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- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
to their own professional lives. In this conversation with a member of the Executive Education staff, Professor Jay Lorsch, program chair, discusses the course, the significant role professional service firms play in the world's economy,...
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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
with leading philanthropists in the country, discussing the issue of leadership in nonprofit organizations. But there wasn't a single nonprofit executive in those meetings, and that ticked me off. So I wrote...
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by Julia Hanna
- 2008
- Working Paper
Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard
The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in...
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- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
based on such things as the nature of the gift and the relationship of the giver and receiver.) “Having worked with leaders of every stripe, it has always seemed to me that leaders of organizations emphasizing servant leadership have a...
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by James Heskett
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
offers executives a broader understanding of IT in the context of the company, industry, and world, while teaching them to think about IT management in a way that is appropriate for the 21st century. Professor Richard L. Nolan, faculty chair of DIS, View Details
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by Staff
- 31 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?
blurred as to what is considered to be appropriate behavior.” Fubini, who discusses a variety of ethical briar patches with students at HBS, has written a series of mini-cases stemming from real predicaments his former students have...
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- 05 Nov 2015
- Cold Call Podcast
The Long Run: the Impact of Brain Injuries on the NFL
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Re: Richard G. Hamermesh
- February 2021
- Case
Enterprise Agility at Komerční Banka
By: Euvin Naidoo, Suraj Srinivasan and Sarah Gulick
In 2017, Jan Juchelka, the new CEO of Komerční Banka, identified the need for the bank to start an enterprise wide agile transformation. He started by working to create a sense of urgency to kick-start a process to enable the level of service delivery to customers he...
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Agile;
Agility;
Transformation;
Organizational Structure;
Business Headquarters;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Systems;
Banking Industry;
Czech Republic
Naidoo, Euvin, Suraj Srinivasan, and Sarah Gulick. "Enterprise Agility at Komerční Banka." Harvard Business School Case 121-020, February 2021.
- April 2004 (Revised August 2004)
- Teaching Note
BuildingBlocks International
BuildingBlocks International (BBI) plans to accomplish its mission to help children in developing countries succeed in school by bringing management expertise to local organizations. Two years after founding BBI, however, the team hasn't figured out exactly how to make...
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- February 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Exercise
Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky
Central to the work of leaders and professionals are tasks that entail harming one party to deliver benefits or advance valued and worthy goals. Sometimes a person must, as part of his or her job, perform an act that causes emotional, material, or physical harm to...
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Decision Choices and Conditions;
Leadership;
Problems and Challenges;
Ethics;
Management Skills
Margolis, Joshua D., and Andrew Molinsky. "Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 404-027, February 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
The Program for Global Leadership assembles senior executives from organizations worldwide who participate and interact in a unique, multi-phased educational process. The program's unusual structure helps them to gain fresh insight about...
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by Staff
- March 2022
- Case
Talent@Tencent
By: Tarun Khanna, Shu Lin and Nancy Hua Dai
On November 11, 2016, Xi Dan, Senior Vice President of Tencent, and Ma Yongwu, Dean of Tencent Academy, were discussing how Tencent could develop new capabilities to sustain its growth miracle and entry into new technologies, expansion into B2B businesses, and...
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B2B;
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
Human Resources;
Innovation and Management;
Leadership Development;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
China
Khanna, Tarun, Shu Lin, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Talent@Tencent." Harvard Business School Case 722-413, March 2022.
- May 1997
- Supplement
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions
By: Linda A. Hill and Mara Willard
Suzanne de Passe talks to an MBA class in October 1996 and discusses her perspective on leadership, her experience making "Lonesome Dove," and her company: de Passe Entertainment. Designed for use with Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A) (9-487-042), (A1)...
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Leadership;
Perspective;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Mara Willard. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 497-502, May 1997.
- June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan
Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,...
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Investment;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Health Testing and Trials;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mission and Purpose;
Research and Development;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Industry;
Miami
Kaplan, Robert Steven, Christopher Marquis, and Brent Kazan. "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis." Harvard Business School Case 408-003, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- December 2010
- Article
The Hidden Advantages of Quiet Bosses
By: A. M. Grant, F. Gino and D. A. Hoffman
The article discusses research that identified situations where introverts are more apt to be effective leaders than extroverts. Although it is generally accepted that extroverts make the best leaders, the authors found that introverts can be better in unpredictable,...
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Interpersonal Communication;
Leadership;
Management Style;
Groups and Teams;
Personal Characteristics
Grant, A. M., F. Gino, and D. A. Hoffman. "The Hidden Advantages of Quiet Bosses." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
- June 2022 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Strategic Innovation at the United Nations: A Network of Ecosystems
By: Frank Nagle, Elizabeth J. Altman and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2021, Gina Lucarelli, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Labs, prepared for a meeting with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. The two planned to discuss the future of the Accelerator Labs, a network of social innovation labs located...
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Change;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Change Management;
Education;
Learning;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Geography;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Local Range;
Geopolitical Units;
Country;
Human Resources;
Recruitment;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Information Technology;
Information Management;
Innovation and Invention;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Knowledge;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Sharing;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Organizations;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Social Enterprise;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Social Psychology;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Society;
Social Issues;
Welfare;
Strategy;
Cooperation;
Adaptation;
Public Administration Industry;
North and Central America
Nagle, Frank, Elizabeth J. Altman, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Strategic Innovation at the United Nations: A Network of Ecosystems." Harvard Business School Case 722-363, June 2022. (Revised August 2023.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
T-Shaped Managers—One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploratory Study from the Military
By: Hise O. Gibson
People are an organization’s most important resource. Managers who are collaborative and innovative ensure that organizations remain competitive. This type of manager has been referred to as a T-shaped manager. “T” given that the vertical portion represents the depth...
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T-shaped Management;
Leader Development;
Talent Management;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Development;
Management Skills;
Talent and Talent Management
Gibson, Hise O. "T-Shaped Managers—One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploratory Study from the Military." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-003, July 2021.
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World By: Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. Abstract—The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Black Business Leaders Series: Franklin Leonard, 'Black List' Mastermind
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
important leadership quality in these times. Roundtable discussions with about 200 executives echoed those findings. Our survey respondents also ranked creativity, curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity as...
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