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12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while serving... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

performance? What are principled choices its leaders must make if they are serious about building such a firm? What are the means for changing an average company into a HCHP company? What are the key design features of such a firm? In our... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Teaching; Secondary Education; Leading Change; Nonprofit Organizations; Transformation; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry

29 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'

consider potential partnerships with, say, Apple Wallet. Price setting. At Uber, a team of economists work on how to design and fine-tune its surge pricing system, which changes fares in real time and increases prices during peak hours.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology; Education

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

make sure they’re fully apprised of the purpose of the work. Make it meaningful to them." How has your research changed pre-pandemic to now? "The pandemic caused us to shift the focus of our research in the Managing the Future of Work... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B5): General Claudia Kennedy—In Command of Life

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes the transition issues for General Kennedy after she left the army and tried to apply her leadership to social causes. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Personal Development and Career; Leadership; Public Administration Industry

December 2006 (Revised June 2013)
Teaching Note

Union Corrugating Company (A) and (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall

Teaching Note to 803065 and 804003. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Competition; Work-Life Balance; Success; Change Management; Management; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Boston; North Carolina

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

in ways perceived as challenging of authority or critical of cherished programs. Given the exaggerated and real reasons to fear offending authorities, it isn't surprising that people clam up when the signals seem unfavorable. Q: How hard is it to View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

brilliant book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, about successful executives hitting points of friction as they grow, requiring changes in their behavior in order to continue to succeed. I often coach my entrepreneurs to assess... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B7): Dr. Evelyn Murphy—The Next Campaign

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes how a former public official became an advocate who started a nonprofit organization after losing her campaign for governor. View Details

Keywords: Government and Politics; Personal Development and Career; Nonprofit Organizations; Transition

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

that, "It's very hard to change one's habit and society's perception. You may be the only executive strolling in the park with young mothers and playing kids. You feel completely out of place, and feel like 'getting back to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

the deeper meaning of work is part of a significant change occurring in the way work is being perceived and structured. As Peter Vaill notes, social and economic conditions in recent years have changed... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

Rather, it is about incremental changes that promise to improve your work-life and your work in ways that make them notably better. Creating Change Where No One Could Even Imagine It I chose to conduct the... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

2006
Book

The Soul of a Doctor

By: Susan Pories, Sachin H. Jain and Gordon Harper

Collection of essays written by Harvard Medical School students focused on the experiencing of transitioning from clinician to student. Particular emphasis is given to the role of student as an "embedded critic," i.e. a practitioner knowledgeable about medicine, but... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Practice; Personal Development and Career; Education; Health Care and Treatment; Emotions

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

kinwun Summing Up: What are the Earmarks of a “New Economy?” Responses to this month’s column rightly focused on the need for measures and standards before deciding whether we are entering an era of social and economic change as... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

November 2003 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Union Corrugating Company (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Julia Stevens

Lauri Union, president of Union Corrugating Co., has successfully transformed her family's corrugated steel roofing and siding manufacturer into a successful enterprise. Reviews how Union turned the struggling company around and also considers the management structure... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Competition; Work-Life Balance; Success; Change Management; Management Systems; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Boston; North Carolina

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08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

of biographical case studies for his MBA class, Changing the World, that includes several protagonists whose management chops are battle-tested. “There’s a discipline in the military that is sometimes lacking in commercial organizations,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

November 2003 (Revised July 2007)
Case

Ottawa Devices, Inc. (A)

By: Henry B. Reiling and Harry Clegg Midgley IV

A master plan accommodating two retiring brothers, the brother who will remain as president, third-generation family members, employees, philanthropic interests, and company imperatives must be developed by second-generation brothers who are controlling shareholders... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Change Management; Transition; Management Succession; Management Teams; Retirement; Conflict of Interests