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- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
executives who helped compensate for their own weaknesses. Gates, for example, knew his strength was not in operations, so he brought in an outside COO to run the day-to-day operations. In the same vein, Jobs nearly destroyed Apple in the... View Details
- May 2021
- Article
Making Doctors Effective Managers and Leaders: A Matter of Health and Well-Being
By: Lisa Rotenstein, Robert S. Huckman and Christine K. Cassel
The COVID-19 crisis has forced physicians to make daily decisions that require knowledge and skills they did not acquire as part of their biomedical training. Physicians are being called upon to be both managers—able to set processes and structures—and leaders—capable... View Details
Rotenstein, Lisa, Robert S. Huckman, and Christine K. Cassel. "Making Doctors Effective Managers and Leaders: A Matter of Health and Well-Being." Academic Medicine 96, no. 5 (May 2021).
- May 2014
- Case
Gunfire at Sea (multi-media case)
By: Michael Tushman and Tom Ryder
This short video illustrates the challenges of leading innovation and change. This classic case (one of the oldest in the HBS system) retains its timeliness. The case describes how Lt. Sims develops a new form of gunfire at sea—continuous aim gunfire. While 3,000% more... View Details
Keywords: Organization Behavior; Change; Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Innovation Leadership; United States
Tushman, Michael, and Tom Ryder. "Gunfire at Sea (multi-media case)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 414-707, May 2014.
- November 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Nicole M. Jones and The Hangar℠: Delta Air Lines' Global Innovation Center
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2016, Nicole M. Jones was hired to lead The Hangar, Delta Air Lines’ new innovation center in Atlanta, Georgia. Delta’s leadership had intended for The Hangar to catalyze a new approach to innovation at the company. After conducting three months of research on... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Lab; Breakthrough Innovation; Biometric Technology; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Innovation and Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Georgia (state, US)
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Nicole M. Jones and The Hangar℠: Delta Air Lines' Global Innovation Center." Harvard Business School Case 422-042, November 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- October 2009
- Case
Don Soderquist: Negotiating the Wal-Mart-P&G Relationship (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
This case describes the negotiations and strategic choices of Don Soderquist, who as Chief Operating Officer of Wal-Mart, helped to forge a major partnership with P&G in the 1980s and 1990s. The case chronicles the challenging barriers to success along with several of... View Details
- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
For a better shot at landing the top job at today’s companies, aspiring CEOs should set aside their slide presentations and work on their listening skills instead, new research suggests. Companies are increasingly seeking socially adept leaders—not charismatic... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
heard was about the value added of an MBA degree. In every interview, deans and executives returned repeatedly to that question, as well as to a large set of unmet needs that they identified in areas such as View Details
- 31 May 2023
- HBS Case
From Prison Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller
View Video Editor's note: Watch the video in "full screen" mode for the best viewing experience. Before shaping one of the world’s largest sports brands, Nike executive Larry Miller spent years of his youth and early adulthood behind bars... View Details
- October 2009
- Supplement
Don Soderquist: Negotiating the Wal-Mart-P&G Relationship (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
This case follows the A case and describes the negotiations and strategic choices of Don Soderquist, who as Chief Operating Officer of Wal-Mart, helped to forge a major partnership with P&G in the 1980s and 1990s. The case chronicles the challenging barriers to success... View Details
- September 2005
- Case
Whitbread PLC (A)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Describes the change process Whitbread employed in transforming its organization and culture from a single underperforming business operating in a relatively stable environment to a multibusiness, high-commitment, and high-performance corporation operating in more... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Diversification
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Whitbread PLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-007, September 2005.
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
several options)? “Opportunists are the people who always ask, 'What's in it for me?'” Asking the question whom do you serve? is a powerful vector on which to build a useful typology of leadership. Based on this idea, I have constructed a six-level Purpose-Driven Model... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
believe they are equally able to attain high-level leadership positions, men want that power more than women do. Published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, their study is entitled Compared to Men, Women... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
answer is obvious. "Women executives have to be at least twice as good as their male counterparts to get to that level.” And Hugh Quick asked the possibly rhetorical question, “Could it be that some women are good at running things?”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?
“many of our existing leaders have not had the experience of not being included in their companies’ cultures because of factors related to their race or gender.” That observation probably applies to many in the lower ranks of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 2015 (Revised July 2015)
- Case
Jimmy Choo
By: Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener
Jimmy Choo is a British luxury accessories brand, specializing in shoes, handbags, accessories, and fragrances. Founded in 1996 in London by couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo and Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon OBE, the brand enjoyed immediate success and rapidly... View Details
Keywords: Luxury Brand; Fashion; Designer Brand; Shoe; Fashion Accessories; Retail; Entrepreneurship; Branding; Brand Positioning; New Market Development; Entry Into China; Luxury Chinese Market; Global Brands; Growth Strategy; Jimmy Choo; Christian Louboutin; China; Globalized Firms and Management; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Luxury; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brands and Branding; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; China; Great Britain
Keinan, Anat, and Sandrine Crener. "Jimmy Choo." Harvard Business School Case 515-073, January 2015. (Revised July 2015.)
- May 2011
- Article
The Wise Leader
By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
In an era of increasing discontinuity, wise leadership has nearly vanished. Many leaders find it difficult to reinvent their corporations rapidly enough to cope with new technologies, demographic shifts, and consumption trends. They can't develop truly global... View Details
Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Interpersonal Communication; Experience and Expertise; Values and Beliefs; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Leadership Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence
Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Hirotaka Takeuchi. "The Wise Leader." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Emphasis is on executive leadership and firm strategy in coordinating across a global network of partners in the production of a new aircraft. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2015
- Chapter
Leading Proactive Punctuated Change
By: Michael Tushman, Charles O'Reilly and Bruce Harreld
This chapter focuses on leading proactive punctuated change. Based on the institutional and organizational change literatures and our extended involvement with IBM between 1999 and 2008, we suggest that proactive punctuated change can be effectively managed through an... View Details
Tushman, Michael, Charles O'Reilly, and Bruce Harreld. "Leading Proactive Punctuated Change." Chap. 10 in Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective, edited by Rebecca Henderson, Ranjay Gulati, and Michael Tushman. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
needed to take decisive steps to succeed against the major opposition to his leadership from both inside and outside the company. Twitter employees circulated an open letter protesting expected layoffs, advertising agencies advised their... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- May 2014
- Article
From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work
By: Nick Craig and Scott Snook
We offer opinions on leadership. A need is seen for executives to have a strong belief in the purpose of their lives as individuals and within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership
Craig, Nick, and Scott Snook. "From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 5 (May 2014): 105–111.