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- 30 May 2019
- News
Meet the 2019-2020 Leadership Fellows
- Research Summary
Developing Organizational Capabilities to Compete
By: Michael Beer
Michael Beer’s current research focuses on the question of what makes an Effective Organization. Based on his extensive research and practice about this question Beer has identified six highly interrelated core capabilities:
- Capacity of the... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
Advancing Leadership Theory and Practice
By: Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria
More than a means of getting ahead and gaining power, leadership must be understood as a serious professional and personal responsibility. In this introductory chapter, editors Nitin Nohria, the dean of Harvard Business School, and Rakesh Khurana, a professor of... View Details
Khurana, Rakesh, and Nitin Nohria. "Advancing Leadership Theory and Practice." Chap. 1 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 25 May 2021
- News
Meet the 2021-2022 Leadership Fellows
- Summer 2012
- Article
Developing Innovative Leaders
By: Bill George
Keywords: Leadership
George, Bill. "Developing Innovative Leaders." MWorld: The Journal of the American Management Association 11, no. 2 (Summer 2012): 6–9.
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business School, I teach courses in... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- Web
MBA Experience - Leadership
developed in the Required Curriculum. This portion of the program enables students to integrate the functional skills learned in the first year into an understanding of the firm as a total enterprise. View Details
- 03 Sep 2011
- News
True North Groups offer approach to developing leaders
- November 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team
By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and John D. Vaughan
BrightStar Care was a rapidly growing franchise of home health care agencies. Founded by husband and wife team JD and Shelly Sun as a single agency near Chicago in 2002, BrightStar had opened nearly 300 franchises across the United States by 2016, generating over $300... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Services; Entrepreneurs; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Health Care Industry; Growth Strategy; Organizational Change; Brand Positioning; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurial Management; Franchising; Family-owned Business; Home Health Care; Managing Growth; Management Styles; Organizational Development; Talent Management; Women Executives; Women And Leadership; Business Startups; Family Business; Small Business; Talent and Talent Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Strategy
Groysberg, Boris, Colleen Ammerman, and John D. Vaughan. "BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team." Harvard Business School Case 417-020, November 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- Web
School Leadership | About
School Leadership Faculty Leadership Srikant M. Datar George F. Baker Professor of Administration, Dean of the Faculty Robert S. Huckman Albert Waterhead III Professor of Business Administration, Howard Cox... View Details
- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this article, Davis discusses leadership roles. Part Two: Structuring View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
- May 2010
- Article
Leadership Effort in Professional Radiology Associations
By: Srikant M. Datar, John Tan and Sanjay Saini
Professional associations advocate for their members' interests; provide forums for education, training, and certification; and support domain-specific research and development efforts. The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of resources devoted to the... View Details
Datar, Srikant M., John Tan, and Sanjay Saini. "Leadership Effort in Professional Radiology Associations." Journal of the American College of Radiology 7, no. 5 (May 2010): 346–350.
- 28 May 2020
- News
Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows
- 24 May 2023
- News
Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows
- 2025
- Chapter
Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills
By: Laura Cabrera, Derek Cabrera and Hise O. Gibson
We need leaders who can execute at the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical (SOT) levels. But, research shows it takes time for skills to develop at all three levels—too much time. Why does it take too much time? First, because expertise is borne of experience. An... View Details
Keywords: DSRP; VCML; Strategy; Operations; Leadership Development; Decision Making; Organizational Structure
Cabrera, Laura, Derek Cabrera, and Hise O. Gibson. "Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills." In The Routledge Handbook of Systems Thinking, edited by Derek Cabrera, Laura Cabrera, and Gordon Midgley. London: Routledge, forthcoming.
- December 1996
- Supplement
Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action
By: James E. Austin, Jaan Elias and Andrea L Strimling
Consists of three separate parts. Part 1, The Cleveland Turnaround, describes Cleveland's decline until its bankruptcy in 1978. This is followed by the remedial actions taken by community leaders, starting with the election of a new mayor, the formation of new... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Business Cycles; Development Economics; Urban Development; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Cleveland
Austin, James E., Jaan Elias, and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 797-501, December 1996.
- July 2025
- Case
ICARE: Frontline Leadership at Michelin
By: Hubert Joly and Emilie Billaud
In 2025, Michelin CEO Florent Menegaux reflected on the company’s transformation since taking the helm in 2019. Amid a volatile global landscape marked by inflation, rising competition, and geopolitical and sustainability pressures, Michelin had achieved strong... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Transformation; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Competency and Skills; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Retention; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Groups and Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Well-being; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Europe; China; United States
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East
deliver value to customers Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and foster a culture of accountability across the organization Build confidence in yourself as a leader, decision-maker, and negotiator View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
At its core, HBS is committed to educating leaders who make a difference in the world. In the early 1990s, I had the privilege of leading the development of an MBA course on leadership which was introduced... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Conant, he taught in a leadership course that he had designed for the company's high-potential managers. In all cases, higher-ambition leaders identified future leaders and developed them—usually through... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace