking darling MySpace... -
Hiring Without Firing
Leadership Magazine ArticleHitting the hiring bull’s-eye is one of an executive’s most important—and most difficult—responsibilities. Ten common mistakes can get in the way, but a pointed and systematic approach can virtually guarantee success. -
The Hidden Business Cost of Mental Illness
Leadership Digital ArticleIt’s hard to focus on your work when your child is hallucinating. One of the least discussed yet quite salient issues for American business in this year of health care reform is an important yet hidden cost associated with mental illness: the drain on productive work endured by family members struggling to support loved ones […] -
Unexpected Companies Produce Some of the Best CEOs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWho they are and how they do it. -
The Five Rules Every New CEO Should Follow
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA few moves to make immediately after taking the reins. -
The First Step to a Richer Life
Work-life balance Digital ArticleDid you know that having lunch with a new colleague at work every week can improve your marriage and make you a better citizen? Or that writing a novel can make you a more productive, committed IT director and a better father? These are just a couple of the thousands of examples I’ve seen of […] -
What Great Managers Do
Managing employees Magazine ArticleGreat leaders tap into the needs and fears we all share. Great managers, by contrast, perform their magic by discovering, developing, and celebrating what’s different about each person who works for them. Here’s how they do it. -
Every Employee Should Have Access to Paid Parental Leave
Gender Big IdeaReddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian on fighting for — and taking — paternity leave -
Succeeding in Your New Job
Career planning Digital ArticleI recently had a chance to sit down with Michael Watkins, a leadership transitions expert and the cofounder of Genesis Advisers, to talk about “Picking the Right Transition Strategy,” the article we worked on for the January 2009 Harvard Business Review special issue on leadership transitions. Listen to the interview with Michael Watkins. Download this […] -
Margaret Thatcher, Fighter
Leadership Digital ArticleThe best change agents almost never realize when it’s time to stop. That’s what makes them so good. -
Don’t Leave Your Personal Life at Home
Work-life balance Digital ArticleYou’re not paying attention to your family, your community, your private self? All you have time for is your career? You’re making a big mistake. How things are going at home, in your community, and in your interior life all influence whether you perform well at work. Over 20 years of research and practice on […] -
It’s OK If Going to a Conference Doesn’t Feel Like Real Work
Professional networks Digital ArticleYou don’t have to go to every keynote. -
Choosing Your Next CEO
Succession planning Magazine ArticleExpectations for company leaders have never been greater. This issue’s Spotlight illuminates the changing conditions that CEOs must adapt to, the skills they particularly need, certain executive lifestyle behaviors to watch out for, and the reasons you might want two people in the top job. -
Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnd increases their pay. -
How VC Can Help More Women Get Ahead
Gender Big IdeaAccelerating the success of female funders and founders -
The Drucker Forum: Three Messages for Managers
Leadership Digital ArticleI recently returned from the Peter Drucker Global Forum Vienna, Austria, an event held as part of the centennial celebration of Peter Drucker’s birth. Having studied and written about Drucker extensively, spent years infusing his thinking into my own management consulting work, and befriended him late in his life, I take three messages from the […] -
Companies that Practice “Conscious Capitalism” Perform 10x Better
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleWhy should that be a surprise?
