Leadership Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Aug 2020
News

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the... View Details

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive InnovationChristensen's classic article from 2003 about the six keys to creating new-growth businesses. The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

December 2015 (Revised January 2017)
Supplement

P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks (B)

By: Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang and Theresa Morin Hall

This is the (B) case supplement to "P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks." It details the outcome of the drastic reduction in office space from eight floors to three floors. View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Human Resources; Change Management; Transition; Consumer Products Industry; Canada

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20 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One

You Learn Long-Term Leadership Strategy I loved the HBS classroom experience, but I recall initially doubting the power of the case method style of learning. Surely you can just teach us accounting rules without debating! I was like... View Details

06 Aug 2020
News

Defining Flex Work

small schedule adjustments to accommodate personal appointments; and “time shift,” an employee who has a customized regular schedule, such as a four-day workweek. These strictly defined categories have helped employers understand that the switch to workplace... View Details

26 Nov 2019
News

Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation

question, “What do exceptional leaders of innovation do?” More specifically, “What is the connection between leadership and innovation?” Many of these ideas are examined in the book Hill coauthored, Collective Genius: The Art and Practice... View Details

21 Jun 2020
News

Rooting out Racism

John Rice (MBA 1992) John Rice (MBA 1992) Will the weeks of protest and statements of support for racial equity lead to lasting change for the country—or will we once again lose steam and move on to the next crisis, without making... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

a rapidly changing landscape that presents increasingly complex management challenges, leadership skills are even more essential to a venture's success, Pisano said. "A good business model is necessary but... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Jul 2014
News

The Long Road Taken

Keywords: Harvard College; higher education, teaching, china, social entrepreneurship; dean appointment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

to change the mindset,” he said, citing the grim representation of Black people in leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies. “We need to have the courage to recognize this as a defining moment in the... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

other was elevating her students’ achievement scores. To move the needle on both, she took Leading Change, Leading Schools, and Leading People, three of four online courses included in the Certificate of School Management and Leadership... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

31 Jul 2019
News

Honoring the Code

Michael G. Mullen (AMP 109, 1991) was the 17th Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired in 2011 following a distinguished military career. He is also a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he talks about his View Details

18 Oct 2016
News

Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs, creating a network of thousands of women helping other business women cross the country. “The world will only change when women lead companies from $0 to multi-billion dollar corporations,” Hyman said. “We hope to inspire... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Birchbox; Rent the Runway; Hello Alfred; Retail Trade; Finance

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

surprises, say Bazerman and Watkins, are a common form of leadership failure. "Predictable surprises happen when leaders had all the data and insight they needed to recognize the potential, even the inevitability, of major problems,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Nov 2014
News

The Power of Yes

give is rooted very strongly in the act of giving. To be successful in this field, you really need to tap into your head and your heart.” Now serving as Acumen’s chief innovation officer, Dichter oversees the organization’s leadership... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Mar 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

your hands.” The “aha” moment: A 2010 sabbatical to sail with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in an activist campaign against whale hunting in Antarctica. “I don’t think I intended to change careers but, afterward, I almost had no... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Sep 2022
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

soon change rapidly. “When I decided to take on that role, the world looked very different than it would later that spring,” says Diagne. “I had no idea that it would turn into a pandemic-response and economic-recovery role.” He took the... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

23 Oct 2019
News

After the Storm

optimism and tremendous focus. I went through the whole spectrum of feelings and emotions, but that was very necessary for me to get to a placewhere I could then lead with tremendous clarity. And that clarity was important, because when you’re talking about View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

31 Jan 2018
News

A Visible Example of What’s Possible

spas, in 1999. At San Francisco State’s College of Business, Oubre and her husband recently endowed the Linda and Nathaniel Oubre Leadership Scholarship for first-generation students of color. She also achieved another dream earlier this... View Details

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

In her new book SuperCorp, Rosabeth Moss Kanter argues that capitalism is near a crossroads. The old ways of doing business no longer work. Traditional leadership roles are breaking down. And the public is fed up with greedy executives... View Details