Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

PublicationsDriven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership Author:Paul R. Lawrence Publication:Jossey-Bass, forthcoming (2010) Abstract The author applies the four drive theory of human behavior (to acquire, to defend, to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Apr 2013
News

How to Reach Your Potential

Web

Programs & Events - Alumni

questions about alumni events. May 11 11–30 MAY 2025 (Unit 1 only) Executive Education HBS Campus Owner/President Management Build the entrepreneurial leadership skills you need to guide your company through its next phase of growth and... View Details

March 2008
Article

Is Yours a Learning Organization?

By: David A. Garvin, Amy C. Edmondson and Francesca Gino

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. An organization with a strong learning culture faces the unpredictable deftly.... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Surveys; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture

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Find at Harvard

15 Jul 2014
News

Cool heads improvise in crisis and calm

09 Jan 2020
News

FT business books of the month: January edition

11 Apr 2023
News

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

2018
Interviews

Flora Taylor, Zachary Green, and Diane Forbes Berthoud distinguish between influence and leading with awareness at the 2018 Gender & Work Symposium

Research Summary

Leadership, Innovation, and Talent Management

By: Linda A. Hill

Hill is working on various research projects. The first, Leadership as Collective Genius, explores the relationships among leadership, creativity and diversity, more specifically the kind of collaborative work necessary for innovation in today's global enterprise. The... View Details

April 1998 (Revised April 2004)
Case

NEC: A New R&D Site in Princeton

In 1992, Daizburo Shinoda, a senior R&D manager at NEC, has to deal with a succession issue regarding the leadership of NEC's R&D site in Princeton, N.J. In deciding whom to appoint as the next leader of NEC's most important R&D site abroad, Shinoda has to consider a... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Information Technology Industry; New Jersey

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Educators

Purchase

18 Nov 2015
News

Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation Establish $20 Million Endowment at Harvard Business School

29 Jan 2015
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'India is a country obsessed with education'

25 Sep 2012
News

Ten Reasons People Resist Change

12 May 2020
News

Christina Wing Shifted Her Teaching and Offered Insights from CEOs Worldwide

09 Jan 2012
News

Fresh experiences in the field

01 Mar 2022
Video

Women of Color Lead, Empower & Thrive: A Virtual Event

21 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

Knowing how to turn down the volume on negative group emotions when they become counterproductive is a critical skill for today’s business leaders, Goldenberg says. The COVID-19 pandemic showed just how consequential this type of View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 May 2020
News

The Brilliant Success of Shackleton’s Failure

January 2023
Case

Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare

By: Katherine Coffman and Tom Quinn

In 2020, the Mars Petcare Leadership Team found themselves dealing with critically important inclusion and diversity issues. Social unrest, including unprecedented protests for racial justice in the U.S. and across the globe, generated an urgency for substantive... View Details