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  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

discipline to its operations. That direction enabled him to move forward with clarity. If the board is serious about its responsibilities, it should form a committee to oversee the company’s leadership development process, taking the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • December 2016
  • Case

Public Mission, Private Funding: The University of California, Berkeley

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
UC Berkley, long known as one of the leading public universities in both the U.S. and the world, has seen turbulent times recently. While student enrollment and costs have increased steadily in recent years, the school, which has been fiercely proud of its public... View Details
Keywords: Public University; University Administration; Conflict Management; State Funding; Competition; Faculty Governance; University Of California Berkeley; Change Management; Volatility; Diversity; Residency; Higher Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Globalization; Policy; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Privatization; Problems and Challenges; Education Industry; United States
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  • 17 Nov 2020
  • In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

don't be afraid to scrap your 2019 strategies in 2020. Rembrand M. Koning (@orgRem) is an assistant professor of business administration. Karen Mills: Lift small businesses, support the economy For many Main Street small businesses, the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

forward to lead his country to victory in World War II." The lesson, says Nohria, is that Churchill and other great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

they're going to spend a good part of their lives in the office, they'd like that time to be spiritually as well as materially rewarding." Leading experts on the topic, including Peter B. Vaill (MBA... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 22 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

conditions will not last. The economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will extend for years. The “K-shaped” recovery in the US has insulated professional classes but created financial insecurity on the lower rungs that... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

from research on companies and teams that have sustained success or deteriorated in their performance, as well as research on the leadership and culture in organizations that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

successful entrepreneurs discussed the role beliefs and values play in keeping grounded among the turbulence and long hours that surround new ventures. Jim Sharpe (HBS MBA '76) , CEO of Extrusion... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

relating to political legitimacy and legal authority. The module note was written for students in the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2009
  • Article

What Would Peter Say?

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Heeding the wisdom of Peter Drucker might have helped us avoid - and will help us solve - numerous challenges, from restoring trust in business to tackling climate change. He issued early warnings about excessive executive pay, the auto industry's failure to adapt and... View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 2013
  • Book

What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

By: Robert Steven Kaplan
How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us—and... View Details
Keywords: Career Planning; Vocational Guidance; Job Satisfaction; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Customization and Personalization
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  • 01 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

When managers need help leading through turbulent times, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter suggests taking wisdom from the sayings of that expert on confusion, Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

strategy from the top of the organization to a specialist function." Montgomery maintains that it's time for CEOs to reclaim strategy, a point she argues fervently in her new book, The Strategist: Be the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

Among numerous other activities, the episodes described include his leadership in forging the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA), the development and ratification of a charter for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2024
  • Case

Innovation Strategy at Stanley Black & Decker: Setting the Direction for Growth

By: David L. Ager and Antonio Manuel Oftelie
On July 1, 2022, Don Allan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Black & Decker (SBD). Although Allan had been with the firm for 23 years, most recently serving as President and Chief Financial Officer, he recognized that he was stepping into his new role as... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Growth Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

sources of political risk: macroeconomic and policy turbulence, excessive bureaucracy, political instability, corruption, and violence. Employing NVivo coding, marked regional differences were identified. Macroeconomic and policy View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

for your new book was the unusual course you've been teaching for MBA students on moral leadership in organizations. What is a quiet leader? Is quiet leadership a topic you had... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2014
  • HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

But you don't save a business and turn it around without speaking to, focusing, and calling on the spirit of your people." Schultz's experience qualifies him for closer study in Koehn's HBS course Power and Glory View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage
  • 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
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

Amazon to expand and strengthen its market share in soft-line retail categories. While Amazon's interest intrigued Zappos' senior executives, they had not felt the time was right-until now. Amazon's offer-10... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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