Publications

29 Sep 2020
News

How Career Coaching Can Help You

Keywords: HBS Career Programs; coaching

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... View Details

March 2013
Case

Coach Hurley at St. Anthony High School

By: Scott A. Snook and Bradley Lawrence

Coach Bob Hurley of St. Anthony High School is one of the winningest coaches in the history of high school basketball. At age 65, he has won more than 1,000 games and 25 New Jersey State Championships. His players come from the toughest streets in the country and yet... View Details

Keywords: Authentic Leadership Development; Authenticity; Sports; Coaching; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Groups and Teams; Sports Industry; Education Industry; New Jersey

July 2020
Case

Steve Kerr: Coaching the Golden State Warriors to Joy, Compassion, Competition, and Mindfulness

By: Francesca Gino and Jeffrey Huizinga

Steve Kerr, coach of the 3-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors, reflects on his values-driven leadership style in the wake of a challenging season. View Details

Keywords: Coaching; Values; Basketball; Agility; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Diversity; Leadership Style; Sports

15 May 2014
News

Coaching the Coach

25 May 2023
Video

Career Coaching

02 Jun 2020
News

The Data Coach

1997
Book

By: L. A. Hill

Keywords: Teaching

Find at Harvard

07–08 Jun 2019
Career Events

Career Resources at Reunion: Coaching

Throughout Reunion Weekend, meet 1:1 with a career coach for a 45 minute coaching appointment on all aspects of professional development including decision making, resume review, job search strategies, networking, and evaluating offers. We welcome alumni to sign up... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

also feels like it might help somebody, in the wake of a cancer diagnosis, who might feel helpless. Kathy Giusti: Absolutely. I think the way I wrote the book was I had coached thousands, honestly, thousands, of patients through their... View Details

September 2024
Article

Sales Coaching and Value Creation

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Despite the prevalence of “coachability” in firms’ stated hiring criteria, managers over-estimate the amount of time they actually devote to coaching their people. For example, research indicates that only 15% of sales managers even spend as much as 25% of their time... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Employee Relationship Management; Management Practices and Processes

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August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
Case

Coach Knight: The Will to Win

By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey

Successful college basketball coach Bob Knight was fired from his long-time role as basketball coach at Indiana University and hired in the same role at Texas Tech. Considers these events in the context of his long career and provides a context for discussing various... View Details

Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Style; Situation or Environment; Power and Influence; Sports; Indiana; Texas

August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
Case

Coach K: A Matter of the Heart

By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey

Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or continue to coach at Duke University. Provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and... View Details

Keywords: Power and Influence; Strategic Planning; Decisions; Personal Development and Career; Interpersonal Communication; Management Teams; Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Sports Industry; North Carolina

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

knowledge transfer depends on identifying not only what is to be transferred—but how. And the transfer will never take place without a willing, skillful coach and a receptive, able learner. Leonardo da Vinci notwithstanding, no one is an... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

31 Mar 2022
News

Coaching Real Leaders

May 2019
Teaching Note

Coaching Makena Lane

By: Ethan Bernstein

Teaching Note for HBS No. 418-031. View Details