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Nitin Nohria

Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit. As Dean, building on input from faculty, students, staff, and alumni, he identified five priorities for Harvard Business School:  innovation in the School's...
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • News

Employee Motivation

Keywords: Nitin Nohria, Boris Groysberg, Linda-Eling Lee
  • 14 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

important career matter for individuals as well as for managers who want to inspire, nurture, and recruit stars. A new study by Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 04 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

If a successful analyst is hired by another organization, chances are both his work performance and the market value of his new company will not reap the expected benefits; they might even lose altitude. So discovered HBS professor Boris... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 04 Nov 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

Groysberg, Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2010). Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda, and View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • July – August 2008
  • Article

Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model

By: Nitin Nohria, Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee
Keywords: Employees; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Inside Modern HR

job search? MB: There are amazing professors at HBS doing cutting-edge research in this space, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity to learn from people like Nitin Nohria, Bill George, Linda Hill, View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • Article

Can They Take It with Them? The Portability of Star Knowledge Workers' Performance: Myth or Reality

By: Boris Groysberg, Linda-Eling Lee and Ashish Nanda
This paper examines the portability of star security analysts' performance. Star analysts who switched employers experienced an immediate decline in performance that persisted for at least five years. This decline was most pronounced among star analysts who moved to... View Details
Keywords: Firm Performance; Hiring; Employee Selection; Employee Retention; Knowledge; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Retention; Performance; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry
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  • March 23, 2009
  • Article

The Myth of the Lone Star: Why One Top Performer May Not Shine as Brightly as You Hope

By: Boris Groysberg, Linda-Eling Lee and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Performance
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  • May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Robin Abrahams and Kerry Herman
Teaching Note for HBS No. 409-079 View Details
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  • December 2009 (Revised January 2010)
  • Case

Managing Talent at Bertelsmann AG (A)

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Mark Maletz and Kerry Herman
Bertelsmann's EVP HR Immanuel Hermreck and his team were focused on four key HR issues. Three of these were somewhat discreet: improving Bertelsmann's employer brand; managing Bertelsmann talent across the firm's decentralized businesses; and ensuring early... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Development; Strategic Planning; Competitive Advantage; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany
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  • December 2007 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

Leadership in Energy: Jim Rogers at Cinergy

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Colleen Kaftan and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Jim Rogers, CEO of the energy company Cinergy, has led the company from the brink of bankruptcy to one of the premier energy companies through selecting a focused strategy, aligning the organization to support it, and mobilizing all the employees to implementation. The... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry
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  • December 2007
  • Case

Cinergy and Duke Energy 2005: Think BIG

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Colleen Kaftan and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Jim Rogers, CEO of Cinergy Energy, has just announced the company's merger with Duke Energy to Employees. Rogers has had success in the past leading his firm though a merger, but will he be able to achieve similar results this time around? This case also illustrates... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Leading Change; Integration; Energy Industry
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  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

In Study 2 we examined whether the sequential order of the integration condition matters. In line with our prediction, we found that integration worked best when unconscious thought followed conscious thought. Teaching Leadership: Advancing the Field Authors:Scott... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210012-PDF-ENG Managing Talent at Bertelsmann AG (A) Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Mark C. Maletz,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

Zaleznik draws illuminating conclusions about psycho-politics and negotiations of power and command, celebrating innovative problem-solving skills. Book link: http://us.macmillan.com/hedgehogsandfoxes Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model Authors:Nitin View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

well on their task. Authentic Leadership Development Author:Bill George Publication:In The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being, edited by Scott Snook, Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne