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  • January 1983 (Revised July 2007)
  • Case

Mat MacGregor (A)

Mat MacGregor took charge of a failing project but failed to turn it around because of a variety of personal, technical, cultural, and political reasons. The purpose of the case is to understand the underlying dynamics and their implications. View Details
Keywords: Management Skills; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Failure; Projects; Personal Characteristics
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  • 19 Nov 2020
  • News

How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain

it’s time to hang my boots, I want to be remembered as somebody who helped people become much better.” After her death, Chaudhary took a sabbatical and arrived on campus for the Advanced Management Program, where he met Professor Ranjay... View Details
Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
  • October 2005 (Revised September 2008)
  • Case

Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (A)

By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Keywords: Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career
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  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

uncovered these obstacles using a process they refined more than a decade ago called Organizational Fitness Profiling (OFP). OFP helps CEOs or business unit general managers and their top teams assess how well an operation fits their... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

having everyone come together on a way it can get done by a mutually agreed deadline. Q: On the subject of management styles, you write about the wisdom of adapting your personal style to that of your boss.... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 19 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Radical Design, Radical Results

addresses this shortfall as part of a larger research agenda investigating how companies manage to succeed in this particular arena. Verganti coauthored the article with Claudio Dell'Era, his colleague at Italy's Politecnico di Milano.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Money Matters

interests that later proved complementary when it came to carving up iTrust management responsibilities. Agarwala grew up in Calcutta, the original capital of India during British colonial rule, dreaming of playing cricket. He ultimately... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • August 2008
  • Case

Sloan & Harrison: Non-Equity Partner Discontent

By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
The law firm, Sloan & Harrison, was dealing with some discontent among its junior non-equity partners. These partners were concerned with the transparency of the advancement process, their ability to position themselves as both leaders within the firm and rainmakers,... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Management Style; Performance; Work-Life Balance; Legal Services Industry
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  • 17 Aug 2022
  • News

Keeping Your Team Motivated When the Company Is Struggling

  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming

University of California, San Diego. "It was clear," Bry says, "that growth in the old Navy town of San Diego was going to have to come from new technology companies. CONNECT was designed to link entrepreneurs with the resources they needed —primarily money, but also... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

New Releases

1996 faculty symposium titled "Breaking New Ground: Initiatives in Management Education, 1980-1995." Organized by Clark, the three-day event gave faculty an opportunity to take a step back from their ongoing research and talk about the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Action Plan: Just Breathe

pain: major surgery requiring months of recuperation or meditation to manage the stress that was at the root of his health issues. But the practice didn’t fit with his image of a type A, high-powered executive. “I came to meditation... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
  • Case

Linda Jacober

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Linda Jacober is parachuted into a new venture, Mac Direct. Did she inherit the strategic plan of a lifetime or did she board a kamikaze plane? What organizational challenges did she encounter upon her arrival? How well has she done to date and what advice would one... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Opportunities; Change Management; Leadership Style; Problems and Challenges
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  • 12 Dec 2022
  • News

How Leaders Should Handle Public Criticism

  • 06 Oct 2022
  • News

Successful Leaders Are Great Coaches

  • 23 Sep 2022
  • News

Stop Feeling Guilty About Delegating

  • 02 Mar 2021
  • News

Does Your Company Lurch From Crisis to Crisis?

  • 08 Feb 2021
  • News

Getting the Leadership Respect I Deserve

  • Profile

Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share” in West & Central Africa. When she became an account View Details
  • Profile

Paul Lenehan

they could break down and analyze problems – especially the MBAs from HBS. Their case background was a foundation for much of the analytical work." Paul came to HBS on the strength of its reputation and "the quality of its people." But the learning View Details