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      • June 2012
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      Leadership Is a Conversation

      By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
      Globalization and new technologies have sharply reduced the efficacy of command-and-control management and its accompanying forms of corporate communication. In the course of a recent research project, the authors concluded that by talking with employees, rather than... View Details
      Keywords: Employees; Management Style; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership; Cooperation; Partners and Partnerships
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Leadership Is a Conversation." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
      • November 2011
      • Case

      WrapItUp: Developing a New Compensation Plan

      By: W. Earl Sasser Jr. and Rachel Shelton
      A restaurant chain based in California offers made-to-order sandwich wraps using fresh, healthy ingredients. The founders of the company take a very active role in day-to-day business and tightly control every aspect of the restaurant operation from hiring store... View Details
      Keywords: Empowerment; Middle Management; Human Resource Management; Compensation; Incentives; Motivation; Motivation and Incentives; Change Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Service Delivery; Entrepreneurship; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; California
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      Sasser, W. Earl, Jr., and Rachel Shelton. "WrapItUp: Developing a New Compensation Plan." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-362, November 2011.
      • 2011
      • Case

      Wrapitup

      By: W. Earl Sasser
      A restaurant chain based in California offers made-to-order sandwich wraps using fresh, healthy ingredients. The founders of the company take a very active role in day-to-day business and tightly control every aspect of the restaurant operation from hiring store... View Details
      Keywords: Service Operations; Governance Controls; Revenue; Employee Relationship Management; Planning; Customer Satisfaction; Problems and Challenges; Profit; Change Management; Compensation and Benefits; Leadership Style; Service Industry; California
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      Sasser, W. Earl. "Wrapitup." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2011. (Brief Case.)
      • July 2011 (Revised October 2011)
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      Lady Gaga (A)

      By: Anita Elberse and Michael Christensen
      In September 2009, Troy Carter, manager of up-and-coming pop star Lady Gaga, has to decide on a new course of action now that his artist's planned co-headlining arena tour with hip-hop superstar Kanye West has been cancelled. Carter knows that continuing the tour, but... View Details
      Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Marketing Strategy; Product; Product Development; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Creativity; Music Industry
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      Elberse, Anita, and Michael Christensen. "Lady Gaga (A)." Harvard Business School Case 512-016, July 2011. (Revised October 2011.)
      • January 2011 (Revised March 2011)
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      Development and Promotion at North Atlantic Hospital

      By: Boris Groysberg, Lisa Leffert, Kerry Herman and Libby Williams
      Dr. Elizabeth Harris, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology (DA) at North Atlantic Hospital (NAH), faces several significant challenges. Staff satisfaction surveys confirmed her assessment that department faculty morale was low, the tenure and promotion system was... View Details
      Keywords: Training; Employees; Retention; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, Lisa Leffert, Kerry Herman, and Libby Williams. "Development and Promotion at North Atlantic Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 411-018, January 2011. (Revised March 2011.)
      • 2011
      • Book

      The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World

      By: Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey
      Defines the fundamental concept of Net Promoter, explaining its connection to your company’s growth and sustained success.
      *Presents the closed-loop feedback process and demonstrates its power to energize employees and delight customers.
      *Shares new and... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Centric Initiative; Customer Defection; Customer Engagement; Customer Experience; Customer Focused Organization; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Network Effects
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      Reichheld, Fred, and Rob Markey. The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.
      • November 2010
      • Article

      Stress-Test Your Strategy: The 7 Questions to Ask

      By: Robert Simons
      An economic downturn can quickly expose the shortcomings of your business strategy. But can you identify its weak points in good times as well? And can you focus on those weak points that really matter? I identify seven questions all executives should ask in order to... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Creativity; Success; Customers; Employees; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Simons, Robert. "Stress-Test Your Strategy: The 7 Questions to Ask." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010): 93–100.
      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers

      By: Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer and Michael W. Toffel
      Process-improvement ideas often come from frontline workers who speak up by voicing concerns about problems and by taking charge to resolve them. We hypothesize that organization-wide process-improvement campaigns encourage both forms of speaking up, especially voicing... View Details
      Keywords: Communication; Employees; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Business Processes; Performance Improvement
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      Adler-Milstein, Julia, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel. "Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-005, July 2010. (Revised Sept. 2011. Best Theory-to-Practice Paper Award by Academy of Management's Health Care Management Division. Selected for Best Paper Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Management Meeting.)
      • December 2009
      • Article

      Closing the Customer Feedback Loop

      By: Rob Markey, Fred Reichheld and Andreas Dullweber
      Realizing that customer retention is more critical than ever, companies have ramped up their efforts to listen to customers. But many struggle to convert their findings into practical prescriptions for customer-facing employees. Some companies are addressing that... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Centric Initiative; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain
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      Markey, Rob, Fred Reichheld, and Andreas Dullweber. "Closing the Customer Feedback Loop." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 12 (December 2009): 43–47.
      • March 2009
      • Case

      Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit

      By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Deborah Bell
      Barbara Norris struggles to address the many problems facing her as a recently promoted nurse manager in the General Surgery Unit (GSU) at Eastern Massachusetts University Hospital (EMU). She has inherited a unit with the lowest employee satisfaction scores and highest... View Details
      Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Satisfaction; Health Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Deborah Bell. "Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit." Harvard Business School Case 409-090, March 2009.
      • 2008
      • Book

      Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage

      By: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser Jr. and Joe Wheeler
      Hundreds of large organizations worldwide have used the groundbreaking Service Profit Chain to improve business performance. Now The Ownership Quotient reveals the next generation of the chain: customer and employee "owners" of your business. Employee-owners exhibit... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Ownership; Employee Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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      Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser Jr., and Joe Wheeler. Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Press, 2008.
      • August 2008
      • Case

      Sloan & Harrison: Non-Equity Partner Discontent

      By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
      The law firm, Sloan & Harrison, was dealing with some discontent among its junior non-equity partners. These partners were concerned with the transparency of the advancement process, their ability to position themselves as both leaders within the firm and rainmakers,... View Details
      Keywords: Employees; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Management Style; Performance; Work-Life Balance; Legal Services Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Sloan & Harrison: Non-Equity Partner Discontent." Harvard Business School Case 409-033, August 2008.
      • June 2007 (Revised January 2008)
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      The Vanguard Group, Inc. in 2006 and Target Retirement Funds

      By: Luis M. Viceira
      The Vanguard Group is one of the largest asset managers in the U.S., with over $1 trillion in assets, ninety percent of which are mutual fund assets, and more than 12,000 employees at year-end 2006. Vanguard has built a strong reputation as the manager of reference for... View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Personal Finance; Brands and Branding; Retirement; Trust; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Viceira, Luis M. "The Vanguard Group, Inc. in 2006 and Target Retirement Funds." Harvard Business School Case 207-129, June 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
      • 2006
      • Working Paper

      Defining the Attributes and Processes that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms

      By: Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas
      Workforce diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization of the U.S. economy and the desire for organizations to more accurately reflect the demographic diversity of the US population. Yet, most research on diversity in organizations... View Details
      Keywords: Diversity; Globalization; Employees; Retention; Knowledge Sharing; Research; United States
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      Akinola, Modupe, and David A. Thomas. "Defining the Attributes and Processes that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-019, September 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
      • March 2006 (Revised August 2006)
      • Case

      Putnam Investments: Rebuilding the Culture

      By: Nitin Nohria and Charles Nichols
      Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. is promoted CEO of Putnam Investments after the firm was badly damaged by a series of improper trading practices. He is charged with the task of managing the crisis, repairing the company culture, and putting the firm back into a pattern of... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Ethics; Investment Funds; Investment; Leading Change; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Charles Nichols. "Putnam Investments: Rebuilding the Culture." Harvard Business School Case 406-009, March 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
      • December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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      Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co.

      By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
      Spencer Owens & Co, a disguised consulting firm, focuses on domestic and international economic development. As an extension of the firm's commitment to social justice, 20 years ago, Spencer Owens management introduced an affirmative action hiring and promotion... View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Selection and Staffing; Development Economics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consulting Industry
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      Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co." Harvard Business School Case 405-048, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
      • January 2000 (Revised April 2000)
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      StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
      By the fall of 1999, StarMedia had sprinted to a sizable lead in the race to acquire Latin American Internet users. Its pan-regional, horizontal portal was the first to target Spanish- and Portuguese-language speakers on the Internet, registering 1.2 billion page views... View Details
      Keywords: Private Ownership; History; Risk Management; Business Cycles; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Media; Emerging Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Web; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 800-166, January 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
      • February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
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      Bain & Company, Inc.: Making Partner

      By: Ashish Nanda
      In June 1998, Bain's compensation and policy committee meets to review candidates for elevation to partnership. The case presents the profiles of four candidates and ends with the promotion committee debating the merits of the candidates. View Details
      Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Personal Development and Career; Employees
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Perry Fagan. "Bain & Company, Inc.: Making Partner." Harvard Business School Case 899-066, February 1999. (Revised April 1999.)
      • April 1997
      • Case

      Romeo Engine Plant (Abridged)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
      A newly reopened automobile engine plant has been organized along total quality and teamwork principles. Employees now solve problems and ensure quality, rather than watch parts being produced. New operating and financial systems have been installed to promote... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Groups and Teams; Employees; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Romeo Engine Plant (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 197-100, April 1997.
      • May 1994 (Revised October 1994)
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      Motorola Corp.: The View from the CEO Office

      By: Shoshana Zuboff and Janis Lee Gogan
      Motorola, a leader in semiconductors and telecommunications, embarked on an ambitious program of renewal beginning in the early 1980s, leading to dramatic improvements in the company's quality, cycle time, and growth. Much of this progress was attributed to a major... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry
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      Zuboff, Shoshana, and Janis Lee Gogan. "Motorola Corp.: The View from the CEO Office." Harvard Business School Case 494-140, May 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
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