Publications

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

official responsibility for Continental Airlines' decision to keep flying during the power blackout in August 2003, but that decision was foreordained by the actions of all the other people who claimed leadership on the ground, and knew... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Article

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on How Corporations of the Future Will Behave

Purchase

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

more productive." [New CEO] Greg Dyke virtually eliminated consultants at the BBC to force managers to think for themselves.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter Invensys's leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Article

How Leaders Gain (and Lose) Confidence: An Interview with Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Keywords: Leadership; Information

07 Jun 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Article

Retrospective: Rosabeth Moss Kanter's Men and Women of the Corporation and The Change Masters," and "Changing Organizational Structures: An Interview with Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Keywords: Information; Employees; Business Ventures; Organizational Change and Adaptation

14 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

encouraged, but neither activity engages the unique skills and capabilities of business. Consider the typical corporate volunteer program. It almost invariably draws on the lowest common skills in a company by mobilizing people to do... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

performance levels. Tough is OK. Fear is not a great way to build confidence, but being tough, setting high standards, and not accepting excuses is effective at driving people and organizations to higher performance. Biographies Rosabeth... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

locations and introductions to potential customers. A useful analogy comes from the Welfare-to-Work Partnership, a private initiative of large employers stimulated by the White House after the passage of the welfare reform bill in 1996.... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

23 Jul 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Stanley S. Litow; Technology

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

boundaries for the group's activities; and managing the tensions inherent in group life—deciding, for example, when to be supportive and when to be confrontational, when to improvise and when to impose a structure. Watch an interview with Linda Hill Professor View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

June 30, 2021
Article

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Let Employees Take the Lead on ESG

Companies that don’t give rank-and-file workers a central role in their environmental, social and governance (ESG) work are making a mistake. They risk alienating values-oriented employees who question company practices, and they miss a big opportunity for employee... View Details

Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Leaders; Talent Acquisition; Talent Retention; Engagement; Organizations; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Employees; Leadership; Talent and Talent Management