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Quabbin Cablevision Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Several entrepreneurs are considering the purchase of an existing cable TV business with the financial assistance of several investors. They must decide... -
Schlitterbahn: Tragedy at the Waterpark
Management Case Study11.95View Details Jeff Henry, owner of and creative visionary behind Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts, created one of the most sought-after water park companies in the... -
Corrente Viva: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" in the Challenge to Sustainability
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Describes Corrente Viva, a network formed by 30 civil society organizations (CSOs) that develop social service activities in several regions of the Greater... -
David Fletcher
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details David Fletcher, manager of the Emerging Growth Fund at a New York investment management firm, decides to assemble a team of analysts to which he can delegate... -
P.N. Gadgil Jewellers: Managing a Family Brand
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Private Limited, based in India, was formed from the most recent separation of the original Gadgil family business, whose origins... -
Federated Hermes - Improving ESG Through Active Engagement with Portfolio Companies
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case study is set in May 2021. It describes how Sarah Lee, Director of Engagement at Federated Hermes (FH) has been engaging with Ruby Goods (Ruby),... -
"Do you really think we are so stupid?" A letter to the CEO of Deutsche Telekom (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details This three-part case-study illustrates key concepts and lessons about leading adaptive change in organizations in the context of turning around Deutsche... -
The AmeriCorps Budget Crisis of 2003 (A): Why the National Service Movement Faced Cutbacks and How it Responded
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The (A) case (1739.0) focuses on the early years of the program in the 1990s, providing a definitive account--based on interviews with those who drafted... -
Change at Whirlpool Corp. (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Management Levels at Staples (F): President, U.S. Stores
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Infosys Consulting in the U.S. (in 2010): What to Do Now?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Infosys' global delivery model was being challenged by the United States backlash against outsourcing. Tax incentives and H1B visas for foreign workers... -
AUB Medical Center: Achieving 2020 Vision (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement case for case W14434. -
Seneca Systems (A): General and Confidential Instructions for Dr. D. Monosoff, Vice President, Data Devices Division
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Seneca is a three-party negotiation-mediation simulation. The context is a product failure crisis in a manufacturing company with highly autonomous units.... -
Making Waves London
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details After spending two years as the vice-president internal for Making Waves London (MWL), Brianna Murphy was ready to assume her elected position of president... -
Differences at Work: Alex (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In Differences at Work: Alex (B) HBS Case No. 9-408-042 turns to his uncle, an employment lawyer, to discuss the situation. After receiving a matching... -
"Do you really think we are so stupid?" A letter to the CEO of Deutsche Telekom (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This three-part case-study illustrates key concepts and lessons about leading adaptive change in organizations in the context of turning around Deutsche... -
OnStar: Connecting to Customers Through Telematics
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details OnStar, a provider of in-vehicle safety, security, and information services called "telematics," was founded in 1995 as a collaborative venture among... -
LEGO
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details LEGO has emerged as one of the most successful companies in the toy industry. The case describes LEGO's gradual rise, rapid decline, and recent revitalization... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2021: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "The Feedback Fallacy" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)
24.95View Details A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review... -
Navigating Organizational Politics: The Case of Kristen Peters (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details First-year Columbia Business School student Kristen Peters hoped her summer internship with Taylor Reed (TR) would lead to a job offer in private wealth...
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The Abrasive Personality
Motivating people Magazine ArticleThe corporate president stared out the window of his skyscraper office. His forehead was furrowed in anger and puzzlement. His fingers drummed the arm of his chair with a speed that signified intense frustration. The other executives in the room waited expectantly. Each had said his piece. Each had come to his and her own […] -
Ego Is the Enemy of Good Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe job is supposed to be about selflessness, reflection, and courage. -
Quabbin Cablevision Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Several entrepreneurs are considering the purchase of an existing cable TV business with the financial assistance of several investors. They must decide... -
How to Override Your Default Reactions in Tough Moments
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAdvance planning will let you react strategically, not reflexively. -
MySpace's Disruption, Disrupted
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIn 2005, Rupert Murdoch was the toast of the media world. News Corp's septuagenarian CEO had swooped in and picked up social networking darling MySpace... -
Hiring Without Firing
Leadership Magazine ArticleHitting the hiring bull’s-eye is one of an executive’s most important—and most difficult—responsibilities. Ten common mistakes can get in the way, but a pointed and systematic approach can virtually guarantee success. -
The Hidden Business Cost of Mental Illness
Leadership Digital ArticleIt’s hard to focus on your work when your child is hallucinating. One of the least discussed yet quite salient issues for American business in this year of health care reform is an important yet hidden cost associated with mental illness: the drain on productive work endured by family members struggling to support loved ones […] -
Unexpected Companies Produce Some of the Best CEOs
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWho they are and how they do it. -
The Five Rules Every New CEO Should Follow
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA few moves to make immediately after taking the reins. -
The First Step to a Richer Life
Work-life balance Digital ArticleDid you know that having lunch with a new colleague at work every week can improve your marriage and make you a better citizen? Or that writing a novel can make you a more productive, committed IT director and a better father? These are just a couple of the thousands of examples I’ve seen of […]