Publications

July 2021
Case

Performance Review: Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez

By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti

Niya Jones, a Partner at a major management consulting firm, must review the work of two of her mentees––Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez––for their first end-of-year performance review as new Project Leaders. Both have produced strong results in their new roles, but... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Management Style; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Leadership Style

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

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Consulting; Nonprofit / Government

Jodi Gernon

(seed-Series B+), I help these leaders understand how their leadership style has to adapt and how to navigate both the growth and turbulent phases of scaling. This includes, thinking about culture, hiring... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare;#239;#Consumer Products and Services (B2C)

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

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

Keywords: fitness; wellness; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Nassima Belkadi

the mountains with my friends, trying to win an endless race until one of us fell and started crying. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? A previous manager from McKinsey. I admire her leadership View Details

Web

HBS Magazine - Alumni

Entertainment-Music Business Ventures-Business Startups Keeping the Faith A new course investigates the powerful connections between belief, spirituality, and leadership View Story Topics: Religion-General Leadership-Leadership View Details

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

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

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

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

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

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

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

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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

August 2017
Supplement

Wake Up Call (B)

By: David G. Fubini and Christine Snively

(B) case View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Judgments; Leadership Style; Consulting Industry; United States