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- 05 Jul 2012
- News
How Effective Leaders Talk (and Listen)
- November 1994
- Background Note
Why Bad Things Happen to Good Companies
By: Benson P. Shapiro, Adrian J. Slywotsky and Richard S. Tedlow
Describes the Darwinian internal and external processes that lead to poor performance from a previously well performing company. Demonstrates why any business design eventually fails and the role of organizational calcification and poor leadership in the failure. Also...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Design;
Failure;
Performance
Shapiro, Benson P., Adrian J. Slywotsky, and Richard S. Tedlow. "Why Bad Things Happen to Good Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-045, November 1994.
Robert S. Kaplan
Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
JTC: Stronger Together with Shared Ownership
By: Ethan Bernstein and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Nigel Le Quesne, CEO of Jersey-based financial services firm JTC, firmly believed that "shared ownership" was at the heart of his company’s successful track record. The firm had seen its revenues, profits, and number of clients and staff grow steadily throughout its...
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Keywords:
Ownership;
Employee Ownership;
Leadership Style;
Compensation and Benefits;
Organizational Culture;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Going Public;
Mission and Purpose;
Management Practices and Processes;
Human Resources;
Financial Services Industry;
Channel Islands;
Europe;
United States
Bernstein, Ethan, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "JTC: Stronger Together with Shared Ownership." Harvard Business School Case 420-008, September 2019.
- September 2002
- Case
Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda
Describes efforts in Seattle Public Schools, under the leadership of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, to replace the district's centralized budgeting process with school-level budgets. Olchefske's decentralization effort, referred to locally as the Freedom Agenda,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Operations;
Education;
Education Industry;
Seattle
Leschly, Stig. "Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda." Harvard Business School Case 803-037, September 2002.
William R. Kerr
William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
heard was about the value added of an MBA degree. In every interview, deans and executives returned repeatedly to that question, as well as to a large set of unmet needs that they identified in areas such as View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
Here are the 20 most popular stories from 2007. How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater? Summing up the many responses, Jim Heskett says that the mix of control, delegation, and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2020
- Video
Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Kayyem-Leonard (Session 3)
- November 2023
- Case
Axie Infinity: Video Game Meets Blockchain
By: Marco Di Maggio and Wenyao Sha
The narrative unfolds from the perspective of Sky Mavis's leadership team, facing a high-stakes, rapidly evolving digital frontier. They navigate the exhilarating yet tumultuous journey of Axie Infinity, balancing innovation with sustainability. It explores the game's...
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Keywords:
Blockchain;
Business Model;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Currency;
Innovation and Management;
Business Strategy;
Video Game Industry
Di Maggio, Marco, and Wenyao Sha. "Axie Infinity: Video Game Meets Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 224-021, November 2023.
- October 2017 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Coaching Makena Lane
By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala
Makena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but she also has a knack for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in...
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Keywords:
Executive Coaching;
Employee Promotions;
Career Transition From Consulting To Operating Role;
360-degree Feedback;
Retail;
Organizational Behavior;
Personal Strategy & Style;
Mentoring;
Coaching;
Talent and Talent Management;
Growth and Development;
Employees;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Development;
Management Style;
Performance Evaluation;
Personal Development and Career;
Retail Industry;
Australia;
Europe;
Canada;
South Africa;
United States;
Asia
Bernstein, Ethan, and Om Lala. "Coaching Makena Lane." Harvard Business School Case 418-031, October 2017. (Revised October 2020.)
- Career Coach
Gail Chang
into all facets of finance through a leadership rotational program. Then she worked as a consultant under the risk management & pricing function of the company. During her RC summer, Gail interned at an investment bank View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- News
NFL Black Monday Insights: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
- 29 Apr 2015
- News
Why building psychological walls has become a key skill at work
- 20 Nov 2019
- Video
Shinta Widjaja Kamdani
Shinta Kamdani, owner of Indonesian-based consumer products
and energy company Sintesa Group, describes the changes
she made to the organizational structure and culture of the company when she
took over leadership from her father.
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- October 2010 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Bessemer Trust: Guardians of Capital
By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
Henry Phipps, Jr. made his fortune in the steel industry alongside one of America's most celebrated entrepreneurs—Andrew Carnegie. His wealth was administered in the form of trusts, which he hoped would provide a stream of income for his family and their descendants...
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Keywords:
Wealth;
Asset Management;
Family Business;
Business History;
Income;
Entrepreneurship;
Capital;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Bessemer Trust: Guardians of Capital." Harvard Business School Case 811-031, October 2010. (Revised June 2021.)
- March 2019
- Article
Beliefs about Gender
By: Pedro Bordalo, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
We conduct laboratory experiments that explore how gender stereotypes shape beliefs about ability of oneself and others in different categories of knowledge. The data reveal two patterns. First, men’s and women’s beliefs about both oneself and others exceed observed...
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Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Beliefs about Gender." American Economic Review 109, no. 3 (March 2019): 739–773.
- 28 Jul 2021
- Video
Aroon Purie
Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today, explains his changing role in the leadership of his business, the appointment of his daughter as vice-chairman, and the downsides of having a family business.
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- 06 Nov 2013
- News