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- March–April 2017
- Article
Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For
By: Timothy Butler
Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit entrepreneurial managers. But most firms lack a scientific way to separate the true entrepreneurs from other candidates. To address that problem, Butler compared the psychological... View Details
Butler, Timothy. "Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 85–93.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
Technology Ventures, Eisenmann introduces students to the idea of the lean start-up, a methodology that has proven successful for many young high-tech companies. Are You a Level-Six Leader? Asking the question, Whom do you serve? is a powerful basis for a useful... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
students as I lead them through a workout. In both the HBS classroom and my fitness class, I never fully know what to expect, but I do the best I can to remain confident and give it my all." What HBS case (or cases) are most memorable and why? "Several cases in View Details
- December 1997
- Case
Franco Bernabe at ENI (B)
By: Linda A. Hill, Jennifer Suesse and Mara Willard
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Management Style; Strategic Planning; Crisis Management; Privatization; Italy
Hill, Linda A., Jennifer Suesse, and Mara Willard. "Franco Bernabe at ENI (B)." Harvard Business School Case 498-035, December 1997.
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Negotiators Share Lessons from High-Stakes Global Diplomacy
Madeleine Albright was interviewed for the American Secretaries of State Project, a collaboration among faculty members at HBS, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Law School designed to extract lessons in negotiation and diplomacy for today’s leaders in public service... View Details
Keywords: University Collaborations
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
that this would not be a soft team, nor would it welcome soft individuals. My take-away: When leadership embodies and lives the desired culture, that culture is more likely to take root. I don’t think anyone will say the Bruins were the... View Details
- August 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A)
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
What happens when an MBA buys a football team and hires a bunch of MBAs and a coach with an economics degree to run it? In this case, a historic three Super Bowls in five years. The end run Bob Kraft (HBS '65) used to acquire the New England Patriots. Why Kraft ignored... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Leadership Style; Sports; Management Teams; Sports Industry; United States
Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-413, August 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- October 1984
- Teaching Note
NIKE (C): Phil Knight, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-385-029). View Details
- June 2001
- Case
Cerner Corporation (A)
By: D. Quinn Mills and Matt Salloway
The CEO thinks people are not working long enough hours. He sends a memo. This series describes the backlash. View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Management Style; Leadership Style; Nonverbal Communication; Employees; Organizational Culture; Health Industry
Mills, D. Quinn, and Matt Salloway. "Cerner Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-136, June 2001.
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Faculty Books
provide a sketch of the most promising research about regulation, identify guiding principles for policymakers, and illustrate these principles with concrete policy proposals. Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice edited by Nitin... View Details
- 02 Mar 2021
- News
Does Your Company Lurch From Crisis to Crisis?
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
confident about and what you need to work on." According to how the points are allocated, the app sorts the user into one of five basic negotiating styles, derived from Wheeler's past research (see chart) each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Just knowing which... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
Summing Up: Which Schools Will Produce the Next Generation of Transformative Leaders? This month’s column featured two leaders who were able to build organizations that literally transformed the mutual fund and airline industries. In the process they created a cadre of... View Details
- 28 Dec 2021
- News
What Sets Successful People Apart
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Some Racquet
Korff, with Jennifer Capriati (left) and Monica Seles Photo courtesy of Korff Enterprises In an era of corporate sports, John Korff (MBA '77) is a throwback to the days of the maverick impresario. A promoter of sporting events, hot-air balloon festivals, and other... View Details
- Profile
Shaun Miller
& long term career? HBS has done a magnificent job at equipping me with the technical skills necessary to succeed - Discounted Cash Flow's, Five Forces, and leadership models are all nearly instinctual thanks to my MBA studies.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
What Happened to Leadership?
deplored the breakdown of leadership in America in recent years: “Tough-mindedness, a good trait, was replaced by meanness and greed — both terrible traits. Rewards became perverted. The richest people made the most mistakes, with the... View Details
- Profile
Sarah Zia
cultural norms for how to work in groups. My leadership style constantly flexed based on whom I was teaching or working with. While some people were more nervous and preferred gentle coaching, others... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards
By: Edward Ludwig, Elise Walton and Michael Beer
Over the past years, forward-looking CEOs have adopted a higher-ambition approach to strategy and leadership. These "higher-ambition CEOs" are driven by a sense of purpose that goes beyond achieving financial success. They aspire to build organizations that succeed in... View Details
Ludwig, Edward, Elise Walton, and Michael Beer. "Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-052, December 2014.