Wise Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

leadership in automotive design. “The big question is whether the Second Century Plan has us departing from our traditional role as a sports car and luxury manufacturer and moving into new segments, new businesses,” said Palmer in late... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Apr 2024
Book

Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters

responsible, and what is pragmatically wise when you face a hard, complex decision. In short, it is the lens through which you define reality, responsibility, and practicality in your leadership moments.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Jul 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration

Keywords: by Mark Mortensen & Tsedal Neeley

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

been forced to accept uncertainty during the pandemic, Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka, coauthors of the 2019 book The Wise Company, recently developed “six practices to make a better future” to help leaders focus on the most important... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

incomplete, but dangerous. Perhaps we should think twice before telling others that they would be wise to immediately embrace their limitations. Perhaps we should not suggest to would-be innovators, problem solvers, entrepreneurs, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie's book A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of a Social Interaction System (ILR Press, 1991). The head of a manufacturing firm was preparing to initiate talks with the leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

03 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed With Your New Boss

things fast when you know that the business has serious structural problems. So it is wise to get bad news on the table early and to lower unrealistic expectations. Be careful to assess your new organization's capacity for change before... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

11 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

Working PapersState Owned Entity Reform in the Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership Authors:Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna Abstract The literature on state-owned entity (SOE)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

the neglect of the others. When this happens, even the emphasized drive will in time become frustrated. To maintain a reasonable balance among the drives requires hands-on steering by the leadership of the organization. Like riding a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

that is fully staffed and before new acquisition processes have been formalized, Reses must decide whether acquiring Stamped is a wise strategy. The case also considers the perspective of Robby and Bart and explores if selling Stamped to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

chapters and a more prescriptive style to reflect today's world of expanding globalization, accelerated change, and increased complexity. This excerpt discusses the importance for young managers to continue to develop as professionals via View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

08 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

You Won't Make It If You Fake It

leadership experiences before they are prepared for major leadership assignments. Through these processes, they learn about themselves and how to lead diverse people through complex challenges. Look at the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

02 Feb 2004
What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

different needs, or some other reasons? What do you think? Original Article Leadership is being examined in all its facets these days. An entire issue of the Harvard Business Review was devoted to it last month. Books galore explore the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

and Warren Bennis that judgment trumps experience. While raising many other questions about the column, Michael Scott pointed out that "as the book (by Tichy and Bennis) makes clear, judgment is the quintessential leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents

individual's BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes," but the Court, wisely I believe, made thoughtful distinctions about what is and is not patentable, deciding that, "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent... View Details

Keywords: by Richard G. Hamermesh; Biotechnology; Health

27 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

"Everyone in this program has earned their stripes at a very senior leadership level," Simons notes. "It's important to have that kind of person because participants work in groups and in very intensive classroom... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

29 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 29

economic pacts and clash of regional economic blocks, post-imperial disintegration and trade, and identity and interdependence. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/ukraine-on-the-border-of-europe-and-eurasia/an/714042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-033... View Details