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01 Feb 2022
Cold Call Podcast

Making Diverse Leadership a Priority at Whittier College

Keywords: Re: Debora L. Spar

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)

2007
Book

True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership

By: William W. George

Keywords: Leadership

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November 2009 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Board Leadership at Entergy Corporation

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton

Wayne Leonard became CEO of Entergy in 1999. After serving as CEO for close to eight years, the Entergy Board named Leonard Chairman and CEO. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership

May 2008
Course Overview Note

Instructor's Guide to Authentic Leadership Development

By: William W. George

Keywords: Leadership Development

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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June 2003
Article

Leadership and the Psychology of Turnarounds

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Leadership

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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

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