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  • 03 Jul 2013
  • News

Lincoln, Mandela and Obama: Lessons for Leaders Over Three Centuries

  • 25 Nov 2015
  • News

How Black Friday Got Its Name — It's Not What You Think

  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

A Nation Divided: The United States and the Challenge of Secession

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
Americans elected Abraham Lincoln as the nation's first Republican president in November of 1860. Northern political leaders had formed the Republican Party only a few years before, in large measure to combat the spread of slavery. Southerners had long been wary of... View Details
Keywords: Governance; War; Government and Politics; History; United States
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  • 05 Oct 2017
  • News

"Forged in Crisis" author on the makings of a great leader

  • 2017
  • Book

Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times

By: Nancy F. Koehn
An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide range of readers—including those in government, business, education, and the arts—Forged in Crisis spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Personal Characteristics; Crisis Management; Biography
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  • 2012
  • Book

Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

By: Gautam Mukunda
Will your next leader be insignificant—or indispensable? The importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate. Are they made by history, or do they make it? In Indispensable, Harvard Business School professor Gautam... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Making; Outcome or Result; Power and Influence
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Chase Hall | About

Business School's original campus . Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), a politician, abolitionist, and jurist, was elected US senator from Ohio in 1849. In 1855 he became the first Republican Ohio governor and launched a presidential bid a few years later, losing to View Details
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

often a trait of the most effective leaders, as it was in the best-respected of all American political leaders, Abraham Lincoln. Once, when the Civil War was not going well for the Union side, a high-ranking general suggested that the... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

at Federated Department Stores began in 1936 at Abraham & Straus and continued, after 20 years of success at A&S, at Burdines. As president and CEO of Burdines, Daniels expanded and revitalized the Florida chain. After his retirement from... View Details
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McCulloch Hall | About

secretary: the first under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) and subsequently (1884-1885) under President Chester Arthur. McCulloch arrived in Washington in 1862, determined to alter... View Details
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

enterprise and foster its growth. [3] Through a partnership with John Wesley Durr in 1862, the brothers expanded their storage capacity and trading business, and Lehman, Durr & Co. soon ranked among the top cotton firms in the area. When the Civil War broke out,... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project

Kim Vista Unified School District Vista, CA CA 37 of 65 Megan Leahy Arcadia High School Arcadia, CA CA 38 of 65 Rachel Lee Tracy High School Tracy, CA CA 39 of 65 Terry Lien San Mateo Middle College San Mateo, CA CA 40 of 65 Melissa Lizarraga View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Canyon High School Phoenix, AZ ID Janet Liston Frank Church High School Boise, ID Subjects: American Government, U.S. History 11 NY Don Little Nottingham High School Syracuse, NY MD Marie Livingston South River High School Edgewater, MD CA Melissa Lizarraga View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Faculty Books

Assistant Professor Mukunda examines the forces involved when leaders really make a difference. He explains which leaders matter and what lessons can be learned from them. The book’s profiles of leaders, from Abraham View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 25 Jun 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

would you really love to do,' but 'Given the people you're working with and the pressures you're under now, what can you do?'" In that context, students also grapple with the hard choices that faced Abraham Lincoln, as described in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders

respective challenges. Koehn profiles Abraham Lincoln, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, Frederick Douglass, Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and environmental crusader Rachel Carson as they each faced unique leadership... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 04 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

were renowned for their work in the antislavery cause. Both were at the peak of their powers and reputation. Instead the convention chose a one-term congressman whose claim to fame was an unsuccessful run for the Senate from Illinois: the convention chose View Details
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Commencement 2011 Address | About

leaders experience can sometimes cause even good people — people who were once admired for their character — to go astray. The best insight I have gained into character is a quote from Abraham Lincoln I came... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5

an enduring history of racism; slaves didn’t become free in Texas until 2.5 years after Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation. The Juneteenth holiday today references this date of delayed... View Details
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Seneca Falls women's rights convention The Seneca Falls Convention 1861 Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins 1863 President Lincoln issues... View Details