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- April 2011
- Article
Why Leaders Don't Learn from Success
By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
We argue that for a variety of psychological reasons, it is often much harder for leaders and organizations to learn from success than to learn from failure. Success creates three kinds of traps that often impede deep learning. The first is attribution error or the... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Innovation and Management; Leadership; Failure; Success; Performance Evaluation; Prejudice and Bias
Gino, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "Why Leaders Don't Learn from Success." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011): 68–74.
- Summer 2012
- Article
Developing Innovative Leaders
By: Bill George
Keywords: Leadership
George, Bill. "Developing Innovative Leaders." MWorld: The Journal of the American Management Association 11, no. 2 (Summer 2012): 6–9.
- May 3, 2010
- Article
Leaders and Fiduciaries
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Leaders and Fiduciaries." Huffington Post (May 3, 2010).
- July – August 2008
- Article
Leaders in Denial
Henry Ford's stubborn refusal to admit the changeability of consumer demand allowed Chrysler and GM to horn in on his market. Half a century later the whole U.S. auto industry made the same mistake: Enter the Japanese. But denial comes in many forms, as Sears, Digital... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Leadership; Demand and Consumers; Auto Industry; United States
Tedlow, Richard S. "Leaders in Denial." HBS Centennial Issue Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2008).
- 06 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Leaders Lose Their Way
In recent months several high-level leaders have mysteriously lost their way. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund and a leading French politician, was arraigned on charges of sexual assault. Before that... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
contrarian critiques, which ultimately are healthy in clarifying our understanding. In Leadership BS, Stanford’s Jeff Pfeffer says, “the last thing a leader needs to be at crucial moments is authentic.” Insead’s Herminia Ibarra adds, “We... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
the policies of a large organization." Badaracco, talking about the course recently with about 80 HBS alumni during the school's reunion weekend in June, said The Moral Leader is unusual for HBS for several reasons. It began a number... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Article
Health Care Challenges for Leaders
By: R. E. Herzlinger
From ancient times to today, perceptive leaders have galvanized people by appealing to commonly shared values. Indeed, a discussion of leadership is virtually impossible without talking about values. As the articles in this issue demonstrate,Values are what animate... View Details
Herzlinger, R. E. "Health Care Challenges for Leaders." Leader to Leader, no. 47 (Winter 2008): 39–45.
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
With CEO turnover climbing, many business leaders are trying to hone skills that will keep them at the helm longer. We asked professors from Harvard Business School’s General Management Unit what qualities distinguish extraordinary View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
leader development in the Army. We saw professional identity as having the same type of conceptual promise at the individual level as organizational culture has at the unit level. Q: The Army has a "Be, Know, and Do" framework... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Teaching Interest
Risk Management for Corporate Leaders
By: Robert Simons
As companies adapt to the aftershocks of the global recession, senior executives and boards are discovering that risk management has never been more important. The financial crisis revealed that risk management structures break down just when... View Details
- April 29, 1985
- Article
Attacking an Industry Leader
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Attacking an Industry Leader." Fortune (April 29, 1985).
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
did you draw on your background in psychoanalysis to approach contemporary characters and issues in leadership? Abraham Zaleznik: When I wrote my first book on the job of the foreman (1950), an observation and an idea took hold: Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
All of the most valuable firms in the world today are platforms, starting with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. But platforms do not evolve in predictable ways, and there is a lot that managers and entrepreneurs can learn about past, present, and future platform... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- April 2024
- Background Note
Leader as a Communicator
By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams and Katherine Connolly Baden
Groysberg, Boris, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Leader as a Communicator." Harvard Business School Background Note 424-045, April 2024.
- September–October 2017
- Article
Leaders Born in Darkness
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Leaders Born in Darkness." Harvard Magazine (September–October 2017).
- February 1993 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Leaders and Challengers (B)
Brandenburger, Adam M. "Leaders and Challengers (B)." Harvard Business School Case 793-109, February 1993. (Revised August 1998.)
- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
Source: guvendemir Courage is the quality that distinguishes great leaders from excellent managers. Over the past decade, I have worked with and studied more than 200 CEOs of major companies through board service, consulting, and research... View Details
- March 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Background Note
Note on Why Leaders Lose Their Way
By: William W. George
In the seemingly never-ending revelations of corporate scandals that have been exposed since the fall of Enron, the media, politicians, and the general public have taken to characterizing such leaders as "bad people," even to the point of considering them evil. The... View Details
George, William W. "Note on Why Leaders Lose Their Way." Harvard Business School Background Note 404-126, March 2004. (Revised March 2005.)