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Supplements the (A) case. View Details

2003
Chapter

Are We Preparing Ourselves to Lead?

Keywords: Leadership Development

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-Board of Directors of the Bridgespan Group
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-Board of Directors of Harvard Business Publishing
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Faculty Reflections on International Women's Day

all." Linda A. Hill Women of Color Leadership Program Faculty Chair "To me breaking gender bias means, viewing each human being from a place of deep curiosity and empathy and... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral... View Details

May 5, 2010
Article

Leading from Behind

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January 1999
Case

Lark International Entertainment, Ltd. (Video)

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry

June 1999
Course Overview Note

Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD), Course Overview (Abridged)

Course overview for the first-year required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD). View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Organizations; Behavior

August 1995 (Revised April 1998)
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A Note for Analyzing Work Groups

Presents a model for understanding the behavior and evolution of primary, stable work groups over time. The model describes contextual factors, design factors, and emergent culture as determinants of group behavior and performance. Describes emergent behavior, norms,... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Balance and Stability; Behavior; Situation or Environment

March 1994 (Revised May 1994)
Supplement

Lisa Benton (B)

Provides a follow-up to Lisa Benton (A). View Details

January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Background Note

Evaluating an Action Plan

Managers report that action planning to resolve interpersonal and organizational challenges is far more demanding than diagnosing them. Although there are many frameworks for evaluating their diagnoses, there are few for evaluating their action plans. Reviews the major... View Details

Keywords: Planning

November 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Background Note

Orientation for Viewing ""Ted Smith and the Lyric Copier""

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November 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Background Note

Orientation for Viewing ""Karen Green""

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January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Case

De Passe Entertainment and Creative Partners

After 24 years at Motown Industries, Hollywood executive Suzanne de Passe has decided to go out on her own to start two new businesses. The case describes de Passe's career from her beginning as Berry Gordy's assistant at Motown Records to her presidency of Gordy/de... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Business or Company Management; Entertainment; Personal Development and Career; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry; California

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March 1992 (Revised March 1995)
Supplement

Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (B)

Supplements Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corp. (A). View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Rank and Position; Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Change; Electronics Industry; Consumer Products Industry

May 1990 (Revised April 1995)
Teaching Note

Karen Green, Teaching Note

The video depicts Karen Green, a manager in her early thirties, on a company retreat. She is being considered for a project manager position, a promotion she does not receive. During the retreat, the circumstances that influenced the decision become evident. The... View Details

Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Power and Influence

November 1988 (Revised July 1997)
Case

Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor

At a time of great changes in the corporate environment, Larry Yoshino, a design lab manager at Parsons Controls Corp., faces a delay in a costly defense project due to the inability of one of his subordinates to gain the cooperation of engineers at Parsons'... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Conflict Management; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Employees; Competitive Strategy; Projects

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