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- 31 Aug 2022
- News
Reshaping the Relationship Between Purpose and Profit
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Propel Your Career Forward with Some of Our Favorite Books
leaders who are true to themselves and lead from a place of integrity. Yet it can be difficult not to emulate others who have been successful and find yourself straying from your own values. In True North, Bill George outlines a five... View Details
- June 2002 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
Delphi Corporation (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
The Delphi Corp.'s board of directors faces a transition as lead director Thomas Wyman approaches mandatory retirement. Chairman and CEO J.T. Battenberg reflects on Delphi's history and its successful reinvention by Wyman and Battenberg when it separated from its... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Management Succession; Management Teams; Relationships; Corporate Strategy
Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Delphi Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-033, June 2002. (Revised January 2010.)
- 2021
- Book
The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
Trust is the most powerful force underlying the success of every business. Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation. How to build and sustain trust requires fresh insight into why customers, employees,... View Details
Keywords: Power; Corporate Culture; Future Of Work; Innovation; Technology Strategy; Automation; Stakeholder Engagement; Employee Attitude; Customer Behavior; Shareholder Value; Government And Business; Impact Investing; Corporate Change And Sustainability; Trust; Power and Influence; Globalization; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Human Resources; Information Technology; Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Asia; Europe; South America; Middle East; North and Central America
Sucher, Sandra J., and Shalene Gupta. The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It. New York: PublicAffairs, 2021.
- 2009
- Book
Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis
By: William W. George
Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis outlines the seven critical lessons leaders need to learn when facing crises. The book contains numerous examples of successful and failed leaders, with stories to illustrate their experiences and the author's advice to readers who... View Details
George, William W. Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis. Warren Bennis Signature Series. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2009. (ISBN 978-0-470-53187-7.)
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
However, they have been most often studied separately. Because our focus was on leadership in action, we were able to observe how these three interrelated organizational skills work in concert as leaders and their groups undertake to... View Details
- May 11, 2020
- Article
Steer Your Family Businesses Through an Unplanned Transition
By: Josh Baron and Nick Di Loreto
In a perfect world, family businesses will transition leadership from one generation to the next along a predictable and well-planned process — whether that’s determined within the business, the ownership group, or the family itself — passing the baton after years of... View Details
Baron, Josh, and Nick Di Loreto. "Steer Your Family Businesses Through an Unplanned Transition." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 11, 2020).
- August 2003 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Elizabeth Parker (A)
By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Wickham Skinner and David Krackhardt
A new political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over a highly responsible job in the state government and is met with bureaucratic inertia. Describes a successful strategy to overcome organizational resistance to change. View Details
Keywords: Public Sector; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence
Casciaro, Tiziana E., Wickham Skinner, and David Krackhardt. "Elizabeth Parker (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-043, August 2003. (Revised May 2006.)
- February 1996 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
Harvey Golub, CEO American Express, initiated and led a large-scale change process. The case describes the organization he inherited, two successive waves of reengineering, his "principles-driven" approach to decision making, and his goal of converting American Express... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Engineering; Leadership Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Core Relationships; Integration; Value
Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "Harvey Golub: Recharging American Express." Harvard Business School Case 396-212, February 1996. (Revised March 1996.)
- September 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
John Rogers and Ariel Investments
By: Steven Rogers and Greg White
The strong, public advocacy of a highly successful African American CEO has the potential to negatively impact his company. The CEO is deciding if he should listen to the advice of others who are urging him to “tone it down”. View Details
Keywords: Advocacy; Diversity; Investment Management; Affirmative Action; Disruption; Cost vs Benefits; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
Rogers, Steven, and Greg White. "John Rogers and Ariel Investments." Harvard Business School Case 318-015, September 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- Article
Navy Medicine Introduces Value-Based Health Care
By: Alee Hernandez, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, C. Forrest Faison III and Michael E. Porter
In 2016 the newly appointed surgeon general of the Navy launched a value-based health care pilot project at Naval Hospital Jacksonville to explore whether multidisciplinary care teams (known as integrated practice units, or IPUs) and measurement of outcomes could... View Details
Hernandez, Alee, Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, C. Forrest Faison III, and Michael E. Porter. "Navy Medicine Introduces Value-Based Health Care." Health Affairs 38, no. 8 (August 2019): 1393–1400.
Suraj Srinivasan
Suraj Srinivasan is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, a member of the Accounting and Management faculty unit, and chair of the
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
Arthur Brooks: Spirituality and philosophy This March, I returned from my fifth trip to Dharamshala, India, to work with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. We held a conference on how leadership and happiness principles are entwined.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A)
By: Willy Shih
This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
Shih, Willy. "Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A)." Harvard Business School Case 614-010, August 2013. (Revised November 2013.)
- 04 Dec 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Dynamics of Platform Competition: Exploring the Role of Installed Base, Platform Quality and Consumer Expectations
- January 2020
- Case
Sunset Limited or Full Speed Ahead? Amtrak Talks to Congress
By: John D. Macomber
Richard Anderson took the helm of Amtrak in 2017 after leading a successful turnaround at Delta Airlines. Amtrak is a US state owned enterprise with about $3.5 bn in annual revenue (and a large operating loss) that is responsible for substantial segments of passenger... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
sources. Recently, the insertion into this world of business models incorporating advanced management expertise have demonstrated that commercial success is possible while significantly improving access to these basic services for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Program
The HR-Executive Suite Connection
effectively with your CEO, COO, CFO, board of directors, and others on your senior leadership team Create a more nimble and high-performing organization Anticipate, diagnose, and mitigate problems that arise in a growing organization... View Details
- Program
Leading Professional Service Firms
Summary As entry barriers rapidly disappear, competition is accelerating and reshaping the business landscape for professional service firms. Navigating this continual change successfully requires extraordinary leadership abilities. This... View Details
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Fund, an impact investment fund he co-founded in 2016 that has used a venture philanthropic model to catalyze over $700 million of private capital investment in type one diabetes (T1D) cure therapeutics. Sean has held a range of volunteer View Details