Publications

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

and business? Kanter: The three career steps that matter, for scholars and practitioners alike, are inclusion, influence, and impact. Inclusion by getting in the door, influence at the table, and the impact you have in your own life and... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

they've won. And the spot changes with each new competitive achievement—moving targets. No wonder we're stressed out. Maximized versions of success are more than superficial presentations. They have the power to co-opt our innermost... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Kenny for Books@Baker. Q&A: Thinking Beyond the Building At a Books@Baker event at Harvard Business School on Feb. 26, Rosabeth Moss Kanter was interviewed by HBS Chief Marketing and Communication Officer Brian Kenny about her new book, Think Outside the Building:... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

Companies change strategy, operational processes, and policies all the time, each shift creating a new group of winners and losers. When Steve Jobs became CEO of Apple for the second time, the culture shifted, with designers enjoying... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

2017, well before the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work. “Two individuals have the same job and are doing the exact same kind of work. The only thing that changed is the temporal distance.” First, the team explored how being in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2010
Chapter

Identity-Based Leader Development

By: Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra and Laura Ramo

Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to leadership development, only recently has a new perspective emerged that explicitly links leadership and identity. Research and theorizing on leadership development have yet to specify the processes that... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Identity; Transition; Transformation; Perspective; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Personal Development and Career

April 2001
Teaching Note

Katharine Graham TN

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Lisa M. Gunther and Dina R. Pradel

Teaching Note for (9-801-276). View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Public Ownership; Power and Influence; Experience and Expertise; Value; Decision Making; Personal Development and Career; Risk and Uncertainty

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

column about how best to foster a climate of inclusion in an organization. Dianne Jacobs made the case for inclusion succinctly when she said: “Those that manage diversity and inclusion well tend to manage change well.” MarufSalmon added,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

business, Bartlett says. "That's a big change that's taken place." The World's Communication Pipeline Another seismic shift is the broader context in which companies now operate, forgotten all too easily in today's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

company that reflects their personal values, U2 also provides a model. "Any CEO who thinks his or her job is primarily about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past," Koehn says. "The game of what kind of capitalism will define this century has View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

August 2002
Case

MassEnvelopePlus

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Brooke Bartletta and Michelle Heskett

Describes the challenges Steve Grossman, a fourth-generation owner of a small commercial printing company, must face amid industry consolidation, technological changes, and his own run for public office. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Leadership; Change Management; Information Technology; Personal Development and Career; Service Delivery; Service Industry; Massachusetts

May 1999
Case

Susan Brown

By: William A. Sahlman

A number of issues confront an associate in a venture capital firm. She has just learned that her senior partners are not yet willing to make her a general partner of the firm. She has several options and must decide what to do. View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Services Industry

Find at Harvard

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

campus. Is that going to change HBS? A: Allston will be the locus of new activities, new combinations of people, and new interactions across schools. It will be a catalyst for creating things that did not exist before. HBS has a unique... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B9): Hon. Colin Powell—A Portfolio for Powerful Impact

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes the post-career leadership issues for former General and Secretary of State Colin Powell. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Transition; Leadership; Public Administration Industry

April 2024
Case

Cyrus: Turning a Traditional Business Model on Its Head (A)

By: James Heskett

The loss of the lease at their Michelin-starred Cyrus 1.0 in Sonoma County, California gives the partners an opportunity to shut down and rework a “broken” business model, one with labor intensive experiences six or seven nights a week, high burnout, high... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Retention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leasing; Work-Life Balance; Strategic Planning; Loss; Profit; Working Conditions; California

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

a new research stream, and there is a low probability you will get funded in a new area. You may be fired. In short, your career is in danger of total meltdown. That is the real cost of our randomized model of research support in the... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

February 2025
Supplement

Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover

By: Ryan Raffaelli

Keywords: Retail; Leadership; Leading Change; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; United States