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- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
managing through the pandemic. The topics: people and personal management, strategy, marketing, and organizational design. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
barred People already consume tabloid newspapers, racist propaganda, biased news broadcasts, and pornography willingly. Let them at least know how the general public categorizes such materials Everyone... View Details
- Apr 27 2015
- Testimonial
Transform Your Leadership in Four Days
- May 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)
By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Ultra is one of a small group of competing Brazilian petrochemical companies, each of which buys raw material and is a minority owner of Copene, a "cracking" company that provides ethylene and other materials. Because of an industry restructuring, an auction of shares... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Capital Budgeting; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Industry Structures; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Bids and Bidding; Economy; Ownership Stake; Chemical Industry; Brazil
Crane, Dwight B., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-146, May 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- November 2016
- Case
Anthony Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (A)
By: Gary Pisano and Vicki Sato
When Bruce Wayne hired Anthony Starks, he thought he had hit a home run by getting the most brilliant and passionate scientist-leader in the field to be his CSO. But a few months in, Wayne and Starks begin to clash over crucial forward-looking decisions about the... View Details
Keywords: Biotech; Silicon; Managing Innovation; Management Challenges; Managing People; Managing Organization; R＆D; R＆D Project Management; Platform; Venture Capital; Drug Discovery; management; Biotechnology Industry; California
Pisano, Gary, and Vicki Sato. "Anthony Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 617-029, November 2016.
- April 2015
- Supplement
Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American Video Supplement
By: Gautam Mukunda
This is a video supplement for the Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American case series. The video features Cynthia Carroll reflecting on her implementation of organizational transformation at Anglo American in regards to the mining company's safety culture. View Details
Keywords: Leadership And Change Management; Leadership, Personal Strategy ＆ Style; Change Management; Change; Safety; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Leadership Style; Mining Industry; South Africa
Mukunda, Gautam. "Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 415-706, April 2015.
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Managing Family Assets
encourage bad behavior. Another part may be that the transfer of knowledge somehow implies the transfer of power, and many people don’t like to give up power. How do you get disparate family members to agree... View Details
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
about serving other people instead of yourselves, and you’ll have plenty to do.” Both used slogans and stories, repeated over and over, to lead... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- October 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Microsoft in Transition: Bill Gates's Leadership
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Microsoft in Transition: Bill Gates's Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 399-057, October 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- 13 Jun 2016
- News
Managing the High-Intensity Workplace
- 19 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us …)
Keywords: by William A. Sahlman
- November – December 2011
- Article
Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher
What is the critical factor for success in the U.S. mutual fund industry? Is it top-ranked investment performance, innovative products, or pervasive distribution? In our view, it is none of these factors, despite their obvious importance. Instead, the best predictors... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Success; Investment Funds; Rank and Position; Performance; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product; Distribution; Forecasting and Prediction; Asset Management; Governance Controls; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Theresa Hamacher. "Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry." Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 6 (November–December 2011).
- September 2008 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Hearts On Fire - Brand Development Manager
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Benson P. Shapiro
Hearts On Fire, a successful branded diamond producer, established the position of Brand Development Manager (BDM) to build the company's presence, sales, and relationships with its retail customers. After one year, the CEO, CFO and President must evaluate the impact... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Investment Return; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Business Processes; Salesforce Management; Business Strategy
Cespedes, Frank V., and Benson P. Shapiro. "Hearts On Fire - Brand Development Manager." Harvard Business School Case 709-436, September 2008. (Revised June 2010.)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
advertising savvy are but two of the myriad skills that are required of today's museum manager. Traditionally, museums have been run by academics who worked their way through the curatorial ranks, but more and more museum trustees are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
- 2020
- Book
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You
By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies.
We offer a different worldview. We argue... View Details
We offer a different worldview. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Skills; Belonging; Leadership; Management Skills; Trust; Organizational Culture
Frei, Frances X., and Anne Morriss. Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
professor in Harvard Business School’s Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. Beshears is an expert in behavioral economics, which uses insights from psychology and economics to explain individual decision making View Details
- March 1991 (Revised January 1993)
- Background Note
Why Do Good Managers Choose Poor Strategies?
The uncertainty and complexity of most business environments make successful management a difficult art. Frequently, bright, experienced, well-educated people manage their companies into strategic distress. Many of these bad results are not simply a matter of bad luck.... View Details
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Why Do Good Managers Choose Poor Strategies?" Harvard Business School Background Note 391-172, March 1991. (Revised January 1993.)