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- October 1992
- Supplement
Cooper Industries Video
By: David J. Collis
Bob Gigile, Chairman and CEO of Cooper Industries, describes the company's philosophy behind acquisitions and his corporate strategy. He then answers questions raised by the case discussion.
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Collis, David J. "Cooper Industries Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 793-504, October 1992.
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
room of La Brasserie, a Capitol Hill institution for political power lunchers and Hollywood A-listers. Bradley was anticipating a celebration; instead, he was assaulted with a list of 20 complaints about his management View Details
- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
as what the new leader needs to know about the inherited leadership team and the challenges that the new leader will face. Team members may also raise questions that they would like to have addressed by the new leader, such as management...
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- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
The first few weeks of the first year at HBS can certainly be overwhelming: meeting 900 new people, learning how to prepare for cases and how to jump in at the right time in class, managing an influx of social events, determining which...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
He’s Back
America, if not the world,” he was talking about harness racing. Who knew? Of his management style, Robinson said, “Everyone approaches challenges differently, which doesn’t mean one way is right or another is wrong. The only question to...
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- April 1991
- Case
Sun Hydraulics Corp. (A) and (B) (Abridged)
Involves the design and creation of a company with no formally-defined hierarchy. Describes the steps the founder takes to avoid the organizational politics he perceives as crushing the human contributions they were designed to harness. Fifteen years later, the company...
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Management Style;
Business or Company Management;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure
Barnes, Louis B. "Sun Hydraulics Corp. (A) and (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 491-119, April 1991.
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
Jung Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., knows a thing or two about reinvention. After taking over the venerable beauty-products firm in 1999, she helped it shed the last vestiges of its “Ding-dong, Avon calling” image and morph into a glamorous...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
1997. “Sometimes our students arrive at HBS thinking they are the sum total of their résumés,” says DeLong. “In courses like Authentic Leader Development or the Interpersonal Skills Development Lab, we try to move them away from this stance, from image View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
other groups have proven to be despots, tyrants, and men who destroy the values and institutions that lie at the heart of democracies. Homing in on Trump’s reputation as a hard-charging man of action, we can perhaps think about his View Details
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
turmoil of a military dictatorship, hyperinflation, and a guerrilla war that killed 70,000 Peruvians. Then, with the country stable, she faced a pressing issue and turned to HBS for help. Accepted into the Owner/President Management (OPM)...
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- 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
Allen H. Neuharth
When Neuharth joined Gannett, its business consisted of acquiring and managing small-town newspapers. During his tenure, he grew the publishing company into a billion-dollar business through his aggressive and professional View Details
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Publishing & Print Media
- July 1993 (Revised March 1994)
- Case
Bright Horizons Children's Centers, Inc.-1987
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven and Myra M. Hart
The founders of Bright Horizons have developed a distinctive strategy and raised venture capital money. Now they are ready to make their dream come true. How should they proceed in implementing their strategy?
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Uyterhoeven, Hugo, and Myra M. Hart. "Bright Horizons Children's Centers, Inc.-1987." Harvard Business School Case 394-031, July 1993. (Revised March 1994.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell You wrote recently that the story of British explorer Ernest Shackleton, who led an expedition to Antarctica in 1914, is highly relevant for leaders during this pandemic era. What makes...
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- 2022
- Book
Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices
By: Don A. Moore and Max H. Bazerman
When we think of leaders, we often imagine lone, inspirational figures lauded for their behaviors, attributes, and personal decisions, and leadership books often reinforce that view. However, this approach ignores a leader’s mission to empower others. Applying decades...
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Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022.
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
After HBS, I went to Starbucks where I loved the company and it showed. My work was featured in the press and Howard Schultz had me present to his board. Yet my male manager gave me a “meets expectations” review for weakness in...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
leadership position in the Northeast through the strategic use of new technology, marketing savvy, and a management style that encouraged staff to invest themselves in their work. In 1996, BayBanks merged...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- December 1997 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Franco Bernabe at ENI (A)
By: Linda A. Hill, Jennifer Suesse and Mara Willard
Describes Franco Bernabe's ascent to leadership at ENI, Italy's national oil and gas company. Illustrates Bernabe's early career experiences in academia, as the chief economist at Fiat. Then describes his arrival at ENI during the early 1980s, where he became first the...
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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 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-034, December 1997. (Revised February 2002.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Fearless Force for Change
Linn Photo Courtesy Cycle For Survival Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA ’99) left a legacy of hope to those who knew her and to the thousands who have been and will continue to be touched by Cycle for Survival (cycleforsurvival.org), the organization she founded with her...
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- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
definition means being comfortable with failing.” “Failure is not just the opposite of success,” says Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit who has founded or led eight tech startups over the past 20...
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Walt Disney Studios