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    Lynda M. Applegate

    Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School.  She has also played a... View Details

    • 06 Jul 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The Truth About Authentic Leaders

    The debate over which form of leadership works best seems settled, in my view. Most leading companies globally are focusing on developing "authentic leaders" within their ranks. Executive courses... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
    • Case

    Yum! Brands, Inc: A Corporate Do-Over

    By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson, James Weber and Eliot Sherman
    Describes the successful turnaround of the restaurant company Yum! Brands after its spin off from PepsiCo and covers how the company's leadership planned and executed on virtually every dimension of the employee experience. The main dilemma centers on what the company... View Details
    Keywords: Product; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Expansion; Trade; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
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    By: Suraj Srinivasan
    Professor Srinivasan serves as the Course Head for the required MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. He has previously taught the second year MBA elective Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements and teaches the executive education version... View Details
    Keywords: Business Analysis; Business Evaluation; Financial Statements; Financial Analysis; Audit Committees; Corporate Governance; Compensation Committees
    • 4 PM – 5 PM EST, 10 Mar 2021
    • Virtual Programming

    Meet the i-labs Unicorns: Celebrating Venture Success Stories

    How did two Harvard Innovation Lab alumni teams achieve valuations of more than $1 billion. In a discussion moderated by i-lab executive director Matt Segneri (AB 2004, MBA 2010), Will Ahmed (AB 2012), founder and CEO of WHOOP, and Lissy Hu (MD/MBA 2014), founder and... View Details
    • 21 Mar 2018
    • News

    These Women Could Be the Tech Industry's Next Great CEOs

    • 13 Apr 2021
    • News

    Unlocking Diversity's Promise: Psychological Safety, Trust and Inclusion

    • October 2013
    • Column

    How Should Your Leaders Behave?

    By: Kevin Sharer
    The article discusses the value of effective leadership and an examination of the ways in which a corporate leader should behave as of October 2013, focusing on role models in business and the behavioral traits of chief executive officers (CEOs). Diversity in business... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Style
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      Rosabeth M. Kanter

      Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine
      • 03 Oct 2023
      • What Do You Think?

      Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?

      associated with outstanding long-term performance. We asked hundreds of senior executives to name their competitor (not their own organization) with the strongest culture. We then compared those results with long-term (10-year)... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
      • 04 Oct 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

      We often expect corporate executives to conform to certain extroverted CEO stereotypes: C for charismatic, E for effusive, and O for outgoing. To wit: Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson, who very publicly flew around the world in a hot... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • May 2019
      • Case

      The United States Air Force: 'Chaos' in the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron

      By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Huizinga and Nicole Keller
      In the spring of 2019, Lt. Col. Matthew “Chaos” Nussbaum is nearing the end of his two-year term as commander of the U.S. Air Force's 99th Reconnaissance Squadron. In this position, he has focused the majority of his energy on finding new ways to organize, train, and... View Details
      Keywords: Empowerment; Culture; Innovation; Motivation; Military; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Change; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; United States
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      • 23 Sep 2015
      • News

      Explaining Gender Differences at the Top

      • February 2015 (Revised May 2017)
      • Case

      Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders

      By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
      Delhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Organizational Alignment; Talent Management; Leadership Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Belgium
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        Das Narayandas

        Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Technology degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), a Post-Graduate... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; beauty products; biotechnology; computer; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; federal government; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; internet; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; professional services; retailing; telecommunications; transportation
        • 06 Jun 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        Why Leaders Lose Their Way

        highly successful in their respective fields and at the peak of their careers. This makes their behavior especially perplexing, raising questions about what caused them to lose their way: Why do leaders known for integrity and leadership... View Details
        Keywords: by Bill George
        • 06 Jun 2023
        • Cold Call Podcast

        The Opioid Crisis, CEO Pay, and Shareholder Activism

        Keywords: Re: Suraj Srinivasan; Health; Pharmaceutical; Distribution
        • 19 May 2016
        • News

        Helping baby boomers find a meaningful second act

          Jeffrey T. Polzer

          Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

          • 01 Jan 2003
          • News