Publications

September 1994
Case

Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro

Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Rank and Position; Financial Services Industry

June 2007 (Revised January 2008)
Case

Joel Klein and Leadership in the NYC Public Schools

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie, Richard Arum and Abby Larson

Reviews the work of the New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein and his attempt to create a Leadership Academy in order to better train principals to lead New York City public schools. Assesses what leadership skills and strategies are necessary for Klein to create... View Details

Keywords: Education; Training; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Organizational Design; Performance Improvement; Education Industry; New York (city, NY)

March 2019
Teaching Note

Dutch Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection

By: Tatiana Sandino, Jasmijn Bol, Serena Loftus and Robert Grasser

Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-038. View Details

September 2018 (Revised June 2019)
Case

Dutch Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection

By: Tatiana Sandino, Jasmijn Bol, Serena Loftus and Robert Grasser

2004
Working Paper

Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership

By: Joel M. Podolny, Rakesh Khurana and Marya Hill-Popper

01 Feb 2022
Cold Call Podcast

Making Diverse Leadership a Priority at Whittier College

Keywords: Re: Debora L. Spar

May 2008
Course Overview Note

Instructor's Guide to Authentic Leadership Development

By: William W. George

Keywords: Leadership Development

June 2003
Article

Leadership and the Psychology of Turnarounds

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Leadership

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April 2025
Case

Mobidrop: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Letian Zhang, Jiaqi Jin and Yapei Li

March 2015
Background Note

Advanced Leadership Field Perspectives: Shanghai

By: William Kirby and Erica Zendell

23 Mar 2012
Other Presentation

Working Group on Cross-Sectoral Leadership

By: W. Carl Kester

27 Oct 2011
Other Presentation

Working Group on Cross-Sectoral Leadership

By: W. Carl Kester

February 2000 (Revised July 2004)
Case

Ericsson in China: Mobile Leadership

Focuses on Ericsson in the Chinese mobile phone market--the company's largest single market, and one that is still growing at rates in excess of 50%. Permits comparison of two distinct ways of entering the Chinese market: by forming joint ventures with local... View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Advantage; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry; China

October 1986 (Revised October 1987)
Background Note

Approaches to Leadership - Individual

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

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Article

Leadership Is Associated with Lower Levels of Stress

By: Gary D. Sherman, J. J. Lee, A.J.C. Cuddy, Jonathan Renshon, Christopher Oveis, James J. Gross and Jennifer S. Lerner

As leaders ascend to more powerful positions in their groups, they face ever-increasing demands. This has given rise to the common perception that leaders have higher stress levels than non-leaders. But if leaders also experience a heightened sense of control—a... View Details

Keywords: Stress; Cortisol; Control; Leadership; Emotions; Power and Influence

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27 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
Case

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko

For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States