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  • December 2007
  • Background Note

Tools and Tactics for Transformation: Three "Whats" and Three "Hows"

By: James K. Sebenius and Stephen Friedman
Important transformation at Goldman Sachs, where one of the authors was Chairman, required analysis, political leadership, and management in order to fundamentally shift the strategy, people, and culture on a sustainable basis. After describing the actions needed to... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture; Transition; Strategic Planning; Core Relationships; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Equity
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Sebenius, James K., and Stephen Friedman. Tools and Tactics for Transformation: Three "Whats" and Three "Hows". Harvard Business School Background Note 908-028, December 2007.
  • Web

Globalization - Faculty & Research

Government and Politics ; AI and Machine Learning ; Innovation and Management ; Innovation Strategy ; Innovation Leadership ; Leadership Style ; Leading Change ; Management ;... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

What began as a misunderstanding about specifications and deadlines between a manager at RLX, a software development firm, and a manager at Impress, one of its clients, had escalated into a conflict charged... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
  • 07 Nov 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

is a British soccer club manager who turns out to be as incredible a performer as any of the lot. For 26 years, Sir Alex Ferguson has kept his Manchester United soccer club either at or near the top of competition, both in England and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 29 Oct 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Robots in the Boardroom

Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership StyleResearchers turn to machine-learning technology to look for links between a CEO's communications style and company performance. Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

Named SVP, Fidelity Management and Research LLC (FMR) 2001 Named President, Fidelity Asset Management 2007 Named President, Fidelity Personal and Workplace Investing 2012 Named President, Fidelity Financial... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Overview

By: Jorge Tamayo
Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.

Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Organization, Industrial Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Energy Generation; Performance Efficiency; Market Design; Crime and Corruption; Manufacturing Industry; Energy Industry
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

behavior; (3) a top-down or laissez-faire style by the leader, which prevents honest conversation about problems; (4) a lack of coordination across businesses, functions, or regions due to poor organizational design; (5) inadequate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Shaping the Learning Environment - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Shaping the Learning Environment Preparing to Teach Getting Started Developing Instructor Style Shaping the Learning Environment Knowing Your Students Planning a Class Session Leading in the Classroom Providing... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

to do everything twice as well. In addition, John Rice’s (MBA 1992) experience as a Black professional led him to create Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national non-profit organization that fights racial and economic... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

data-id=_/ej8BGQKx29V5JBMZ7gF3][/div] Like Mourinho, Flick did not shuffle players or staff, nor did he reform the playing style or tactical formation. He did not rebuild the club’s facilities as some of his precursors did. For example,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports
  • March 2022 (Revised November 2023)
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Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022

By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
2021 was a banner year for Elon Musk. CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, and a few smaller startups, Musk became the richest person on Earth after Tesla reached a market capitalization of $1 trillion and SpaceX a private... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Transportation; Strategic Planning; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Aerospace Industry; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; United States; Europe; China
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Yoffie, David, and Daniel Fisher. "Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022." Harvard Business School Case 722-439, March 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
  • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

Willa Seldon at Tides Center (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
Willa Seldon, an African-American woman with 16 years of for-profit experience, was hired as executive director of Tides Center, a nonprofit in San Francisco, CA. Tides Center was a fiscal sponsor dedicated to supporting individuals and groups working toward social... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Nonprofit Organizations; Transition; Change Management; Leadership Style; Performance; Customer Satisfaction; San Francisco
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Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Willa Seldon at Tides Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-072, May 2006. (Revised November 2006.)

    Myra M. Hart

    Myra Hart's research focus is high potential entrepreneurship.  She has taught MBA and executive programs, co-chaired the entrepreneurship unit, and led several HBS initiatives. As a founding memberView Details

    Keywords: consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; real estate; retailing
    • 1984
    • Chapter

    Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure

    By: Michael Jensen and William H. Meckling
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Management Style; Ownership; Organizational Structure; Theory
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    Jensen, Michael, and William H. Meckling. "Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure." In The Modern Theory of Corporate Finance, edited by Michael C. Jensen and Clifford H. Smith Jr.. McGraw-Hill, 1984. (Also in Economics of Corporation Law & Securities Regulation, Posner & Scott, Eds, (Little Brown,1980); Jensen, Foundations of Organizational Strategy, (HUP, 1998); & Theory of the Firm. . . (HUP, 2000) and JFE.)
    • May 2019
    • Background Note

    Developing Yourself as a Leader: A Framework for Millennial High Potentials & Emerging Leaders: How to PACE Your Self-Development

    By: Ethan Bernstein and Kirstin Lynde
    Millennials are redefining what it means to develop future leaders. In business organizations, leadership development—defined as “the expansion of a person's capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes“—has traditionally been the work of corporate... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Management Skills; Management Style
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    Bernstein, Ethan, and Kirstin Lynde. "Developing Yourself as a Leader: A Framework for Millennial High Potentials & Emerging Leaders: How to PACE Your Self-Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 419-045, May 2019.
    • 16 Mar 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

    Nonstop flights generally make traveling more pleasant—but can they lead to innovation, too, especially in the global context? Research suggests that they can, with important takeaways for managers reinstating business travel in a world... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation
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    Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

    re-evolve the future. SurgiBox Mike Teodorescu (DBA 2018) Alumni Track Crowd Favorite Safe surgery, any time, any place. Business Track, 2021 Concord Materials Robert Lane (MBA 2021) Anthony Valente (MBA 2022) Business Track Co-Winner Integrated materials View Details
    • spring 1994
    • Article

    Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances

    By: Ranjay Gulati, Tarun Khanna and Nitin Nohria
    How the partners in an alliance view their joint venture can have much to do with its success or failure. Each partner fears that the other will get the larger payoff by acting opportunistically while it cooperates in good faith. The result is that both partners choose... View Details
    Keywords: Management Style; Partners and Partnerships; Joint Ventures; Management Practices and Processes; Alliances; Trust; Game Theory
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    Gulati, Ranjay, Tarun Khanna, and Nitin Nohria. "Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances." MIT Sloan Management Review 35, no. 3 (spring 1994): 61–69.
    • 30 Jan 2019
    • Blog Post

    The Life and Role of a CEO

    Miho Sakuma (MBA '20) is from Tokyo, Japan and graduated with a major in history at Williams College. Prior to HBS, Miho worked in management consulting for Mickinsey in the Tokyo and New Jersey offices. As a former management consultant,... View Details
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