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  • November 2005 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs

By: Boris Groysberg, Scott A. Snook and David Lane
In November 1999, 11 of Goldman Sachs' finest gathered to put the final touches on a revolutionary leadership development plan. Following Goldman's explosive growth during the 1990s and its eventual IPO in 1999, a diverse group of leaders from across the firm were... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Design; Planning
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  • July 1983 (Revised March 1992)
  • Case

Acton-Burnett, Inc. (A)

Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multi-departmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader raise issues concerning the selection of members for a task force, who does the selecting, the establishment of group... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Groups and Teams
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  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Searching for a Corporate Savior

    Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details
    • 14 Nov 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

    based on such things as the nature of the gift and the relationship of the giver and receiver.) “Having worked with leaders of every stripe, it has always seemed to me that leaders of organizations... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 17 Jan 2023
    • In Practice

    8 Trends to Watch in 2023

    As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

    from the nonprofit and public sector to attend HBS, these fellowships enable the School to award $10,000 to a select number of incoming MBA students. Beginning with the Class of 1990, 257 incoming students have received the fellowship.... View Details
    • January–February 2018
    • Article

    The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture: How to Manage the Eight Critical Elements of Organizational Life

    By: Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
    Executives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. But when properly managed, culture can help them achieve change and build organizations that will thrive in even the most trying times. In... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • 07 Dec 2021
    • Op-Ed

    Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

    should invite leaders to identify no more than two areas in the emotional intelligence domain on which they would like to focus. The areas selected will offer greater insight into the question: Who are you... View Details
    Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
    • 12 Aug 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

    recognize and try to stay ahead of these changes brought by scale. Here is advice for the CEO/founders of early-stage companies, but it also applies to leaders of any scaling organization, even inside a large corporate entity. Leadership... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Austin
    • 30 Sep 2019
    • Book

    6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

    companies, and, more often than not, business leaders remain silent on the issue. That cloak of silence from the top tends to enfold all employees. Ellis Cose, an author of several books about race and public policy, writes that young... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 23 Aug 2022
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Management Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro

    Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Fuller; Shipping
    • December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
    • Case

    Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola and Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector

    By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo, Foluke Otudeko and Mark Benson
    Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was an important contributor to Nigeria's manufacturing sector, creating a multimillion-dollar conglomerate including three factories, a retail franchise, a cattle ranch, a 5,000-acre plantation, a sawmill, and an exporting business before... View Details
    Keywords: History; Business Conglomerates; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Success; Leadership Style; Business History; Market Entry and Exit; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Manufacturing Industry; Nigeria
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      Deborah M. Winshel

      Deborah Winshel is a member of the Faculty of the Harvard Business School where she teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability to first year MBAs and executives.

      Most recently, Deborah was a Managing Director and Global Head of Social Impact at... View Details

      • 04 Mar 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

      that he was replacing a woman as opposed to a man affect his decision?” Most likely, yes. In studying the appointments of more than 2,000 federal judges and more than 5,000 corporate board members, Chang found that leaders have a strong... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • September 2009 (Revised November 2010)
      • Case

      Endeavor: Creating a Global Movement for High-Impact Entrepreneurship

      By: William A. Sahlman
      This case describes a critical inflection point in the growth of an international development "mentor capitalist" nonprofit, Endeavor. As Endeavor aims to scale its high-impact entrepreneurship model globally, founder Linda Rottenberg must determine what success looks... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Jordan
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      • July 2011
      • Article

      Institutions and Inequality in Single Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China

      Despite the fact that China and Vietnam have been the world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades, their income inequality patterns are very different. In this paper, we take a deep look at political institutions in the two countries, demonstrating... View Details
      Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Developing Countries and Economies; Motivation and Incentives; Government and Politics; Policy; Power and Influence; Decision Making; Income; China; Viet Nam
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        James E. Austin

        Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard... View Details

        Keywords: agribusiness
        • 2002
        • Book

        Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

        By: Rakesh Khurana
        Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details
        Keywords: Managerial Roles; Selection and Staffing; Personal Characteristics; Experience and Expertise; Investment Activism; Corporate Strategy
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        • 04 Jan 2022
        • What Do You Think?

        Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

        (iStockphoto/tofumax) A corporate board’s most important decision is selecting the organization’s CEO. By the same token, one could argue that a board’s most distasteful decision concerns firing a CEO. Once directors agree to release the... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett