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- December 1998
- Supplement
John Trani on Leadership, Video
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
John Trani, President and CEO of The Stanley Works, gives his thoughts on leadership in his first year at Stanley, advice to MBA students, and some of his General Electric experiences. View Details
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "John Trani on Leadership, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-511, December 1998.
- 31 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring the Art of Business: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Felipe Ceron (MBA 2022)
are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am working at The Juilliard School as a Strategy and Revenue Intern in the office... View Details
- June 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Shellye Archambeau: Becoming a CEO (A)
By: Tsedal Neeley and John Masko
With the economy in a freefall, MetricStream is losing customers, hemorrhaging cash and struggling to make payroll. Several board members are threatening to quit. Others are pressing to sell the company even at dismally low valuations. It’s 2008 and lightning has... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Race; Gender; Leadership Style; Risk and Uncertainty; Change; Prejudice and Bias; Decision Making; Personal Development and Career; Technology Industry; California
Neeley, Tsedal, and John Masko. "Shellye Archambeau: Becoming a CEO (A)." Harvard Business School Case 420-071, June 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
"competent" leader you must develop the necessary knowledge and skills to accomplish your mission. However, technical competence is not enough. To be an effective leader you must also have "character"— the BE component... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 2009
- Book
Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good
Supercorp is based on a 3-year study involving more than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the tsunami and... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M. Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good. New York: Crown Business, 2009.
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am working at Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc (CHAI), a global health... View Details
- 10 May 2015
- Blog Post
Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur
Becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t part of Desiree Stolar’s plan. A brand strategy and market research consultant, Desiree (MBA 2015) expected to hone her skills at HBS and then return to the field she loved. That all changed when her... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
Freeman would ask, "... how will the selected individual handle power?" Edward Hare suggested that results fall short of expectations "... because we don't understand motives (of the candidate for the leadership position)... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 2017
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change
By: Ryan Raffaelli
This reading combines conceptual frameworks and research-based knowledge to provide practical guidance about how to lead organization change. The essential reading outlines key choices leaders must make when managing a change and the common traps that can cause a... View Details
Raffaelli, Ryan. "Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing 8324, 2017.
- September 2009
- Module Note
Leading Teams Note
This note, which describes the architecture and processes that characterize effective teams, begins by detailing the steps involved in designing a team, from diagnosing the complexity, interdependence, and objectives of the task to harnessing the key resources teams... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership; Business Processes; Groups and Teams
Polzer, Jeffrey T. "Leading Teams Note." Harvard Business School Module Note 410-051, September 2009.
- February 2003
- Background Note
Leading Teams
This note which describes the architecture and processes that characterize effective teams, begins by detailing the steps involved in designing a team, from diagnosing the complexity, interdependence, and objectives of the task to harnessing the key resources teams... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams
Polzer, Jeffrey T. "Leading Teams." Harvard Business School Background Note 403-094, February 2003.
- 13 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Launching Leaders: HBS's New Initiative Fuels First-Generation and Low-Income Student Success
School in 2023, Bedford encountered some of the same challenges he faced at Harvard College years earlier: finding community and comfort in an unfamiliar culture. This fall, Bedford shared his story with 125 incoming MBA students during the inaugural session of the... View Details
- July–August 2020
- Article
Make the Most of Your Relocation
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
Although the COVID-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Geographic mobility can pay off... View Details
Keywords: Relocation; Mobility; Personal Development and Career; Geographic Location; Work-Life Balance
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Make the Most of Your Relocation." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 4 (July–August 2020): 104–113.
- April 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (A)
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and F. Christopher Eaglin
SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa’s distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures, unsafe road practices and lack of government support, the taxi industry had grown to become South Africa’s... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Equality and Inequality; Race; Situation or Environment; Transportation Industry; South Africa; Africa
Hsieh, Nien-he, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha, and F. Christopher Eaglin. "SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 321-138, April 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- Research Summary
Overview
My main topics of interest in research all center around Africa. It is my ambition to take HBS more into Africa and to bring Africa more into HBS. I am particularly interested in a) the building of businesses in Africa. I want to focus on those elements that an HBS MBA... View Details
Christopher A. Bartlett
Professor Christopher A. Bartlett received an economics degree from the University of Queensland, Australia (1964), and both the masters and doctorate degrees in business administration from Harvard University (1971 and 1979).
As a practicing manager prior... View Details
Make the Most of Your Relocation
Although the Covid-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Assignments far from headquarters can... View Details
- July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent
By: Boris Groysberg and John Masko
In 2020, The Honor Foundation (THF), a nonprofit dedicated to helping U.S. military special operators to transition into civilian careers, was facing a series of strategic challenges. THF had been founded in 2013 by former Navy SEAL trainee Joe Musselman, who observed... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Curriculum and Courses; Executive Education; Social Entrepreneurship; National Security; Recruitment; Retention; Job Interviews; Job Search; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Retirement; Nonprofit Organizations; War; Education Industry; San Diego; Virginia
Groysberg, Boris, and John Masko. "The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent." Harvard Business School Case 421-006, July 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
T-Shaped Managers—One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploratory Study from the Military
By: Hise O. Gibson
People are an organization’s most important resource. Managers who are collaborative and innovative ensure that organizations remain competitive. This type of manager has been referred to as a T-shaped manager. “T” given that the vertical portion represents the depth... View Details
Keywords: T-shaped Management; Leader Development; Talent Management; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Talent and Talent Management
Gibson, Hise O. "T-Shaped Managers—One Size Does Not Fit All: Exploratory Study from the Military." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-003, July 2021.
- 2012
- Book
Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Being a great leader today is much harder than you think—meet Jim Barton. He's a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity—thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you... View Details
Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell. Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.