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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. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
Retiring Boomers Should Consider Selling Their Companies to Millennials
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe "search fund" model is particularly well suited to our demographic moment. -
What's Lost When Experts Retire
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCertain kinds of knowledge are hard to transfer. -
The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning
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Growing Talent as if Your Business Depended on It
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTraditionally, corporate boards have left leadership planning and development very much up to their CEOs and human resources departments--primarily because... -
Time for an End Run? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen a UK insurance company is plagued with a securities fraud scandal that results in the ouster of the CEO, the head of human resources seizes the opportunity... -
How to Hire a CEO You Won't Want to Fire
Organizational Development Digital ArticleStart with a list of criteria, not candidates. -
Should Obama Tell Us the (Whole) Truth?
Communication Digital ArticleThis post is part of our in-depth look at Obama's First 90 Days in office. One of the core challenges of turnaround leadership is how much to share the... -
7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEmphasize learning, not just doing. -
Should a Crisis Change Your CEO Succession Plan?
Succession planning Digital ArticleFour questions to guide boards through the decision. -
Changing Leaders: The Board’s Role in CEO Succession: A Roundtable with Philip Caldwell, George D. Kennedy, G. G. Michelson, Henry Wendt, and Alfred M. Zeien
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleA Roundtable with Philip Caldwell, George D. Kennedy, G. G. Michelson, Henry Wendt, and Alfred M. Zeien The selection of a CEO is one of the most important decisions a board of directors makes. Not only does a chief executive have an enormous impact on the fortunes of a company, but the very process by […] -
The Successor’s Dilemma
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleLeadership transitions go awry with alarming frequency, often the result of an emotionally charged power struggle between the CEO and his would-be heir. Four practices, however, can help successors defuse the crisis—and make it to the top. -
Transferring Power in The Family Business
Change management Magazine ArticleOne of the most agonizing experiences that any business faces is the moving from one generation of top management to the next. The problem is often most acute in family businesses, where the original entrepreneur hangs on as he watches others try to help manage or take over his business, while at the same time, […] -
Succeeding at Succession
Succession planning Magazine ArticleFor too long, boards have relied on rules of thumb and conventional wisdom when picking CEOs. So we took a look at the numbers—and found some surprises. -
When to Resign, and When to Clean Up the Mess
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEric Shinseki's resignation won't restore trust, but it does open the door for someone who can. -
Succession and Failure (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNorman Windom, the chairman of Tiverton Media, may not know much about the world of popular music, but he does fancy himself a careful planner and a superb... -
Boards Are Terrible at Their Most Important Job
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow directors should manage a new CEO. -
Why Managers Are More Likely to Be Depressed
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYour new role feels hard because it is. -
When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character
Succession planning SpotlightPersonal behavior can predict which leaders might go astray.
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Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook Toolkit
150.00View Details Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Boards (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Keep shareholders happy and manage for the long term. Earning a board seat is a rite of passage. But directors must juggle many responsibilities, from... -
Leadership Bestsellers Collection (Ebooks)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer40.00View Details As a leader today, it's essential that you master two critical challenges before anything else: getting up to speed quickly in a new role, and building... -
Advising the Family Firm: Opening Pandora's Box (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W18173. This supplementary case set follows a family business advisory team over the course of roughly three months, as they develop... -
Simpson Seeds: Growing the Next Generation
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Greg Simpson was the chief executive officer of Simpson Seeds Inc. (SSI). He and his two brothers, second-generation owners of a family farm, had started... -
Keddeg Company (C): Succession to the Next Generation of Small Business
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details A married couple who have a successful industrial B2B business evaluate whether or not to sell the business to two of their offspring, who are both entrepreneurial... -
The Windsor Spitfires Hockey Team's Journey to the Memorial Cup: A New Era of Leadership
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Abstract is more than 2,000 Characters -
Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with... -
Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards
Strategy & Execution Book32.50View Details Provides a masterly overview of the current limited roles of outside directors, along with specific recommendations for increasing their power for the... -
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (B): Transformation Year 1 Results
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Analyzes the results of the Thomas Cook turnaround plan after the first year under Harriet Green's leadership (November 2013). -
The HP-Compaq Merger: A Battle for the Heart and Soul of a Company (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This is the fourth of a four-case series. At first glance, Hewlett Packard (HP) doesn't seem to be a family firm, but when push comes to shove - as it... -
Toraya
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Mitsuharu Kurokawa was the 18th generation leader of a family firm that produced and sold premium Japanese sweets, Toraya Confectionery Co., Ltd. He had... -
Ruma's Fruit and Gift Basket World: Will Dad Ever Talk to Me?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Andrea Ruma has worked for three years at Ruma's Fruit and Gift Basket (Ruma's), a 112- year- old family business in Massachusetts. Andrea is trying to... -
Viacom, Inc.: Corporate Governance in a Controlled Company
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Viacom, Inc., a New York City-based media company, owned Paramount Pictures and popular television channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon.... -
Hemas Holding PLC: Managing Leadership Transition in a Family Controlled Publicly Listed Firm
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Hemas Holding PLC (HHPLC) was a Colombo headquartered holding company. It had subsidiaries in a wide range of businesses. HHPLC was headed by Steven Enderby... -
House of Tata
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early... -
The First 90 Days with Harvard Business Review article "How Managers Become Leaders" (2 Items)
35.00View Details This Harvard Business Review collection, featuring the work of celebrated author and advisor Michael D. Watkins on leadership transitions, includes the... -
Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The (B) case tackles the implementation and scaling process of fleet management over the years. Finally, the case explores current challenges facing the... -
Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Very early in the history of biotechnology (about 1979), Monsanto made a major commitment to move into this field. This case recounts the history from... -
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad--INBio
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The Biodiversity National Institute (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, hence INBio) was created in 1989 to develop and promote a greater knowledge...
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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. -
Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch. -
Retiring Boomers Should Consider Selling Their Companies to Millennials
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe "search fund" model is particularly well suited to our demographic moment. -
What's Lost When Experts Retire
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCertain kinds of knowledge are hard to transfer. -
The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning
Leadership development Magazine ArticleA better way to find your next CEO -
Growing Talent as if Your Business Depended on It
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTraditionally, corporate boards have left leadership planning and development very much up to their CEOs and human resources departments--primarily because... -
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook Toolkit
150.00View Details Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family... -
Time for an End Run? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen a UK insurance company is plagued with a securities fraud scandal that results in the ouster of the CEO, the head of human resources seizes the opportunity... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Boards (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Keep shareholders happy and manage for the long term. Earning a board seat is a rite of passage. But directors must juggle many responsibilities, from... -
Leadership Bestsellers Collection (Ebooks)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer40.00View Details As a leader today, it's essential that you master two critical challenges before anything else: getting up to speed quickly in a new role, and building...