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Omobola Johnson, the former Minister of Communication Technology in Nigeria, reflects on the success factors of her Arthur Anderson consulting assignment with First Bank of Nigeria, in which she consolidated two of their most profitable branches to operate more... View Details

07 Dec 2014
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The Hardest Job in Airlines: CEO of New Malaysian Air

Keywords: Mueller, Christoph; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2007
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How Business Schools Lost Their Way

will recognize their obligations to society.” As in the 1920s, however, the strongest public advocate for professionalization in the most comprehensive sense of the term was HBS Dean Wallace B. Donham, who was appalled by the lack of national View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

December 2022
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Fostering Perceptions of Authenticity via Sensitive Self-Disclosure

By: Li Jiang, Leslie K. John, Reihane Boghrati and Maryam Kouchaki

Leaders’ perceived authenticity—the sense that leaders are acting in accordance with their “true self”—is associated with positive outcomes for both employees and organizations alike. How might leaders foster this impression? We show that sensitive self-disclosure, in... View Details

Keywords: Authenticity; Weaknesses; Self-disclosure; Leaders; Impression Management; Leadership Style; Motivation and Incentives

January 2021
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Digital Transformation 2.0: CEO Elie Girard at Atos

By: Tsedal Neeley and James Barnett

Elie Girard has taken the helm as CEO of Atos—multinational IT giant—to lead the company into the next era of digital transformation. Noticing that customers’ digital needs were evolving to become even more specialized and global in scope, he made a bold first step as... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Change; Leadership; Technology Industry

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05 Nov 2018
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Take a Ride With Peloton CEO John Foley

Keywords: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2018
News

More Than a Game

Above: photo by Peter Taylor Fernando Aguirre (PPL 2009) owns the Erie SeaWolves minor league baseball team, and he runs it with the same management strategies he employed during his career in consumer goods. One is a hands-on approach: While CEO of Chiquita, he once... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

04 Feb 2021
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Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

Us About Crisis Leadership The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness,... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

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American firms reveal the gulf between bosses’ and workers’ pay

In The Wake Of The Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Should Mark Zuckerberg Resign?

Companies should take a stand on gun control — sell if you don't like it

IKEA Founder Leaves Behind A Furniture Empire And A Troubling Past

The Japanese company that ordered staff to speak English

What Managers Need to Know About Social Tools

An era ends for Starbucks and Howard Schultz

Airbnb Isn’t Doing Enough

Here’s What Happens When You Let Your Team Have Fun

What I’ll Miss About Andy Grove

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Faculty Insights: Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

Omobola Johnson