Strategic Alignment - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Oct 2014
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Aligning Strategy and Sales with Frank Cespedes

08 Sep 2014
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The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

15 Nov 2010
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Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

10 Nov 2010
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Harvard Business School Introduces Program To Help Leaders Drive More Profitable Growth

17 Mar 2016
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Why Leadership Development Has to Happen on the Job

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

occasional research paper that implicated other areas such as the immune system or the microbiome—which seemed to better align with what he had observed with his son. He chased those ideas with intense interest, often cold-calling the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

things can run smoothly for as long as possible. It's often a judgment call." Name: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Courses she teaches: Managing Change (MBA elective); Leading Change and Organizational Renewal, Women... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Dec 2023
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A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project strategy: organizing senior management approvals and support for creating a "heavyweight" team; aligning the disparate perspectives, interests, and... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 May 2017
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Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

stars aligned for Lang to marry her avocation with her vocation in 2003 when she was named president of Catalyst, a research and advisory firm that helps bring women into senior leadership roles. “I had followed Catalyst almost from its... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

Strategic investors like Lawani help make those connections. Lawani’s Helios Investment Partners has been building and scaling businesses for nearly two decades on the continent, offering vital navigation. “There won’t be a shortage of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn’t align with upper management’s. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined Cherokee... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

key role business leaders have to play in confronting climate change—and the power of HBS alumni to make a positive difference. Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) President, J Adams Strategic Communications; co-author of A Blessing: Women of... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Apr 2014
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Corporate venture funds invested wisely can propel a company forward

venture funds can hold their own with independent VC firms, and even outperform them,” he says. Among the most valuable gains can be strategic learning about technology and the marketplace. Nevertheless, corporate ventures can fail due to... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Takeaways

single interaction you have with a person, no matter how small, is an opportunity to be a leader.” —Linda El Awar (MBA 2007), Graduating from Google: Leadership Lessons “A fable can get colleagues to have discussions that are less defensive, more productive, more View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life

portfolio of businesses under the Ayala corporate umbrella? Ayala has historically aligned itself with the economic goals of the country. An emerging market faces many social and economic challenges, but finding a solution to those... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES These topics are front-of-mind for today’s business leaders. According to a January 2021 CEO survey by Fortune and Deloitte, 94 percent of CEOs said that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are View Details