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- January 18, 2012
- Blog Post
How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation
By: Bill George
George, Bill. "How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation." Harvard Business Review Blogs (January 18, 2012). http://blogs.hbr.org/hbsfaculty/2012/01/how-ibms-sam-palmisano-redefin.html.
- October 10, 2010
- Article
Coming Home to Minnesota
By: Bill George
Keywords: Minnesota
George, Bill. "Coming Home to Minnesota." Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (October 10, 2010).
- September 8, 2010
- Article
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
By: Bill George
Keywords: Leadership
George, Bill. "Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 8, 2010).
- February 3, 2010
- Article
Leadership's Lost Decade
By: Bill George
Keywords: Leadership
George, Bill. "Leadership's Lost Decade." Wall Street Journal (February 3, 2010).
- February 2008
- Teaching Note
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Young Minister Confronts the Challenges of Montgomery (TN)
By: Bill George
Teaching Note for [406016]. View Details
Keywords: Alabama
- Article
The Journey to Authenticity
By: Bill George
George, Bill. "The Journey to Authenticity." Leader to Leader, no. 31 (Winter 2004).
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
Blues A shockingly low 25 percent of employees feel connection to their company's mission. Bill George discusses fixes to rebuild purpose in their work. How Small Wins Unleash Creativity The most powerful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally
By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Omar Ishrak, Medtronic's first non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Medical Devices; Medtronic; Globalization; Innovation; Reverse Innovation; Leadership; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Management Teams; Business Model; Emerging Markets; Global Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; China
George, Bill, and Natalie Kindred. "Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally." Harvard Business School Case 413-065, March 2013. (Revised May 2013.)
- December 31, 2011
- Blog Post
Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders
By: John Coleman and Bill George
Keywords: Leadership
Coleman, John, and Bill George. "Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders." Harvard Business Review Blogs (December 31, 2011). http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/five_resolutions_for_aspiring.html.
- March 2008 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Lisa Sherman (A)
By: Bill George and Jens Audenaert
Lisa Sherman is a successful executive at Verizon who is struggling with the decision to reveal her sexual orientation. After attending a diversity training workshop in which participants expressed extremely negative views about people in her community, Sherman wonders... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Identity; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Organizational Culture
George, Bill, and Jens Audenaert. "Lisa Sherman (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-115, March 2008. (Revised August 2020.)
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
environment. HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?In a recent field study seminar, Professor Forest L. Reinhardt discussed the case "Woolf Farming & Processing," which illustrates how access to water—a basic building block of... View Details
- April 2007
- Article
Why Leaders Lose Their Way
By: Bill George and Andrew N. McLean
Keywords: Leadership
George, Bill, and Andrew N. McLean. "Why Leaders Lose Their Way." Strategy & Leadership 35, no. 3 (April 2007).
- April 2011
- Case
Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)
By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Fairness; Corporate Accountability; Emotions; Behavior; Leadership Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Disclosure
George, Bill, and Natalie Kindred. "Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-009, April 2011.
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
Bill George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. "Innovators need to be able to try things out, fail, correct them, and then bring them back into the organization."... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
approach of Ian Taylor's board been more acceptable? Are long- and short-term interests of shareholders synonymous at the moment of truth of the sale of an entity they own? What do you think? Original Article In his newly published book, Authentic Leadership, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
What do Stella McCartney, Apple, Netflix, and Wal-Mart have in common? They were all subjects of the most popular episodes of Harvard Business School's Cold Call podcast in the last year. Twice monthly, host and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Brian Kenny... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
discusses what that means for consumer marketing. . Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders Courageous leaders inspire employees, energize customers, and position their companies on the front lines of societal change. Bill... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- May 11, 2012
- Article
Charlotte's Competitive Muscle
By: Bill George and Jim Rogers
George, Bill, and Jim Rogers. "Charlotte's Competitive Muscle." Charlotte Business Journal (May 11, 2012).
- March 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Supplement
Lisa Sherman (B)
By: Bill George and Jens Audenaert
The case of Lisa Sherman (B) describes a highly successful executive at Verizon, who decides to leave the company because of the negative views of gays and lesbians expressed at a diversity training workshop, and her final meeting with Verizon CEO Ray Smith to describe... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Personal Development and Career; Retention; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Government and Politics
George, Bill, and Jens Audenaert. "Lisa Sherman (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-116, March 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
Waterman), Level 5 Leadership (described by Jim Collins as centered around personal humility and professional will), servant leadership (defined by Robert Greenleaf in terms of service to others as a leader's most important role), and authentic leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett