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12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

There is a theme to Dwayne Johnson’s life, and that theme is never settling. Johnson vividly remembers a moment in the mid-90s when he was being driven back home to Tampa, Florida, by his father after getting cut from a Canadian Football League team, his dreams of an... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

November 1972 (Revised December 1978)
Case

Dobbs House (A)

By: W. Earl Sasser, Daryl D Wyckoff and John Klug

Keywords: Leadership Development

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June 1996
Background Note

Summary of Leading from the Front

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Leadership Style

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01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Grassa O’Neill, HGSE senior lecturer and faculty director of the School Leadership Program, and HBS senior fellow Allen Grossman, cofounder of the Public Education Leadership Project, a long-standing... View Details

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

believe in? Do we have the capabilities to execute that strategy? Is our leadership effective? The conversation has to be collective and public. Successfully realigning an organization with a new strategic direction almost always requires... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

01 Mar 2012
News

In Memoriam

understanding among subsequent generations about the nature of leadership in theory and practice. Despite having no medical degree, Zaleznik was certified—and went on to maintain a 20-year practice—as a clinical psychoanalyst, applying... View Details

Keywords: obituraries; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2013
News

Climate Change as Must-See TV

concern and to take action. For HBS alumni, we intend to address any doubts or questions about climate change through an online platform and events at HBS clubs. We also plan to organize a meeting of interested HBS alumni with Washington's top policymakers. "As much as... View Details

Keywords: videos; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Arts, Entertainment

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

Photos by Chris Taggart “Some of the students I mentor, when they see a young guy in a leadership position who went to Harvard and worked on Wall Street, they assume I come from privilege,” says Kwame Owusu-Kesse (AB 2006, MBA/MPP 2012).... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2007
News

Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch

without notes while pacing back and forth along the edge of the stage, Ballmer made his case for Microsoft’s continued leadership in technology innovation to a somewhat skeptical audience, as revealed by student questions. If it’s... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

leadership style to “drain the swamp” of the Washington bureaucracy and deliver results for the American people. The United States is not a company, of course, and its citizens are not employees, but voters still were drawn to his... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

October 2015
Article

Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

By: Karthik Ramanna

A manager decides whether he should hide his sexual orientation for an overseas assignment. View Details

Keywords: Case Studies; Career Advancement; Leadership Development; Globalization; Technology Industry; Korean Peninsula; United States

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14 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump

If marketing is a profession, and I hope it is, then I suggest there are five rules that marketers should not follow in the interests of self-respect and respect for the profession. It pays to pander. No it doesn’t. It’s unethical, but also unwise, to exploit the... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Deighton

June 2025
Case

Larry Culp at General Electric: Rebuilding an American Icon

By: Nitin Nohria, Kayti Stanley, Ashka Stephen and Drew Goydan

As he takes over as CEO of the iconic industrial giant General Electric, Larry Culp faces a range of urgent issues as the company is delisted from the DJIA and is seen by many as heading towards bankruptcy. Culp steers GE through a series of carefully thought-out moves... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Health Industry; Aerospace Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Financial Services Industry; North America; Europe

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September 2024 (Revised December 2024)
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Discovery Bank

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Namrata Arora

In May 2023, Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, prepared to present two pivotal proposals to the board of Discovery Limited, the bank’s parent company. His first proposal aimed to integrate Discovery’s suite of apps, positioning the banking app as the central... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Banking Industry; South Africa

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November 9, 2012
Guest Column

For Obama, Where Has Lincoln Gone?

By: Nancy F. Koehn

The 2012 presidential race was not only the most expensive in history, it was also one of the most closely contested elections the country has known. President Barack Obama inherits the very serious challenge of trying to reunite a divided nation in which political... View Details

Keywords: Leadership

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March 6, 2012
Blog Post

Enhance Your Overseas Experience

By: John Coleman and William W. George

Keywords: Leadership

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Book

Oprah, Leading With Heart

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Harvard Business School professor Nancy F. Koehn provides an inspiring example of a leader who leads not just from the head but the heart. Her name: Oprah Winfrey. Here, in this brief eBook, is how she built a media empire and the lessons you can apply to your own work... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Leadership

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