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- 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
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
“It’s a match made in heaven!” One hears this said at weddings, at the end of mergers, at the hiring of CEOs, and, of course, at the hiring of coaches in the National Football League. Human history is rife with examples of a union of two entities being described thus,... View Details
- April 2017
- Supplement
Q&A with Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
In this video supplement to the HBS case study "Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation," case protagonist Tom Kalil discusses leading a team of policy entrepreneurs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2008-2016. View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Government; Government Innovation; Leading Teams; Collaboration; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Leadership Development; Groups and Teams; Policy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Q&A with Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 417-712, April 2017.
- 06 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams
after meetings,” says Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership at HBS, who is an ethnographer intent on studying work dynamics. With Ma in China and Eun in the US, each of the field observers spent eight to 12 hours a day... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
Investing: Emerging Trends in a Changing Landscape," a recent panel discussion hosted by Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative. They also touched on growing trends including venture philanthropy and social impact... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
unexpected changes to work processes are discussed. The case also allows for discussion of how to plan a phased implementation with adequate time for organizational learning to occur between the time that various sites "go... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Black Business Leaders Series: The Entrepreneurship Behind Ebony Magazine
Keywords: Publishing
- January 2002 (Revised June 2002)
- Background Note
A Note on Building and Leading Your Senior Team
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
As performance demands intensify in fast-moving global markets, more executives are coming to rely on senior teams for strategic and operational assistance. Team building with powerful senior executives presents special challenges, including competition for their boss'... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Management Teams; Operations; Organizational Culture; Rank and Position; Strategy
Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. "A Note on Building and Leading Your Senior Team." Harvard Business School Background Note 402-037, January 2002. (Revised June 2002.)
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
spread it around the world. Kanter: You're talking about something important. This innovation is definitely systemic. It's working on many levels. It's working on the level of the individual. It's looking at the level of the culture in the building, which means the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- March 2016 (Revised May 2021)
- Supplement
IBM and the Reinvention of High School (C): Toward P-TECH's Rapid National Expansion
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Kelsi Stine-Rowe
In early 2016, Stanley Litow, IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM International Foundation, made his travel arrangements for still another flight from New York to discuss possibilities for application of a new... View Details
Keywords: IBM; P-TECH; Stanley Litow: Robin Willner; Cuomo; Scaling; Innovation; New York State; New York City; Business Model; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Education; Business and Community Relations; Change; Growth and Development; Technology Industry; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Kelsi Stine-Rowe. "IBM and the Reinvention of High School (C): Toward P-TECH's Rapid National Expansion." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-130, March 2016. (Revised May 2021.)
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
more than a little suspicious of charisma, and his view of management and leadership basically is, you're running a company and most of that is management. But when leadership is called for, whatever that... View Details
- September 2023 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Going Mobile-First? The Digital Transformation of Davivienda Bank in Colombia
By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Set in 2017, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda—a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate. The case also describes the pioneer role... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Going Mobile-First? The Digital Transformation of Davivienda Bank in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 724-389, September 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
Kaurman and Derek C.M. van Bever, also senior lecturers with prior leadership experience in the private sector. Huber recently sat down with Harvard Business School Working Knowledge to discuss how an... View Details
- October 2002
- Supplement
NerveWire: A Tale of Two Executives
By: Nitin Nohria
A series of five segments that include NerveWire, Inc., A Day in the Life of Malcolm Frank, A Day in the Life of Kirk Arnold, Employee Observations of Malcolm and Kirk, and Malcolm and Kirk Discuss Co-Leadership. View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "NerveWire: A Tale of Two Executives." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 403-806, October 2002.
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
and the way unexpected crises can emerge rapidly, leaders must move faster and display more strategic agility than ever before. Much of Watkins’ advice about how company officials should assume a leadership post still holds true. It’s... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
with leading philanthropists in the country, discussing the issue of leadership in nonprofit organizations. But there wasn't a single nonprofit executive in those meetings, and that ticked me off. So I wrote... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
to their own professional lives. In this conversation with a member of the Executive Education staff, Professor Jay Lorsch, program chair, discusses the course, the significant role professional service firms play in the world's economy,... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?
blurred as to what is considered to be appropriate behavior.” Fubini, who discusses a variety of ethical briar patches with students at HBS, has written a series of mini-cases stemming from real predicaments his former students have... View Details
- February 2021
- Case
Enterprise Agility at Komerční Banka
By: Euvin Naidoo, Suraj Srinivasan and Sarah Gulick
In 2017, Jan Juchelka, the new CEO of Komerční Banka, identified the need for the bank to start an enterprise wide agile transformation. He started by working to create a sense of urgency to kick-start a process to enable the level of service delivery to customers he... View Details
Keywords: Agile; Agility; Transformation; Organizational Structure; Business Headquarters; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Banking Industry; Czech Republic
Naidoo, Euvin, Suraj Srinivasan, and Sarah Gulick. "Enterprise Agility at Komerční Banka." Harvard Business School Case 121-020, February 2021.
- April 2004 (Revised August 2004)
- Teaching Note
BuildingBlocks International
BuildingBlocks International (BBI) plans to accomplish its mission to help children in developing countries succeed in school by bringing management expertise to local organizations. Two years after founding BBI, however, the team hasn't figured out exactly how to make... View Details