Leadership Style - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 1992 (Revised January 2002)
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Chrysler: Iacocca's Legacy

By: Nitin Nohria and Sandy Green

Describes the changes fashioned by Iacocca during his tenure as CEO of the Chrysler Corp. Pays particular attention to the rhetoric he employed in mobilizing change and the actions he took to implement change. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Communication Strategy; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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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

01 Sep 2009
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How to Fix Wall Street

plan to restore confidence in the financial sector and prevent a repeat of past mistakes must address the leadership and organizational failures that led to shoddy ethics and careless judgment in so many firms. While external regulation... View Details

Keywords: Lynn Paine; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2018
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Action Plan: Happy Honey

Price: Building next-generation buzz for an essential—but often misunderstood—species. (photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images) Like a hands-on chief executive who loads pallets and leads merger talks, the bees in Dan Price’s (MBA 1984) hives rotate... View Details

Keywords: Amy Rogers Nazarov

01 Jun 1998
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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... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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Francesca Ioffreda

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to HBS to expand my skillset and be pushed outside of my comfort zone. I wanted to hone my personal leadership style via FIELD courses and team... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Oct 2020
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Leaders, Are You Feeling the Burden of Pandemic-Related Decisions?

10 Sep 2020
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The Business of Access

Karae Lisle (MBA 1998) has watched firsthand the struggles of homeless, with a close family member living on the streets and in shelters in Florida, on and off, for years. His personal struggles limited the family’s ability to help, so Lisle, based in Palo Alto,... View Details

07 Feb 2019
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New Charter School CEO Debuts Colorful Changes

Photo via the Chicago Sun-Times / provided by Noble Photo via the Chicago Sun-Times / provided by Noble Constance Jones (MBA 2008) understands the importance of demonstrating change: As detailed in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Noble Network CEO arrived to school last... View Details

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Tyler Todd

engineering background, HBS provided me with the business/finance acumen that allowed me to contribute early on in my summer internship. Additionally, my summer internship opportunity was in part due to the incredibly powerful HBS network of alumni. Long-term, the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
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SCORE! Educational Centers (A)

Describes the start-up, strategy, organizational design, and operations of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Alan Tripp, founder and CEO, is faced with growing organizational stresses and a looming venture capital deadline. Examines... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Management Style; Leadership; Organizational Design; Teaching; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; United States

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01 Sep 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)

Video Embed How “the human fly” saved Newman from a cold call. I wasn’t unique as a kid. In small-town Georgia, all the guys did sound effects. We’d swap them like baseball cards: Show me how to do a finger whistle, and I’ll show you how to bark like a dog. My mother... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Jun 2020
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What Leading with Optimism Really Looks Like

12 Nov 2021
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Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?

25 Feb 2020
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Action Plan: Just Breathe

In the late aughts, Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) looked like a success story. In 2006, after a successful career in consulting and the C-suite of numerous public companies, he was named COO of McCann Worldgroup, overseeing $1.5 billion in marketing communications... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Dec 2020
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Research: Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis

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Curriculum | MBA

key disciplines. Fall Term Finance 1 Financial Reporting & Control (FRC) Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD) Marketing Technology & Operations Management (TOM) Strategy Spring Term Data Science & AI for Leaders Business,... View Details

15 Nov 2021
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How Can I Lead Authentically?

22 Feb 2010
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Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

Observing and understanding the tasks and challenges that workers face every day is important. But managers who merely put in time "walking the floor" are not doing enough; in fact, it can make employees feel worse about their situation. In their working... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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